Biography 

Lorena Salomé (Argentina) 

Lorena Salomé is an Argentinian multidisciplinary artist, educator, and curator based in Toronto. Lorena has completed film and visual studies at the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and completed courses in electrical engineering at the Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina. She holds a bachelor of fine arts specializing in new media from the Ontario College of Art and Design and is a candidate for graduation from the master of arts program in digital media from York University in Toronto. She has continued shaping her artistic practice by participating in artist residencies including the Traversal Residency program hosted by Public Visualization Lab and Trinity Square Video (2020). Lorena has received multiple grants including the 2011 Production grant from the Canada Council for the Arts and the 2008 Production grant in collaboration with Guillermina Buzio from the Canada Council.  

Lorena’s studio work focuses on sound, film, and installations to reflect different notions of memory and belonging by incorporating sounds, images, and objects into the composition. She has been part of multiple screenings including the 2020 Alucine Toronto Latin@ Media Festival in Toronto and the 2011 ENTZAUBERT DIY Queer Festival in Berlin, Germany. Her work has been showcased in various exhibitions including Disruptive Design (2020) at Gales Gallery at York University and in the collective exhibitions Tech Art Fair (2019) at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto, and Life in Flight performance video collaboration with Guillermina Buzio (2019), curated by Tamara Toledo, at Sur Gallery in Toronto.