Kika Thorne

Kika Thorne is a Toronto-based artist, curator and activist. Thorne's practice includes sculpture, installation, printmaking, moving image and social practice. Her installations extend her interest in geometry, the visible spectrum and magnetism as a field upon which to project questions regarding chemical composition and political ramifications. Thorne received her MFA from the University of Victoria and has exhibited extensively, including projects at Berlinale Forum Expanded, Abrons (New York), Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver), the Power Plant (Toronto) and e-flux (international tour). Thorne was a co-founder of SHE/tv and the Anarchist Free Space, participated in the October and February Group collective protest sculptures and instigated Safe Assembly during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Thorne’s work has been screened internationally and exhibited nationally in Canada. Thorne is currently working on her PhD at York University (Toronto).