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Maria Coletsis
Canada
Nominee
"Leo"
Lucky Rooming House
Biography: Maria Coletsis works with issues concerned with identity and sexuality. Since receiving her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, she has exhibited her artwork in galleries and she has recently published a photography book, Behind the Whip: Dominatrix at the De Luca Gallery in Toronto. Her photographs were included in the East London Photography Festival and chosen by the Whitney Museum for the Viridian Gallery open call in New York. She continues to investigate and photograph subculture subject matter and has introduced elements from popular culture to explore our human nature.
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