Pia Massie

Pia Massie is a multi-media artist, environmental activist, and teacher. She is currently an artist in residence with the AIRS program of the Vancouver School Board, working with elementary age kids in nature. Her recent large-scale photo work, Mattering Map Redux, was exhibited at Monica Reyes Gallery in 2019. Massie’s films and art have been exhibited in museums, festivals, and galleries throughout North America and Europe, including The Museum of Modern Art, NYC; Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne; and the grunt gallery in Vancouver, BC. Massie is the recipient of the American Film Institute’s Independent Filmmakers award (LA), Prix St. Gervais (Geneva), and Prix de l’Institut de Design de Montréal. Her writing has appeared in DAMP: Contemporary Vancouver Media Art, Foret-Frontiere : Une Action Art / Nature, The Bulletin, Adbusters and Ricepaper magazines. She is deeply grateful to work and live in the Pacific Northwest unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

Listen to Pia on episode 2 of Big Bright Dark Podcast here.