ALYSSA BISTONATH
Is a filmmaker and photographer living in Toronto
She focuses on themes of memory and belonging. Bistonath, the daughter of Guyanese immigrants endeavours to look at modes of representation by investigating nostalgia, exploring evidence, and interrupting the archive. Most recently, she was featured in the Art Gallery of Ontario's "Art in the Spotlight." and in Canadian Art for her series "Isolation Photographs." Her work includes "Portals" (2018) a video installation commissioned by the City of Toronto for Nuit Blanche, and the documentary “Why We Fight” (2016) which won Best Canadian Short at the Regent Park Film Festival. Bistonath has her Masters of Fine Arts and teaches at Ryerson University. On her down time she reads science fiction.
Selected Clients
Art Gallery of Burlington
Art Gallery of York University
Canadian Cancer Society
Canadian Running Magazine
Christie Refugee Centre
Centre for the Prevention of Human Trafficking
Foodshare
Fighting Blindness Canada
The Globe and Mail - Report on Business
HealthPro / Pilot PMR
Hemisphere Games
Institute for Canadian Citizenship
LeuWebb Projects
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto
Loblaw
MacLennan Jaunkalns Miller Architects
McGill University
National Post
National Film Board of Canada
Ontario English Catholic Teachers' Association / PilotPMR
Ontario Public Service Employees Union / PilotPMR
Ontario Physical Education Association
Government of Ontario - Ministry of Infrastructure / RAIN43
Reel Canada
Scotiabank / National Hockey League / The Mark Studios
Smart Car / Mercedes Benz / The Mark Studios
Sharelife
Stella Artois
Today's Parent
Perkins+Will
Public Studio
World Wildlife Fund
World Vision
The Latest
2021
Director of Photography | (Col) Hiba Abdallah | The Visual Arts Centre
2020
Interview | "Isolation Portraits" | Canadian Art
Interview | Artist in the Spotlight, Art Gallery of Ontario
Publication | "Myth" | Broadview Magazine
Director of Photography |Global Steps/Surfaces of Revolution | (Dir) Joaquin Wall | Art Gallery of Burlington
2019
Panelist | Bechdel Tested: Women in Photography | Contact Photography Festival | The Revue Cinema
Director of Photography | Handmade Mountain (Dir) Michéle Pearson Clarke | National Film Board of Canada
Director of Phototgraphy |This Place Neyaashiinigmiing (Fish Story) | (Dir) Public Studio | Doris McCarthy Gallery
Director of Photography, Editor | The Canadian Human Trafficking | Media Launch
Photographer | The Christie Refugee Centre | Annual Report
2018
Interview: | Portals | “Here & Now” CBC Radio One with Gill Deacon