Margaret Dragu works in video, installation, web/analogue publication, and performance. Spanning relational, durational, interventionist, and community-based practices, she has shown in Canada, USA, and Europe for over 50 years. Her favourite art-making material is still the body despite or because of her bionic status as a grateful owner of two hip replacements. She is a BCRPA Advanced Group Fitness & Yoga Instructor as well as Personal Trainer. She has 40+ years experience working with beginners, athletes, dancers, seniors, and is a Clinical Exercise & Post-Rehabilitation specialist. Margaret was the recipient of the Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts (2012), Éminence Grise (2012) for 7a*11d, and, in 2000, first artist in FADO’s publication series Canadian Performance Art Legends. Dragu has been part of many iterations of LIVE, sometimes performing, and other times participating through her TV channel project, Verb Faru TV.
Margaret Dragu
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