MEAGAN MUSSEAU
Material Harvesting
Exhibition run: May 1, 2021 to July 10, 2021
Material Harvesting is the culmination of over two years of conversations between Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre and artist Meagan Musseau. Featuring four new works, the exhibition explores the artist’s connection to material, both fabricated and natural. She continues to prioritize relationships to land, family, community, and the island of Ktaqmkuk. Musseau's work encourages the viewer to consider systems of knowledge and how we come to know.
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Exhibition run: May 1, 2021 to July 10, 2021
Gallery Hours: The gallery is closed to the public due to Alberta Health restrictions around COVID.
Accessibility notes: Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre is barrier-free and is equipped with a lift to reach upper floors and lower floor gallery. Single stall and wide stall washrooms available on every floor. Children are welcome! Change tables available in select washrooms.
ETS stops at 96 Street and Jasper (routes 2, 5, 88, 120, 308, 309), 97 Street and Jasper Avenue (3, 14, 100, 109, 161, 162). Paid city street parking and paid Impark lots available.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Edmonton Arts Council.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Meagan Musseau is a L’nu (Mi'kmaw) artist from Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk territory (Bay of Islands, western Newfoundland). She nourishes an interdisciplinary arts practice by working with customary art forms and new media, such as basketry, beadwork, land-based performance, video and installation. She focuses on creating artwork, dancing, learning Mi’kmaw language, and facilitating workshops as a way to actively participate in survivance. Musseau’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at venues such as grunt gallery, Vancouver; Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton; AKA Artist-run, Saskatoon; VOX, centre de l'image contemporaine, Montreal; and Canada House, London, UK. She has performed at Spirit Song Festival (2019), Bonavista Biennale (2019), #THIRDSHIFT (2017), as well as in landscapes across Turtle Island. Her practice has been supported by awards such as Atlantic Canadian Emerging Artist, the Hnatyshyn Foundation (2018) and Aboriginal Arts Development Award, First Peoples’ Cultural Council (2016).