m. patchwork monoceros biography

 

m. patchwork monoceros is a poet and interdisciplinary artist exploring polysensory production and somatic grief through text/ile and film. Their work considers a collective qrip (queer+crip) consciousness by connecting to marvelous bodies living with complexity as sick or disabled. A Black creator of Taino and Arawak heritage, melannie was awarded the 2021 Emerging Excellence Prize from the Manitoba Arts Council. In 2020, melannie’s work was hosted by Gallery 1C03, Window Gallery, and the C2 Centre for Craft, Manitoba Craft Council (Winnipeg) and can be found at the School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba in 2021. monoceros is based in Treaty 1/Winnipeg, MB; home of the Métis First Nation and the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Dene, Cree, Dakota and Oji-Cree Nations.

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