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Antonie Frank Grahamsdaughter

Grahamsdaughter is an contemporary artists, born in Toronto, Canada, currently living and working in Stockholm. Her multidisciplinary practice engages film, photo, video- art, installation, and text-based work, with a sustained focus on Indigenous perspectives, decolonization

Decolonizing Futures: Ryukyuans Amidst Global Indigenous Voices International Perspectives and Solidarity

In recent years, protests have intensified against the planned relocation of the U.S. military’s Futenma Air Base to Henoko, a coastal area on the eastern side of Okinawa. The project involves the development of approximately 507 hectares—an area equivalent to 383 football fields. Protesters gather daily at noon outside the base to oppose the relocation, citing concerns that include the severe environmental damage the construction would cause to the biodiversity of Henoko Bay)

The Role of Art in Decolonization: ‘Lessons from Canada, Sweden and the Ryukyu’. Antonie Grahamsdaughter, film, photo, artist.

Exhibition Sakima Art Museum, Okinawa, Japan.

https://cemipos.org/welcome-to-the-exhibition-resistance-and-resilience-by-two-contemporary-indigenous-artists-tomas-colbengtson-and-antonie-frank-grahamsdaughteruntitled/

With support of the Swedish Arts Grants Committee.

Helge Ax:son Johnsons Stiftels

2016, A. Grahamsdaughter she was recognized by EWVA (European Women Video Artists)

https://www.ewva.ac.uk/artists.html

Antonie Frank Grahamsdaughter is a fcontemporary artist, writer, and curator born in Toronto, Canada, currently living and working in Stockholm. Her multidisciplinary practice engages film, video art, installation, and text-based work, with a sustained focus on Indigenous perspectives, decolonization, and time-based visual storytelling.

Working across artistic and critical fields, Grahamsdaughter explores political, historical, and cultural narratives through experimental visual media. In parallel with her artistic practice, she writes on Indigenous decolonization and curates exhibitions that foreground underrepresented voices and contemporary critical discourse.

She was educated at the Video Department of the Art Academy, the Research Department (Time-Based Art) at the Jan van Eyck Academy in the Netherlands, and Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, where she earned an MFA.

In 2016, she was recognized by EWVA (European Women Video Artists) as an innovative pioneer in video art, acknowledging her long-standing contribution to the development of experimental and time-based visual practices.In 1996, Grahamsdaughter was awarded FilmForm’s honorary scholarship for experimental film art