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Annie MacDonell is a visual artist and filmmaker. Her formal training was in photography and the image continues to play a central role in her projects, but her work also includes installation, film, sculpture, writing, and performance. In recent years, film has become a focus. Her films (sometimes produced with collaborator Maïder Fortuné) are shaped by feminist principles of politics as a daily practice. She received a BFA from TMU's School of Image Arts in 2000, followed by graduate studies at Le Fresnoy, Studio National des Arts Contemporains, in France. Her films Book of Hours (2019) and Communicating Vessels (with Maïder Fortuné, 2020) have screened extensively internationally. Recently, she's had solo shows at the Audain Gallery SFU, Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery, the RMG Gallery, Oshawa, IKG Gallery, and the Mackenzie Art Gallery. She has participated in group shows at The Art Museum of the University of Toronto, CAG Vancouver and Mackenzie Art Gallery. She was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2012, 2015, and 2016, and was shortlisted for the Scotiabank Photography Award in 2020. MacDonell lives in Toronto with her family and is an Associate Professor at TMU’s School of Image Arts. She is a founding member of Emilia-Amalia, a feminist research and writing group.