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Tashya Orasi
Consumption Series

​Diseased: Six hand built ceramic mugs
Offering: Ceramic plate, 10 inches x 10 inches
Artist Statement
The works in this series are an individual investigation into the lessons made possible by the process of art-making in the COVID-19 pandemic. Titled for another devastating respiratory disease that ravaged the world a century ago, Tuberculosis, “The Consumption” series reflects a personal realization of the diseased parts of my personal and professional identities that have been gradually weakening the most vital parts of my authentic self: my identity as an artist. This series is about perceiving disease, responding to crisis (critical points in disease) and honouring grief and truths of the self through artistic practice.

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Tashya Orasi
Lessons from Grandfather
Canvas Size: 24 inches x 30 inches

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Artist Statement
This piece is part of an ongoing personal phenomenological inquiry into the learning made uniquely possible by the process of art-making during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the process of making of this multilayered piece, I contemplate the ways the changes brought about by the isolation of the pandemic affect my ability to notice the living world in new ways, and how deeper forms of symbolism and metaphor are enabled to offer lessons for moving forward with wonder despite the precariousness of current times. This piece explores how artistic practice can connect us more deeply to ourselves, the natural world and to each other in times of change.


Tashya Orasi
Lakehead University
Tashya Orasi is a second year PhD student of Leadership and Policy Studies in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The intersections of leadership, creativity, performance, engagement and joy permeate Tashya’s arts-based inquiries.







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