Ianna Book

Ianna Book is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in Montreal, QC, Canada. She has studied Fine Arts at Cegep du Vieux-Montreal (1997-2000) and Visual and Media Arts at Universite du Quebec à Montreal (2001-2005). She has worked as a graphic designer and editorial illustrator. Her work has been featured at several group shows since 2001. In 2011, she presented her first trans project at Radical Queer Semaine in Montreal. During her period of transition (2010-2013), she published Trans Avenue, a photographic essay on transsexuality and the urban context. She’s the curator of Trans Time, an international transgender group exhibit presented in Montreal (2014) and Paris (2016). Ianna has also presented a solo exhibition at Leslie & Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art, New York in spring 2016. She is currently part of the selection of Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum.