Rodney Graham, 2017

Vancouver-based artist Rodney Graham’s practice operates through systems of quotation, reference and adaptation. Since the 1980s, Graham has grown his diverse practice to encompass photography, painting, sculpture, film, video and music. As actor, performer, producer, historian, writer, poet, sound engineer and musician, Graham’s art examines the complexities of Western culture through strategies of disguise, as he shifts seamlessly into different roles and characters. Casting himself as a succession of motley characters, Graham inhabits different personae, genres and art forms. ‘It may be a burden to reinvent oneself every time,’ Graham has said, ‘but it makes things more interesting.’