MFA Thesis Exhibition, Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons, Emily Carr University if Art + Design, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 6-18, 2024
Public Opening July 11, 6-9 pm, everyone welcome!
How might textile making be a medium for articulating and transforming emotion? In my thesis work, I explore matrilineal textile production as means for processing grief. As I perform various techniques of hand making — pulling apart and stitching together, deconstructing and reconstructing — I also manifest my journey with matrilineal loss and engage in acts of remembrance. Difficult emotions such as fear and sadness are transformed through this making into soft tactile works imbued with love, hope, and joy.
Grief Cloak, 2023-2024, art object and performance
