Clarissa Tossin: Bridging Cultures Through Material Engagement Clarissa Tossin (born 1973, Porto Alegre, Brazil) is a Brazilian visual artist who employs installation, video, performance, sculpture and photography to negotiate the hybridization of cultures and the persistence of difference. Born in Porto Alegre, Brazil in 1973 and currently residing in Los Angeles, USA, Tossin received an MFA from California Institute of the Arts in 2009. She has held exhibitions individually at Harvard Radcliffe Graduate Studies (Harvard University, USA), The Blanton Museum of Art (Austin, USA), and The Mus…