Atia Pokorny

Atia Pokorny, a native of Prague, has lived and worked in Toronto since 1982. In her photography practice, she draws on a lifetime of professional engagement with art and architecture. She is a visual storyteller and her common theme is examination of memory, of what is remembered and what is imagined. She likes to experiment with various techniques, such as manipulating her photographs by cutting and folding or by transforming them into two- or three-dimensional collages or installations. Cyanotype printing is her latest exploration. As a member of Gallery 44, she has exhibited solo in the Members’ Gallery and in numerous group shows. This exhibition is her second one with APS.

“The images I currently show are of solitary objects which may hint to abandonment and neglect but also to resilience of survival as if saying: I am still here”.