Artist Statement
Lesya Maria Nakoneczny is an artist based in Montreal, Canada. Her work considers identity, the psyche, collective experience and interpersonal relationships through a conceptual and intermedia art practice, rooted in video, photography, performance, sculpture, sound and the internet. Current key considerations include how capitalism and technology converge on individuals and society, internet culture, ethics, and the relationship between URL and IRL spaces. Points of departure in her work include the mental and physical experiences of embodiment, the aesthetics of emotion, modern day rituals, gender, spirituality, sexuality and the relationship between art and mindfulness.
Education
B.F.A. Major in Intermedia (Video, Performance and Electronic Art)
Concordia University (2018)
B.A. Major in Geography (Honours), minor in Field Studies
McGill University (2012)
Awards
John M. Gardiner Award (2016-17)
Group Exhibitions
HTMlles Festival, Code : corps, articule (Montreal, QC, 2018)
AYE Magazine 3rd Edition, Factry (Montreal, QC, 2018)
Altered States, Eastern Bloc (Montreal, QC, 2018)
Burnt Film Festival (Montreal, QC, 2017)
Manipulated Variables, VAV Gallery (Montreal, QC, 2017)
Conversation, Concordia Photography Collective, Artgang (Montreal, QC, 2017)
Curation
No Chill, Espace Collective (Montreal, QC, 2018)
Bring Your Own Beamer, BadLunch (Montreal, QC, 2016)
White Noise, Dark Matter (Montreal, QC, 2015)
Freelance Media Work
Direction and editing:
CBC Arts: A retrospective is a beginning for Vikky Alexander (Link)
Janette King - I Need Love (Link)
The Dears - The Worst In Us (Lyric Visualizer - Radio Edit) (Link)
Production assistance:
Murray Lightburn - Changed My Ways (Link)
Community Foundations of Canada - Vital Signs (Link)
Arts & Media Work
Envision Management & Production (2017 - present)
Project Coordinator, Business Development Assistant
Art Matters Festival (2016 - 2017)
Co-director
A Time To Swim (2016) and Catbird Productions, Inc. (2015-2016)
Director's Assistant/Production Secretary
TVM: Student Television at McGill (2009 - 2012)
Associate Editor, Producer