Johnny Mrym Spence

JOHNNY MRYM SPENCE is an artist of Jewish/European Settler ancestry who loves and creates in Tkaronto. His maternal great-grandmother was Sara, his paternal grandmother was Joan, his maternal grandmother is Judy, and his mother is Annie. He owes whatever compassion and creativity he has to them, and thanks them for the gifts of story and song. Some recurring themes in Johnny’s work are: Judaism, ritual, semantics, playfulness, orientation, collaboration. He works across many mediums including: sound, movement, storytelling, installation, performance, video.