Theo Jean Cuthand: Love + Numbers

Theo Jean Cuthand, video still, Less Lethal Fetishes, 2019

Theo Jean Cuthand
Love + Numbers

Curated by Wanda Nanibush
January 18 – March 29, 2025
Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough

Theo Jean Cuthand has been experimenting with video for over thirty years. His work ranges from diaristic explorations of sexuality and politics to performative radical histories and narratives that dive deep into the edges and centres of society’s treatment of mental health, Indigenous peoples, and land. Always authentic, honest, and raw, Cuthand’s work continues to break open often-taboo topics and give us a new freedom through the camera. This exhibition covers a selection of Cuthand’s work from the 1990s to now.

Public Programs

All programming is free. For in-person programs, please see the DMG website for visitor information. Please contact dmg.utsc@utoronto.ca with any accommodation needs.

Public Reception
Saturday, January 18, 2 – 4 pm
Doris McCarthy Gallery, U of T Scarborough

Join us to celebrate the opening of Love + Numbers at this drop-in public reception, including remarks by artist Theo Jean Cuthand and curator Wanda Nanibush at 3 pm. Light refreshments and a cash bar will be offered, all welcome.

Artist Talk by Theo Jean Cuthand
Wednesday, January 29, 1 – 2 pm
AA304, Arts & Administration Building, U of T Scarborough

In this free, drop-in public talk, Theo Jean Cuthand will present on his artistic practice, with a focus on the ways his work engages with the topic of climate justice. Part of the Visiting Artist Lecture Series, co-presented by the Studio program, Department of Arts, Culture & Media, U of T Scarborough.

In Conversation: Theo Jean Cuthand & Ruth Cuthand
Thursday, February 13, 2 – 3 pm ET
Online
Registration required

In this online conversation, Theo Jean Cuthand and his mother, artist Ruth Cuthand, will discuss their video collaboration Neurotransmitting (2021) and their approaches to artmaking, addressing mental health, the power of family and kinship, and artistic expression.

In Conversation: Theo Jean Cuthand & Wanda Nanibush
Saturday, March 29, 2 – 3 pm
Ralph Campbell Lounge, Academic Resource Centre, U of T Scarborough
Registration required

Theo Jean Cuthand and Love + Numbers curator Wanda Nanibush will provide insight into the development of the exhibition, exploring Cuthand’s groundbreaking thirty-year artistic practice.

Theo Jean Cuthand, video still, Lessons in Baby Dyke Theory, 1995

Doris McCarthy Gallery
University of Toronto Scarborough
1265 Military Trail
Toronto, Ontario M1C 1A4
416.287.7007
dmg.utsc@utoronto.ca
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Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, 11 am to 4 pm; Wednesday, 11 am to 7 pm; Saturday, 11 to 5 pm. Admission is free. Open to the public. The gallery is wheelchair accessible.

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Image descriptions:
1) Video still of a figure wearing a gas mask. They are framed so that only their masked face and upper chest are visible, their chest is bare and features a large floral tattoo. The background is bright pink, with some string lights and the upper edge of a bed visible.
2) Slightly distorted video still of hands holding a group of homemade figures, crafted of pipecleaners, googly eyes, and other mixed media, against a yellow background.