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Syrus Marcus Ware is a researcher, visual artist and educator working to help build strong communities founded on social justice, self-determination and love.
As an identical twin, Syrus explores concepts of duality and repetition in all of his creative pursuits. As a visual artist, Syrus works within the mediums of painting, installation and performance art to challenge systemic oppression and to suggest a different view of the world in which he lives.
His work is in the collections of bell hooks and Rinaldo Walcott, amongst others, and has shown as part of several group exhibitions and festivals, including the Art for Real Change Festival (ARCfest] and the LGBT Youth Line's Line Art Auction. His art has been reproduced in FUSE magazine, Action Speaks Louder, and the Globe and Mail. Syrus has worked for the past 4 years as the Program Coordinator of Youth Programs at the Art Gallery of Ontario, working with a generation of emerging artists.
Syrus has worked several years working on community-based research, popular education and advocacy. His work specifically focuses on HIV/AIDS prevention, prisoners' justicerelated community education, Trans community development, and disability advocacy. He is the author of the groundbreaking study "Assessing the HIV/AIDS Service Needs of Trans Communities in Toronto", published by the AIDS Committee of Toronto in 2004....