Sidney Gordon

Sidney Gordon (b. 2000) is a queer, non-binary, multimedia emulsion-based artist, born and raised on Treaty 4 territory. They hold a BMA in Film + Screen Arts from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in so-called “Vancouver”, where they have lived and worked since 2018. They are co-founder and curator of XINEMA, a monthly experimental film program that showcases local, multilevel, media artists in VIFF Centre’s Studio Theatre. Their film i see me watching was featured in VIFF 2022, and was awarded the Chancellors Award and Best Experimental by Emily Carr University, as well as the VIVO Distribution Award from VIVO Media Arts Centre (2022). In 2021 and 2022 they were longlisted for the Polygon Gallery’s Lind Prize. Their film and cameraless-photo works have been shown both locally and internationally.