Marissa Largo
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
Other Affiliation(s):
- University of Toronto (U of T)
ISEA Bio(s) Available:
Marissa Largo (she/her) is an assistant professor of Creative
Technologies in the School of Art, Media, Performance & Design
of York University. Her research/research-creation focuses on the
intersections of community engagement, race, gender and Asian
diasporic cultural production. She earned her PhD in Social Justice Education from OISE, University of Toronto (2018). Her forth-
coming book, Unsettling Imaginaries: Filipinx Contemporary Art-
ists in Canada (University of Washington Press) examines the work and oral histories of artists who imagine Filipinx subjectivity
beyond colonial logics. Her projects have been presented in venues
and events across Canada, such as the A Space Gallery (2017 &
2012), Open Gallery of OCAD University (2015), Royal Ontario
Museum (2015), WorldPride Toronto (2014), The Robert Langen
Art Gallery (2013), Nuit Blanche in Toronto (2019, 2018, 2012 and
2009), and MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) (2007). She also collaborates with community organizations that connect policy en-
engagement with creative/ social practice.
