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Tyra Maria Trono is a filipina artist, cultural worker, and independent curator based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, Canada and Manila, Philippines. She is currently pursuing a Masters of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, Photography at Concordia University. She is the recipient of the Lande Award in Photography and the 2023 winner of Roloff Beny Fellowship in Photography. Her artistic work focuses on exploring embodied experiences and narratives, often linking them to culturally significant artifacts in specific geographic contexts. She delves into questions surrounding one’s perception formation during the cultural identification process and how belonging to a diasporic community alters this trajectory. Trono utilizes archival research and oral histories to highlight the enduring impact of storytelling.
