Curated by Wendy Peart, Curator of Education and Community Outreach

Organized by Dr. Rebecca Caines, multiPLAY features artists from across Canada working in improvisation, sound, new media and performance. Included is radio artist Michael Waterman’s experimental audio collage group “Mannlicher Carcano”, a video installation of archival recordings. John Campbell’s Recognition, is an installation that uses Artificial Intelligence to read human emotion and playfully control real-world objects. multiPLAY artists also include Rebecca Caines, Holophon Audio Arts, James Harley, Helen Pridmore, and Michelle Stewart.

Curated by, Amber Christensen (Sherwood Village Branch Manager), Stacey Fayant (Independent curator), Tomas Jonsson (Curator of Moving Image and Performance) and Wendy Peart, Curator of Education and Community Outreach

Featuring works by Naomi Bebo, Andrea Carlson, Ruth Cuthand, Nicole Dextras, Jude Griebel, Jill Ho-You, Rachelle Viader Knowles, David Opdyke, Geoffrey Pugen, Rolande Souliere, Jeff Wizniak, Pinar Yoldas, and Sylvia Ziemann.

The end of the world has been a human preoccupation since basically the beginning of the world. The exhibition Apocalypse features multiple artists who explore the unimaginable complexity of a cataclysmic crisis. Regardless of the cause, the work in Apocalypse challenges us to consider our own response to a radical change to the world as we know it.

Curated by, Amber Christensen (Sherwood Village Branch Manager), Stacey Fayant (Independent curator), Tomas Jonsson (Curator of Moving Image and Performance) and Wendy Peart, Curator of Education and Community Outreach

Featuring works by Naomi Bebo, Andrea Carlson, Ruth Cuthand, Nicole Dextras, Jude Griebel, Jill Ho-You, Rachelle Viader Knowles, David Opdyke, Geoffrey Pugen, Rolande Souliere, Jeff Wizniak, Pinar Yoldas, and Sylvia Ziemann.

The end of the world has been a human preoccupation since basically the beginning of the world. The exhibition Apocalypse features multiple artists who explore the unimaginable complexity of a cataclysmic crisis. Regardless of the cause, the work in Apocalypse challenges us to consider our own response to a radical change to the world as we know it.

Cui Jinzhe’s work The Nymph of the Luo River was inspired by the ancient Chinese poem by the same name, written by famous poet Cao Zhi 曹植, who lived between 192-232. Cui intricately and tenderly traces this story of a man who falls in love with a water nymph, which follows a familiar narrative arc of an unfulfilled love story. Combining elements of traditional Chinese art with pop culture visual styles, Cui weaves a complex and beautiful mesh, connecting time and culture through the common human experience of love and longing.

Cui Jinzhe is an Edmonton-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice includes drawing, painting, installation and public art. Cui was born in Dalian, China and earned a Bachelor of Art from Dalian University of Foreign Languages and Master of Art at Dalian Polytechnic University. In 2008, she came to Canada where her work has focused on self-enlightenment, community intervention and cultural integration.

Métis artist Leah Marie Dorion shares the moon teachings through her detailed painting and poetry. Important to Indigenous women’s wisdom and traditional cultural knowledge, the moon teachings honour women as vital life-givers. The moon, known by many Elders as “Our Grandmother”, marks the passage of time. It provides wisdom, comfort, protection and strength from its position above us in the sky. Through her work, Dorion restores Indigenous women’s teachings and connects us to the sacred and healing natural law cycles.

Leah Marie Dorion is an interdisciplinary Métis artist, teacher, filmmaker and writer from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Dorion holds a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Saskatchewan and a Master of Arts from the Athabasca University. She has received numerous awards and grants and her work is held in many public and private collections and.  Dorion is a published author of books about Métis history, cultural teachings and storytelling. 

This group exhibition brings togethers artists who work in collaboration with nature and rely on natural processes to make their work. The selected artists generate conditions where at various points during their artwork’s creation, the pieces begin to develop according to the laws of nature without artist intervention. The Experiment reminds viewers of the existence of entities that are larger and more powerful then human forces, encouraging closer consideration of the natural world.

In his recent paintings, Saulteaux and Cree artist Keith Bird honours Indigenous leaders and warriors of past and present, recognizing historical leaders such as Crazy Horse, Pound Maker, Geronimo, Chief Piapot and many others. Through Spiritual Veterans, Bird sheds light on the spirituality, strength and resilience of Indigenous veterans who have fought and continue to fight to protect land, culture and human dignity.

 Keith Bird was raised on Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan. He received a BFA from the University of Regina in 2008, followed by an MFA in 2013. His work is both privately and publicly collected.

 The artist would like to thank the Saskatchewan Arts Board for the generous support of this project.