dayna danger biography

Dayna Danger (they/them) is a 2Spirit (2S), Métis - Saulteaux - Polish visual artist and organizer. Danger was raised on the northwest edge of Win-nipi, Treaty 1 territory, or so-called Winnipeg. They are currently based in tiohtiá:ke, or so-called Montreal. Utilizing the processes of photography, sculpture, performance and video, Danger creates works and environments that question the line between empowerment and objectification by claiming space with their larger-than-life works. Ongoing works exploring BDSM and beaded leather fetish masks negotiate the complicated dynamics of sexuality, gender and power in a consensual and feminist manner. Their focus remains on Indigenous and Metis visual and erotic sovereignty.

Danger has exhibited their work most recently at the National Gallery of Canada with Àbadakone | Continuous Fire | Feu continuel. They were featured on the cover of Canadian Art’s June 2017 Kinship cover, and they have participated in residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts and at Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art. Danger is an independent student pursuing an INDI-PhD at Concordia University that focuses on hide-tanning practices from their great-grandmother, Madeline.

Links:

• Artist website: http://www.daynadanger.com/

Reviews:

• The Queer Indigenous Artists Reclaiming a Fluid Sense of Gender The New York Times

• In the Studio with Dayna Danger. Canadian Art

• Making Space in Indigenous Art for Bull Dykes and Gender Weirdos Canadian Art

• Contemporary Native Art Biennial/ La Biennale d’Art Contemporain Autochtone 2018 BorderCrossings

• “One Queer City” Border Crossings

• One Thing: Bundles by Dayna Danger C Magazine, Issue 148