Bio

Jayce Salloum has been working in installation, photography, mixed media and video since 1975, in addition to curating exhibitions, conducting workshops and coordinating cultural events.  Salloum is known for installation works that sensitively investigate historical, social and cultural contexts of place. The grandson of Lebanese immigrants, Salloum studied in the United States. Evolving what now epitomizes nomadic practice, Salloum has lived and worked in several Canadian and US cities but was most influenced by his time in Beirut. The central themes played out in his work include questions of exile, ethnic representation and notions of identity. Exhibiting nationally and internationally, his work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Museum of Modern Art and the Centre Pompidou, among other institutions. In 2014, Salloum won a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts.

Works

untitled part 8: esquina caliente

  • 2016

In La Havana there is park where every Sunday men gather to discuss and debate, vigorously and passionately for hours on end. The smallest details and the grandest schemes are mulled over, successes and failures, posturing for and against, supportive or criticized.

Still from untitled part 8: esquina caliente

In the Absence of Heroes

  • 1984
  • Jayce Salloum

In The Absence Of Heroes consists of layered components of war movies, documentaries and other war-related material edited with fragments of interviews and treated sound.

In the Absence of Heroes