Current Interests
stories, poetry, riso, pedagogy, dialogue, socialism, trans, oracles, technologies, poetry, planetary movements, language, publishing, printing, archives
Info
RoBy RedGraVe McPherSon was born on 23 September on the Pacific Northwest Coast (also called Vancouver, Canada), unceded land of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) nations.
They are a Stockholm-based graphic designer, printer and teacher working in artistic, cultural, activist and institutional sectors. They work to develop visual communication design to better serve social and ecological justice movements and are invested in publishing as a tool for radical collective liberation and trans survival.
They are Co-organiser and Art Director of the trans mutual aid publishing association Almanac Press and the 105-year-old Swedish-Finnish feminist magazine Tidskriften Astra.
They are the Founder and Director of the riso print lab Fantasy Printhouse and the Nordic Queer Printing Alliance (tba) and have been involved with the research-based artist-led associations Effort, Trojan Horse, TUO TUO, Muustarinda, and Munnen.
They've held lecturing positions and guest taught at Konstfack University of Arts, Craft and Design, Aalto University School of Arts, Vancouver Community College, Sandberg Instituut, Hochschule der Künste Bern and Feminist Futures Helsinki.
They have exhibited publications or works at: Art Gallery of Ontario, Myös, Index - The Swedish Contemporary Art Foundation, SOLU / Bioart Society, and Etceteras Festival feminista de design e edição.
Clients and collaborators near and far: Nordic Design Research Society (NORDES), Trans Library Helsinki ,U OK?, Pauliina Nykänen, Sara Kaaman, Out of Sync, R-Collection, Jeremy Laing, Kiia Beilinson, FLOW festival, Tutkijaliitto, Studio Kapellet, Koynē Circuit, Shia Conlon, Lisa Rein and Aalto Communications.
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