Calgary-based visual artist and creativity coach, Athena Cooper, uses her art to highlight the ordinary nature of her disabled life. From fine art exhibitions to children’s book illustration, she continues to challenge perceptions around people with disabilities.
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Working in small scale acrylic on stretched canvas, Athena’s paintings blend depictions of the everyday with the fractured light and intense colour inspired by stained glass.
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Winner of the 2023 Won Lee Prize
This national award commemorates the sculptor’s legacy and celebrates creative excellence among Canadian visual artists living with disabilities.
I’m proud to call Calgary/Moh’kinsstis my home and I acknowledge that I live, work and play on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, which includes Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai. I also acknowledge the Tsuut’ina and Stoney Nakoda First Nations, the Métis Nation (Region 3), and all people who make their homes in the Treaty 7 region of Southern Alberta.