Bio
Atia Pokorny, a native of Prague, has lived and worked in Toronto since 1982. A graduate in Architectural Engineering from Czech Technical University, she has changed her career after coming to Canada and has worked as a conservator of works of art and sculpture.
In her photography practice, she draws on a lifetime of professional engagement with art and architecture. She is a visual storyteller and her common theme is examination of memory, of what is remembered and what is imagined. Her approach often leads to experimenting with various techniques. She manipulates her photographs by cutting and folding or by transforming them into two- or three-dimensional collages.