Zinnia Naqvi is a visual artist based in Tkaronto/Toronto and Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Her work examines issues of colonialism cultural translation language and gender through the use of photography video writing and archival material. Recent projects have included archival and re-staged photographs experimental documentary films video installations writing graphic design and elaborate still-life photographs. Her work often invites the viewer to question process and working methods while complicating the relationship between authenticity and narrative