Nadia Myre Orison

Date(s): Nov 8 to Dec 13 2014

Location: Salle Daniel-Dion et Su Schnee

Exhibition

N. Myre, 2014

Opening
Saturday, November 8 at 5 pm

Artist Talk
Saturday, December 6 at 3 pm
Soup will be served

Between 2005 and 2013, I engendered The Scar Project, a participatory work in which people were invited to sew, with various fibers and threads on canvas, a representation of a physical, emotional or psychological scar they carry, and write the accompanying narrative. This project was a vehicle for people to anonymously share their personal victories and traumas with others, creating a space that is simultaneously contemplative and transformative.

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N. Myre, 2014

Nadia Myre is a visual artist from Montreal (Quebec) whose multi-disciplinary practice is inspired by participant involvement as well as recurring themes of identity, language, longing and loss. She is a graduate from Concordia University (M.F.A., 2002) and a recipient of Les Elles de l’art (2011), CALQ’s Prix à la création artistique pour la région des Laurentides (2009), and an Eiteljorg Fellowship (2003).

http://www.nadiamyre.com/