First Name: Alex
Last Name: Abdilla
Biography (English): Alex currently lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Biography (French): Alex habite et travaille à Vancouver (Colombie-Britannique).
Birth Year: 1964
Medium: mixed media photography
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First Name: Barry
Last Name: Ace
Biography (English): Barry Ace is a practicing multidisciplinary artist currently living in Ottawa. He is a debendaagzijig (citizen) of M’Chigeeng First Nation, Odawa Mnis (Manitoulin Island), Ontario, Canada. Ace’s work responds to the impact of the digital age and how it exponentially transforms and infuses Anishinaabeg culture (and other global cultures) with new technologies and new ways of communicating. His work attempts to harness and bridge the precipice between historical and contemporary knowledge, art, and power, while maintaining a distinct Anishinaabeg aesthetic connecting generations. “My visual art practice is a response to the impact of the digital age and how it exponentially transforms and infuses Anishinaabeg culture with new technologies and new ways of communicating. My work is known for its signature style of transformation and recontextualization of traditional objects drawn from historic Anishinaabeg material culture, such as textiles. I deliberately push the boundaries of cultural art practices such as beadwork by transforming antiquated electronic e-waste, primarily capacitors, resistors, and light-emitting diodes to create new and complex floral motifs that mirror traditional Anishinaabeg style glass beadwork. Through an up-cycling of e-waste, I carefully yet respectfully negotiate the tenuous line of cultural continuity and strive to maintain a distinct Anishinaabeg aesthetic as an intentional response to the advance of technological colonization of the digital age.”
Biography (French): Barry Ace est un artiste photographique et multimédia et conservateur anishinaabe (Odawa). Le travail d'Ace comprend des peintures en techniques mixtes et des œuvres textiles et sculpturales en techniques mixtes qui combinent des textiles et des perles traditionnels Anishinaabe avec des composants électriques trouvés. Ace a un vif intérêt pour la combinaison des technologies, de l'esthétique et des techniques traditionnelles et contemporaines dans ses œuvres. Barry Ace a d'abord étudié pour devenir électricien au Cambrian College, mais s'est tourné vers les arts graphiques. Les connaissances de base d'Ace en électricité ont cependant joué plus tard un rôle dans ses œuvres en techniques mixtes comprenant des composants électriques. Ace a enseigné à l'Université de Sudbury dans le cadre du programme d'études autochtones, ainsi qu'à l'Université Laurentienne et à l'Université Carleton en études canadiennes. En 2015, il a donné un atelier à la Galerie d'art d'Ottawa où les participants ont réalisé une carte collective en techniques mixtes de la ville d'Ottawa. Il a également dirigé un atelier pour les enfants d'une école d'immersion ojibwe à l'automne 2016, où les œuvres d'art produites par les enfants ont ensuite été exposées à la Fondation culturelle ojibwe. Ace participe à la résidence d'artiste invité Nigig organisée par le programme de culture visuelle autochtone de l'Université OCAD à l'hiver 2018. Une grande partie du travail de Barry Ace utilise des matériaux trouvés comme des condensateurs, des résistances et des diodes électroluminescentes, ainsi que des perles florales traditionnelles de style Grands Lacs, pour commenter « l'endurance culturelle non découragée par des siècles d'oppression coloniale et de changement social rapide ». Dans toutes ses créations, l’artiste souligne l’importance d’affirmer son identité et sa culture et de s’approprier l’imagerie et la représentation autochtones. Le travail d'Ace explore la relation entre les techniques et traditions historiques et les matériaux et sujets contemporains. En faisant référence à l'histoire de l'art textile anishinaabe dans des œuvres qui utilisent des matériaux contemporains produits en masse, entre autres thèmes, Ace étudie le dialogue entre les cultures autochtones et européennes, tout comme le font ses collègues artistes Rosalie Favell et Jeff Thomas. Un exemple en est l’histoire de l’utilisation de perles de verre provenant de commerçants européens dans le perlage autochtone à laquelle Ace fait référence dans ses pièces textiles. Certaines œuvres d'Ace explorent l'esthétique particulière de la technologie et de la culture populaire dans l'art autochtone, quelque chose que sa collègue artiste Rosalie Favell intègre également dans son travail.
Social Media Link: https://www.youtube.com/barryacearts
Website Link: https://www.barryacearts.com/
Birth Year: 1958
Medium: ceramics fibre installation mixed media painting performance public art textiles
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First Name: KC
Last Name: Adams
Biography (English): Winnipeg-based artist KC Adams graduated from Concordia University with a BFA and works in medium that includes: sculpture, installation, drawing, painting, photography, ceramics, printmaking and kinetic art. She maintains her own website at www.kcadams.com showcasing her work and digital art projects. KC Adams has had several solo exhibitions, most recently Legacy at the Parramatta Artists Studios, Parramatta, NSW. She has also been featured in numerous group exhibitions, Circuit City at My Winnipeg at la maison rouge in Paris, France, Cyborg Living Space II, The Language of Intercession at the OBORO Gallery in Montreal and Cyborg Hybrids at the PHOTOQUAI: Biennale des images du monde in Paris, France. She has participated in residencies at the Banff Centre, the Confederation Art Centre in Charlottetown, National Museum of the American Indian in New York and Canada Council’s International residency in Parramatta, NSW. She has received several grants and awards from Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. Twenty pieces from the Cyborg Hybrid series is in the permanent collection of the National Art Gallery in Ottawa, ten Circuit City prints to the Indian and Inuit Art Centre in Ottawa and Birch Bark Ltd. is in the collection of the Canadian Consulate in Sydney, NSW. The CCCA Winnipeg Artists Project was generously supported by the Winnipeg Foundation.
Biography (French): L'artiste KC Adams, basé à Winnipeg, est diplômé d'un baccalauréat en beaux-arts de l'Université Concordia et travaille dans des domaines tels que la sculpture, l'installation, le dessin, la peinture, la photographie, la céramique, la gravure et l'art cinétique. Elle gère son propre site Web à l'adresse www.kcadams.com présentant son travail et ses projets d'art numérique. KC Adams a eu plusieurs expositions personnelles, la plus récente Legacy aux Parramatta Artists Studios, Parramatta, NSW. Elle a également été présentée dans de nombreuses expositions collectives, Circuit City à My Winnipeg à la maison rouge à Paris, France, Cyborg Living Space II, The Language of Intercession à l'OBORO. Gallery à Montréal et Cyborg Hybrids à PHOTOQUAI : Biennale des images du monde à Paris, France. Elle a participé à des résidences au Banff Centre, au Confederation Art Centre à Charlottetown, au National Museum of the American Indian à New York et à la résidence internationale du Conseil des Arts du Canada à Parramatta, NSW. Elle a reçu plusieurs subventions et prix du Conseil des arts de Winnipeg, du Conseil des arts du Manitoba et du Conseil des arts du Canada. Vingt pièces de la série Cyborg Hybrid font partie de la collection permanente de la Galerie nationale d'art d'Ottawa, dix tirages Circuit City du Centre d'art indien et inuit d'Ottawa et Birch Bark Ltd. fait partie de la collection du consulat canadien à Sydney, Nouvelle-Galles du Sud. Le CCCA Winnipeg Artists Project a été généreusement soutenu par la Winnipeg Foundation.
Social Media Link: https://www.instagram.com/adams_kc/
Additional Social Media Link: https://twitter.com/kc_adams_art?lang=en
Website Link: https://www.kcadams.net/
Birth Year: 1971
Medium: ceramics drawing installation mixed media painting photography printmaking sculpture video
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First Name: Donna
Last Name: Akrey
Biography (English): Donna Akrey is an interdisciplinary artist who creates installations, sculptures, videos, photography, book works and collaborations. She is a graduate of the Concordia University Bachelor of Visual Arts program, and holds a Master’s Degree in Fine Art from the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. Her work reflects her interest in the urban environment, language and communication, body and mind and the power of the habitual on our dreams and realities. Akrey currently lives in Hamilton where she also teaches at Brock and McMaster University.
Biography (French): Donna Akrey est une artiste interdisciplinaire qui crée des installations, des sculptures, des vidéos, des photographies, des livres et des collaborations. Elle est diplômée du programme de baccalauréat en arts visuels de l’Université Concordia et détient une maîtrise en beaux-arts du Nova Scotia College of Art & Design. Son travail reflète son intérêt pour l'environnement urbain, le langage et la communication, le corps et l'esprit et le pouvoir de l'habituel sur nos rêves et nos réalités. Akrey vit actuellement à Hamilton où elle enseigne également à l'Université Brock et McMaster.
Website Link: https://www.donnaakrey.com/
Birth Year: 1965
Medium: audio collaboration installation mixed media performance photography sculpture video
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First Name: Ann
Last Name: Beam
Biography (English): Ann Beam is a multimedia artist based in M'Chigeeng First Nation, Manitoulin Island. Born Ann Elena Weatherby in 1944 in Brooklyn, New York, she is the spouse of artist Carl Beam. She has a BFA from State University of New York at Buffalo. She taught at the Art Gallery of Ontario in the late 1960s and 1970s and later managed the Neon Raven Art Gallery on Manitoulin Island. Themes covered in her art have been described as "cultural histories of women's labour in building homes, in motherhood, cooking and teaching." She has worked with various mediums, including oil and acrylic, found art, recycled materials, pottery, paper and cloth.
Biography (French): Ann Beam est une artiste multimédia basée dans la Première Nation M'Chigeeng, sur l'île Manitoulin. Née Ann Elena Weatherby en 1944 à Brooklyn, New York, elle est l'épouse de l'artiste Carl Beam. Elle est titulaire d'un BFA de l'Université d'État de New York à Buffalo. Elle a enseigné au Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario à la fin des années 1960 et dans les années 1970 et a ensuite dirigé la Neon Raven Art Gallery sur l'île Manitoulin. Les thèmes abordés dans son art ont été décrits comme « des histoires culturelles du travail des femmes dans la construction de maisons, dans la maternité, la cuisine et l'enseignement ». Elle a travaillé avec divers médiums, notamment l'huile et l'acrylique, l'art trouvé, les matériaux recyclés, la poterie, le papier et le tissu.
Website Link: https://beamartprojects.com/
Birth Year: 1944
Medium: ceramics mixed media painting textiles
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First Name: Carl
Last Name: Beam
Biography (English): Among the rapidly growing number of important First Nations artists in Canada, Carl Beam RCA was a strong, independent character and by that virtue he became a leader. His 1985 painting, The North American Iceberg (titled in ironic opposition to the Art Gallery of Ontario’s landmark exhibition of the same year, The European Iceberg) was the first work by an artist of native ancestry purchased by the National Gallery of Canada as contemporary art. He mainly eschewed traditional style and imagery and helped himself to the world through its overflowing inventory of photo-documents, inserting the personal and the symbolic alongside the iconic in remarkably lucid and powerful combinations that partially disguised the artist’s own motives and intentions to force the viewer’s active involvement in their interpretation.
Biography (French): Parmi le nombre rapidement croissant d'artistes importants des Premières Nations au Canada, Beam était un personnage fort et indépendant et, grâce à cela, il est devenu un leader. Son tableau de 1985, L'iceberg nord-américain (intitulé en opposition ironique à l'exposition phare de la Art Gallery of Ontario de la même année, L'iceberg européen) a été la première œuvre d'un artiste d'origine autochtone achetée par le Musée des beaux-arts du Canada en tant qu'art contemporain. . Il a principalement évité le style et l'imagerie traditionnels et s'est servi du monde grâce à son inventaire débordant de documents photographiques, insérant le personnel et le symbolique aux côtés de l'iconique dans des combinaisons remarquablement lucides et puissantes qui masquaient en partie les propres motivations et intentions de l'artiste pour forcer le regard du spectateur. participation active à leur interprétation.
Website Link: https://beamartprojects.com/
Birth Year: 1943
Medium: mixed media
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First Name: Barbara
Last Name: Brown
Biography (English): Barbara Brown trained as a visual artist at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (now NSCAD University) and completed her graduate work at what is now Manchester Metropolitan University, in England. Her thesis work was concerned with the production of large scale sculptural installations for architectural spaces using enlarged textile techniques. She has completed public commissions for the City of Ottawa, the Province of Ontario at Thunder Bay and Manchester Metropolitan University, England. Brown has exhibited in solo and group shows nationally and internationally, most recently in LifeCycle Conversations a collaboration with sculptor Cynthia O’Brien at Karsh-Masson Gallery, Ottawa and Beyond the Edge: Artist Gardens, where she created Red Oak Labyrinth, a 60’ walking path installation beneath a hundred year old oak tree. Brown completed a month long residency at Kingsbrae International Resident for the Arts in St. Andrew’s, New Brunswick, Canada where she focused on a series of deconstructed images of flowers. She participated in the International Artistic Residency Kala Chaupal in India where she collaborated with fellow artists to create Matka: A Portrait of Traditional Water Carriers. Brown’s current work is photographic documents of ephemeral arrangements using natural materials as a visual meditation in and about the landscape. Her work deals with memory and the passage of time referencing the growing season and the inevitable decline of all things as observed in the garden. Her work functions as momento mori, a reminder of the inevitability of death as experience in the cycle of life. She works in her urban garden in Ottawa as well as forest locations in Eastern Quebec and is always looking for new environment to work in and explore.
Biography (French): Barbara Brown a suivi une formation d'artiste visuelle au Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (aujourd'hui NSCAD University) et a complété ses études supérieures à l'actuelle Manchester Metropolitan University, en Angleterre. Son travail de thèse portait sur la production d'installations sculpturales à grande échelle pour des espaces architecturaux utilisant des techniques textiles agrandies. Elle a réalisé des commandes publiques pour la ville d'Ottawa, la province de l'Ontario à Thunder Bay et la Manchester Metropolitan University, en Angleterre. Brown a exposé dans des expositions individuelles et collectives à l'échelle nationale et internationale, plus récemment dans LifeCycle Conversations, une collaboration avec la sculpteur Cynthia O'Brien à la galerie Karsh-Masson, à Ottawa et Beyond the Edge: Artist Gardens, où elle a créé Red Oak Labyrinth, un 60' aménagement d'un sentier pédestre sous un chêne centenaire. Brown a effectué une résidence d'un mois au Kingsbrae International Resident for the Arts à St. Andrew's, au Nouveau-Brunswick, au Canada, où elle s'est concentrée sur une série d'images déconstruites de fleurs. Elle a participé à la résidence artistique internationale Kala Chaupal en Inde où elle a collaboré avec d'autres artistes pour créer Matka : A Portrait of Traditional Water Carriers. Le travail actuel de Brown est constitué de documents photographiques d’arrangements éphémères utilisant des matériaux naturels comme méditation visuelle dans et sur le paysage. Son travail traite de la mémoire et du passage du temps, faisant référence à la saison de croissance et au déclin inévitable de toutes choses observé dans le jardin. Son travail fonctionne comme un momento mori, un rappel du caractère inévitable de la mort en tant qu'expérience dans le cycle de la vie. Elle travaille dans son jardin urbain à Ottawa ainsi que dans des forêts de l'est du Québec et est toujours à la recherche d'un nouvel environnement dans lequel travailler et explorer.
Social Media Link: https://www.instagram.com/bbrownartist/
Additional Social Media Link: https://www.facebook.com/barbara.brown.3192479
Website Link: https://barbarabrown.ca/
Medium: mixed media photography sculpture
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First Name: Susan
Last Name: Collacott
Biography (English): Susan Collacott’s passion, understanding and enjoyment of art and life has been informed by a thorough art education (M.A., M.F.A. B.Ed.). She has taken key courses to enhance her knowledge in Architecture, Photography and Japanese language, pottery, art, and architecture. Earlier solo exhibitions were on an ambitious scale and garnered several photo/reviews in The Toronto Star, Now Mag and local news. Her artwork was acknowledged in three Canadian Art publications. Susan’s imagination is fuelled by invaluable experiences on all continents, witness to evidence of earths on-going creation; its wildlife in the ocean/on land as well as dinosaur resting places. Hiking, touring, kayaking and scuba-diving were all means transformed by contemplation, writing and making art. Susan was a talented art teacher who guided art students on trips to architectural & cultural sites of Europe and S. America. She was indispensablein shaping the art program at Bishop Strachan School and for designing the Photography Curriculum and the Dark Room. She has designed a Japanese ‘Minka’ style studio, residential landscapes, contemporary furniture and pottery: She coordinated an Art Show (Int’l Women’s Year in Toronto), taught workshops for the AGO: and is working after 45 years of painting. She now works in Cobble Hill, British Columbia. In these works, there is an expression of celebration, wonder and transformation, conveying hope in the face of a dark environmental pessimism.
Social Media Link: https://www.instagram.com/susan.collacott/?hl=en
Additional Social Media Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-collacott-mfa-65586a27/?originalSubdomain=ca
Website Link: susancollacott.com
Birth Year: 1948
Medium: mixed media
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First Name: Cliff
Last Name: Eyland
Biography (English): Cliff Eyland was a Canadian painter, writer and curator. Eyland studied art at Holland College, Mount Allison University, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. While in school, he was influenced by artists Robert Morris, On Kawara and Daniel Buren. Eyland was best known for his work that transformed public spaces and his drawings and paintings done on the small 3 x 5 index card format. In 2005 his installation Untitled, consisting of over 1000 paintings, opened at the Winnipeg's Millennium Library. In 2014, he installed at the Halifax Central Library whereLibrary Cards is behind the front desk and Book Shelf Paintings is on the fifth floor. He also has a smaller public art commission of 600 painting titled Sculptures in Landscapes at the Meadows branch of the Edmonton Public Library. Eyland also hid card drawings in books and card catalogues at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, the Library and Archives in Ottawa and the Muttart Library in Calgary. During his 2012 residency and solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, he showed painting in the vitrine, published an artist book and placed 1000 file card drawings into books in the Library. Eyland was a curator and writer as an extension of his artistic practice. Between 1998–2010, he was an associate professor of painting at the University of Manitoba School of Art and director of Gallery One One One. Eyland's archives are held at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections. In 2020, his alma mater Nova Scotia College of Art and Design set up the Cliff Eyland Memorial Scholarship for painting students and endowed by his family.
Biography (French): Cliff Eyland was a Canadian painter, writer and curator. Eyland studied art at Holland College, Mount Allison University, and the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. While in school, he was influenced by artists Robert Morris, On Kawara and Daniel Buren. Eyland was best known for his work that transformed public spaces and his drawings and paintings done on the small 3 x 5 index card format. In 2005 his installation Untitled, consisting of over 1000 paintings, opened at Winnipeg's Millennium Library. In 2014, he installed at the Halifax Central Library where Library Cards is behind the front desk and Book Shelf Paintings is on the fifth floor. He also has a smaller public art commission of 600 paintings titled Sculptures in Landscapes at the Meadows branch of the Edmonton Public Library. Eyland also hid card drawings in books and card catalogs at the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, the Library and Archives in Ottawa and the Muttart Library in Calgary. During his 2012 residency and solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada, he showed painting in the window, published an artist book and placed 1000 file card drawings into books in the Library. Eyland was a curator and writer as an extension of his artistic practice. Between 1998–2010, he was an associate professor of painting at the University of Manitoba School of Art and director of Gallery One One One. Eyland's archives are held at the University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections. In 2020, his alma mater Nova Scotia College of Art and Design set up the Cliff Eyland Memorial Scholarship for painting students and endowed by his family.
Website Link: https://www.cliffeyland.com/
Birth Year: 1954
Medium: curation drawing mixed media painting performance
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First Name: Cliff
Last Name: Eyland
Birth Year: 1954
Medium: drawing mixed media painting performance
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