Julianna Barabas is an interdisciplinary artist based in Edmonton, AB. Largely centered around performance and video, Barabas’ work explores the embodied experiences of gender, identity, and spirituality, as informed by feminist concerns and theory. In her work, Barabas considers the exchange between performer and audience and the deeper politics of care and attention this dynamic implies. She holds a Bachelor of Political Science from the University of Western Ontario (1991) and Bachelor of Media Arts from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (2006). Barabas’ work has been performed and screened in festivals and exhibitions throughout Canada. Barabas’ most extensive project, seamline, began in May of 2003, when she invited audiences to witness her process of having a line tattooed around the full lateral circumference of her body. These public witnessing events continued monthly for a full year. Following the tatoo’s completion, Barabas has positioned the ongoing conversations that result from living with a full body tattoo as a lifetime performance. A cataloguing of the interactions was published in an exhibition catalogue/artist book in 2010.
Julianna Barabas
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