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Upcoming:

Winter / Spring of 2026

LOOT: Exhibtion and Artist-led Symposium 

I am excited to be the guest curator at the Langham Cultural Centre, in Kaslo, BC this winter and spring.  I have chosen to develop an exhibition in collaboration with the Ten Thieves Artist Collective under the title, LOOT.

The Collective emerged over the past two years in a shared interest to gather monthly to read and discuss Post-Human Feminism issues and concerns. From these gatherings, this collective was formed.  The Collective members includes; Susan Andrews Grace, Eimear Laffan, Jim Holyoak, Hildur Johansson, Maggie Shirley, Marnie Temple, Genevieve Robertson and Carol Wallace.

The curatorial thesis for the show explores a shift in perspective of human’s relationship and understanding of matter from the western world view of matter being their for human use, human profit and human extraction to a kinship world view of care and reciprocity. A perspective that is ethical and just and demonstrates an understanding of the interdependence and common ground of all living things.

The exhibition will be accompanied by an Artist-led Symposium with keynote presentation by Astrida Neimanis and will two days of panel discussions and workshops.

ON RIGHT NOW –

Exhibition of a selection of works from Boat without a Boat at the Nelson Museum, Archive and Gallery in Nelson, BC. The show was curated by Arin Fay, and will include an exhibition catalogue with an essay by Greta Hamilton. The exhibition will run from November 14. , 2025 – February 21,  2026.

Boat without a Boat includes a selection of drawing-based collages and stop motion animation videos created over the past 5 years including some research and work begun while on residency at BoxoPROJECTS in Joshua Tree, CA and DRAWinternational, Caylus, France. This work explores speculative processes of transformation across plant, insect, animal, elemental, spectral and human forms. The work empowers and employs the archaic feminine as the primary agent of this change. It is a feminist body of work in that it emerges from an embodied place – my body – and tells stories of relatedness. It is a posthuman body of work in that it seeks to challenge and dissolve the human centered narrative of life on this planet and moves us accross and through bodies that are more-than-human.

Spring of 2025 

DRAWinternational in Caylus, France. Caylus is a small historic medieval village in the midi-Pyrenee region of southwestern France where I participated in a  7 week residency.  While there I focused my research on several aspect of the late medieval period, including  the supernatural and mythological realm and the aesthetic practices of fragmentation and redemption practiced by female saints of late Medeival period. I continued my studio practice through drawing and the creation of new works on paper. It was an incredible experience to live in a medieval home and village, to walk ancient foot paths and explore sacred water sources.  I feel a deep almost uncanny sense of connection to this period, its female mystics and the notorious shapeshifters and healers. I am fascinated by the otherworldly visions of their artists, the use of gold leaf to illuminate the invisible realm and the suspension of belief that is the magic of this era. I am curious about the paradigm shift from the ‘dark ages’ to ‘enlightenment’ what was lost, what was gained? and how similar the centuries of transition are to the transition we are experiencing now with the large scale injustices and atrocities occurring daily.

 

 

 

 

 

See section Boat without a Boat with Gallery of images.  Links to stop motion animation videos: Night Ritual and Midden are available upon request.

 

I am honoured to be the recipient of  a Research and Creation grant from the Canada Council for the Arts for aspect of the project Boat without a Boat.

The project was supported by the Canada Council for the Arts

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

BOXOPROJECTS Residency:

In April of 2024,  I was the artist in residence the BoxoPROJECTS Residency located outside of Joshua Tree, California. During this residency period I began research on the project Moth Sensorium. A multidisciplinary project that explores the secondary senses of sound and smell. Through exercises and explorations into these secondary senses I explore the de-centering of the dominant sense of sight, and the welcoming information garnered from these secondary senses.

Much gratitude for the assistance an Individual Project Grant from  from the British Colombia Arts Council.

Video Still from Cholla Eaters \ stop motion animation / 35s/Original score/HD

 

Part of the research for the body of new work, Boat without a Boat was done while on residency at the Sointula Art Shed on Malcolm Island in 2022. I am grateful to have spent a month in this gorgeous, ocean environment.

 

 

Great thanks to the founders and directors of the ART SHED – Kerri Reid and Tyler Brett who manage and make possible the existence of this incredible residency. My time at the residency was supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.