Baco Ohama

Baco Ohama is a sensorialist, a text walker, a maker, and one who engages in acts of writing—an artist who works with the felt and the found, and who is drawn to slow conversations and deep listening. Ohama has a fondness for the tangible experiences of bookmaking; loves the labour and nuances involved in video or audio editing; and is often led to the water’s edge, to thinking about the relationships between history, language, and location. Ohama currently lives in Calgary, Alberta and has taught, mostly part time, at the University of Calgary in Calgary, Alberta; at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec; at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, British Columbia; and at Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont.

Baco Ohama, 2023