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Teresa Carlesimo was director of Forest City Gallery from 2020 to 2023. She is an interdisciplinary artist and PhD candidate in Cultural Studies at Queen's University where her research and practice considers systems of power, class and empire as integral to the analysis of environmental crises. Her artwork explores labour, extractivism, and the urban-built environment through large-scale immersive installations and video works. She has completed residencies and fellowships internationally and her work has been exhibited at the Grounds for Sculpture, Artcite, Museum London, Eyelevel, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Rodman Hall Art Centre, and the Thames Art Gallery, among others. In 2018 she co-founded and organized the Art & Social Strata Conference + Artist Projects, which presented works and conversations addressing inequality, gentrification, and socially-engaged arts practices. Carlesimo served as Co-Chair of CARFAC Ontario.