
Biba Esaad
Montréal
Nathan Phillips Square
Booth 101
My work takes form under the guise of the cyborg body - the hybrid body - the site of possible being. There are a lot of parallels that can be drawn between pharaonic bodies and the idea of the cyborg. A pharoah can adorn the wings of a bird, the body of a human and the senses of a cat. Why can’t a human carry those same secrets? Booth 101
Working interdisciplinary, I root my practice in a utopian place of imagined existence. On one end, acknowledging the body as a site by which racialized people navigate trauma, while also, using the figure of the cyborg to represent otherness.
During my time at Queen’s Uni, I held the title of Co-Director for my BFA 2019 GradEx, a Vice-Presidency role at the Union Gallery as well as an internship working with the National Gallery of Canada for the 16th Int. Venice Biennale (2018). Following last year’s TOAF, I was awarded The Powerplant Emerging Artist Award (2021) and currently work as a Stylist and Model, alongside my artistic practice.
Painting

Heads Off; Hats Off
- 2021
- 121.92 x 93.98 x 5.08 cm

Body in Flux
- 2019
- 91.44 x 120.65 x 5.08 cm

Cheated of Some Marvellous Experience
- 2020
- 111.76 x 101.6 x 5.08 cm

Shopping Cart
- 2021
- 30.48 x 30.48 x 5.08 cm

Study of Two Figures
- 2021
- 27.94 x 43.18 x 2.54 cm

The Thought is Distracting
- 2021
- 30.48 x 60.96 x 5.08 cm

The Thought is Distracting
- 2021
- 40.64 x 60.96 x 5.08 cm

Untitled Figure in Motion
- 2021
- 27.94 x 38.1 x 1 cm

u think ur all that with ur hat?
- 2021
- 40.64 x 50.8 x 5.08 cm