Fran Trento

Fran Trento (they/them) is a Brazilian artist-researcher and currently a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki. Fran develops multimodal art in diverse media, such as photography, text, video, and performance art, having exhibited their work at Galleria Loisti, Myymällä2, Örö Fortress Island ORES Summer Exhibition, Stoa, Galleria Pesula, and other places. Fran also worked as a postdoctoral researcher at UniArts Helsinki and Concordia University of Montreal, where they led projects that investigated academic ableism and neuroqueer intimacies and taught critical disability studies to art educators. Fran is interested in neurodiversity, non-dyadic modalities of togetherness, and cuddling.

Photo Credit: Aman Askarizad