TJ Cuthand
TJ Cuthand was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, and grew up in Saskatoon. Since 1995 he has been making short experimental narrative videos and films about sexuality, madness, youth, love, and race, which have screened in festivals internationally, including the Tribeca Film Festival in New York City, Mix Brasil Festival of Sexual Diversity in Sao Paolo, Hot Docs in Toronto, ImagineNATIVE in Toronto, Frameline in San Francisco, Outfest in Los Angeles, and Oberhausen International Short Film Festival in Germany where his short Helpless Maiden Makes an ‘I” Statement won honourable mention. His work has also screened at galleries including the Mendel in Saskatoon, The National Gallery in Ottawa, and Urban Shaman in Winnipeg.
He completed his BFA majoring in Film and Video at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and his Masters of Arts in Media Production at Ryerson University. In 1999 he was an artist in residence at Videopool and Urban Shaman in Winnipeg, where he completed Through The Looking Glass. In 2012 he was an artist in residence at Villa K. Magdalena in Hamburg, Germany, where he completed Boi Oh Boi. In 2015 he was commissioned by ImagineNATIVE to make 2 Spirit Introductory Special $19.99. In the summer of 2016 he began working on a 2D video game called A Bipolar Journey based on his experience learning and dealing with his bipolar disorder. It showed at ImagineNATIVE and he is planning to further develop it. He has also written three feature screenplays and sometimes does performance art. He is of Plains Cree and Scots descent, a member of Little Pine First Nation, and currently resides in Toronto.
