Dick Averns
Individual
Roles
Artist, Educator, WriterBiography
Dick Averns is a Calgary-based interdisciplinary artist and writer, whose art practice probes how mental and physical spaces are valued and exchanged. Averns works in sculpture, text-based art, photography, video, installation, and performance, in a public realm. In 2009, Averns was embedded with troops in the Middle East; the first time Canada has deployed a non-fiction writer as an official war artist as part of The Canadian Forces Artists Program (CFAP). Many of Averns’ art projects explore socio-political themes including conflict, environmental issues and mental health. Diagnosed with Tourette Syndrome in adulthood, community collaborations feature regularly in his art practice and through community volunteer work. Averns has taught studio art, art history, and theory, at both ACAD and the University of Calgary, and his research has been disseminated in Canada, USA, Australia, UK, and the Middle East.Calgary Arts, 2018
Collection
grunt gallery Programming Archive (Artist)Related programs
LIVE Biennial of Performance Art 2003 (Artist)The Armchair Terrorist (Artist)