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Jacky Tollestrup

Jacky Tollestrup is an artist and writer based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, who enjoys a multifaceted artistic practice. Jacky is currently writing a novel and maintains a studio art practice. Along side of writing, painting, printmaking, Jacky also enjoys making films, performing, and pedagogy. Jacky’s current novel underway is her first foray into long form fiction. Jacky’s visual art employs both abstract and representational forms, and artistic engagements that span a broad range of settings including the Brighton Rocks Film Festival in Brighton, England, the Sex Workers Art Show in Olympia, Washington, and the Union Gallery at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.

Jacky has always had a clear sense of the importance of play in her work. She loves to explore language, culture, embodiment, autonomy, and pleasure. Jacky chooses to engage with subject mater and different mediums precisely because they have the potential to reshape her understanding. She also believes that her pleasure can be a form of resistance and empowerment against systems of oppression, and that everyone has the right to experience pleasure and joy without stigma or harm. These are some of the guiding elements in her writing and artistic practice.

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