Reading Banister Fletcher (2012-13)

In the late 1990s, I visited London and met a man named Alex Barakan. He was quite old; I was still young. He took a kind interest in my graduate Continue reading →

breathe / animer – Montreal, 1999

In the late 1990s and early 2000s I began to work more seriously with performance as a mode of engaging with publics, and spaces. Through my studies with feminist professors Continue reading →

Flower for Flyers – Mexico, 1999

(1 March 1999, Playa del Carmen, Mexico) “Should write about last night before it’s gone. Made about 30-40 little watercolours of flowers, some fish, a few butterflies. What I ended Continue reading →

Winged for a Day – Halifax, 1998

As part of my ongoing research about the winged human figure, and specifically winged female figures, I created Winged for a Day in Halifax, Nova Scotia in the summer of Continue reading →

Odysseus Come Home – Halifax, 1998

While living in Halifax and teaching my first course at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design I was captured by the harbour and shipping history so important to Continue reading →

Anonymous Fairy Acts – Exeter, 1998

During a trip to England in spring 1998 I visited Exeter, staying on the campus of Exeter University in a rather cheerless dormitory. There was a storm in the night Continue reading →

Do Not Be Afraid, 1998

Do Not Be Afraid was both a series of works I undertook in 1997-98, and the title of an exhibition I had at the Bowmanville Art Gallery/Visual Arts Centre of Continue reading →

Take Back the Night – Montreal, 1998

In August 1998 I was invited to contribute as an artist to the annual Take Back the Night march in Montreal. Much of my research in the studio and elsewhere Continue reading →

Winged for a Day – Montreal, 1998

As part of my ongoing research about the winged human figure, I undertook a number of projects in which I made small wings and offered them to others to wear. Continue reading →

The Gathering of Earth – 101 Mountains, 1998

In 1998 I co-organized a group exhibition of student work and series of talks at Concordia University with Karen Huska and Caroline Alexander (Stevens). The events were called, collectively, AHKSSISSTTSTATOAA, Continue reading →

Floralscapes – Hamilton, 1993-94

In my last year of living in Hamilton, Ontario, I had an exhibition at a new restaurant on King Street West (near downtown’s Hess Village), which showed local artists’ work. Continue reading →

Bountiful Woman, 1992 & 1994

In 1992 and again in 1994, a group of feminists and feminist artists in Hamilton came together to organize two, non-juried exhibitions celebrating women’s creativity. The core members were Renée Continue reading →

Compound – Hamilton, 1992-93

I graduated from McMaster University in 1993, but the previous year participated in the graduating exhibition of 1992, as by then I had finished all my studio arts courses. That Continue reading →

One in the Flock – Hamilton, 1992

In the summer of 1992 I had my first solo exhibition at the Broadway Cinema, which had exhibition space within a lovely, large marquee theatre on King William Street in Continue reading →

Early landscapes (1991-94)

During my last year of study, and following my graduation from McMaster University’s BFA  in 1992, I worked in a downtown Hamilton art store, Rath Art Supplies, owned by the Continue reading →

Locke Street Studio Show – 1991

The Locke Street Studio was briefly located on Locke Street South in Hamilton, a great neighbourhood tucked in between downtown to the east, the 403 expressway to the west, and Continue reading →