Wy Joung Kou
Canada - Ontario
They/Them
Wy Joung Kou is an interdisciplinary artist based in Toronto (Treaty 13 Territory) with a practice rooted in frameworks of disability justice. Their body of work spans mosaic, poetry, sound, movement, performance, video and installation. Kou is the Associate Artistic Director of ReDefine Arts, a performing member of Raging Asian Womxn Taiko Drummers, the inaugural winner of a JRG Grant for Artists with Disabilities (2018) and an ILGBT Artist Residency alum.
Areas of Interest:
- Performing Arts
- Visual Arts
- Community Arts
- Installation / Sculpture
- Craft
- Literary Arts
- Music
- Sound Art
- Dance / Movement Arts
- Digital Arts and Media
- Podcasting / Storytelling
- Video Production
Roles:
- Practicing artist or maker
- Community member
- Activist / ally
- I work for an accessible organization
Expertise:
- Consulting
- Design thinking
- Event Planning
- Communications
- Facilitation
Identifies with:
- Disabled
- Neurodiverse
- POC
- LGBTQ2SIA+
- Queer