Dayna McLeod facts for kids

Dayna McLeod (born 1972) is a Montreal based performance artist and video artist whose work often includes topics of feminism and queer identity.

She has a Diploma in Sculpture from the Alberta College of Art and Design and an M.F.A. in Open Media from Concordia University. She is currently competing a Ph.D in Humanities at The Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture at Concordia University.

Career

A regular performer at Montreal's Kiss My Cabaret, Meow Mix, Le Boudoir, and Edgy Women Festival, McLeod's work utilizes performance-based, remix and cabaret and practices.

She has performed in ten annual editions of the Edgy Women Festival and her work has been shown internationally. One of her notable works was her "cougar for a year" project, in which she dressed in animal print from June 1, 2012, to June 1, 2013. "Cougar for a year" won La Centrale's 2014 Prix Powerhouse for her radical honesty and courage in the face of normalization in our culture. Dayna has also won numerous other awards, and has received funding for video projects from the Canada Council and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.

McLeod is also a video maker, utilizing performance-based practices where she performs directly for the camera, often combining this technique with remix practices, such as in Ultimate SUB Ultimate DOM: Maria Von Trapp & Mary Poppins and That's Right Diana Barry- You Needed Me.

Works

Performance Art

• 2016 - Uterine Concert Hall, Darling Foundry
• 2016 - What’s in the Box?, La Chapelle Theatre, Montreal
• 2015 - Santa’s Wife and The Baby Dyke, Centaur Theatre, Montreal
• 2015 - Live For Menopause
• 2014 - Bronze Cowboy
• 2012 - Cougar For a Year
• 2009 - AV Machine collaboration with Alexis O’Hara
• 2008 - Come Shred My Heart
• 2007 - Monarchy Mama
• 2007 - Car Wash!, La Centrale, Montreal
• 2004 - The One: a collaboration, collaboration with Jackie Gallant, Studio 303, Montreal
• 2003 - Feminism: Your body is revolting
• 2001 - Tales From the Canadian Beaver trilogy (Oh Canada, Show us Your Beaver; Beaver Fever; Santa Beaver)

Videos

• 2015 - Undercover Lesbian SUPERCUT (Rizzoli & Isles S1.E6)
• 2015 - Older Woman Gentlemanly Dating with a Lesbian Ending SUPERCUT (Psych S5.E4)
• 2015 - Class Action Baby Supercut (The Good Wife S1.E17)
• 2014 - The Woman Who Paints in Blood Anti-Aging SUPERCUT
• 2014 - Creep, collaboration with Jackie Gallant
• 2011 - Nothing Compares to You
• 2011 - Don't Ask Don't Tell Gay, Gay, Gay
• 2011 - Peptalk.
• 2011 - Breaking up with Stephen Harper
• 2010 - The Cremation of Sam McGee
• 2010 - Thong
• 2009 - Ultimate SUB Ultimate DOM: Maria Von Trapp & Mary Poppins
• 2009 - That's Right Diana Barry- You Needed Me
• 2009 - Teabagging and Other Beauty Secrets
• 2009 - The Secret Message Tapes
• 2005 - Pleasure Zone
• 2004 - Dad, Don’t be Mad
• 2002 - Master Libation
• 2000 - The Bathroom Tapes: Track 3; Take 4 ("My Man")