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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”949958″]February 17 – May 4, 2024
\nOpening reception: Saturday, February 17, 2024, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
\nSierra Barber: Sky Flowers<\/em>
\nCurator: Katsitsanoron Dumoulin-Bush<\/p>\n

Galerie Sh\u00e9:kon
\n5826, rue St-Hubert, 2nd floor
\nTiohti\u00e0:ke \/ Mooniyang \/ Montr\u00e9al (QC) H2S 2L7<\/p>\n

Born to Blossom<\/em>
\nTexte by Katsitsanoron Dumoulin-Bush<\/p>\n

Coming inside from the cold, concrete wonderland that is the beginning of Montreal\u2019s winter to be greeted by lush vegetation and clear skies is nothing less than invigorating. Sierra Barber\u2019s mFA studio is a pristine workspace framed by the colourful work that she\u2019s been producing over the last year. The ripe fruits on her beaded paintings make her studio feel more like outside than outside does.<\/p>\n

Stories of the strawberry – the Haudenosaunee medicine\/fruit – are stories that Barber knows well. As in nature, the seeds of the strawberry are particularly resilient, and flourish even after having been displaced from their area of origin. When Sky Woman – a central figure in the Haudenosaunee creation story – fell from Sky World, she came with nothing but a few seeds – strawberries being one of them. From those few seeds, and a bit of earth, Sky Woman created the continent, the story of us all. In Barber\u2019s case, whether her berries appear on canvas, or stand on their own as fragments of a not-yet-revealed whole, they look like they are not only alive, but thriving. This environment where meaning is found in material as much as motif, is the place where her practice can sing.<\/p>\n

Since 2017, Sierra has been inspired by that same resilience, working to explore and reclaim every part of her identity through her artistic work. Also inspired by her father\u2019s practice, she combines oil painting and beadwork to share stories that she knows and ones that she is yet to assemble. The clean lines and bold colours of her paintings are matched by her glimmering, tight beadwork. With the beads appearing to be simultaneously fused to, and emerging out of their canvas environment, Barber\u2019s work invites the viewer to an immersive experience where sight, touch, and even taste are stimulated.<\/p>\n

Works Cited:
\nCultural Teachings \u2013 Kingston Indigenous Language Nest. kingstonindigenouslanguage.ca\/cultural-teachings.
\n\u201cAn Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Creation Story.\u201d https:\/\/learning.hccs.edu\/, http:\/\/learning.hccs.edu\/…\/addi…\/iroquois-creation-story. Accessed 17 Dec. 2023.
\n\u201cFour Directions Teachings.\u201d Four Directions Teachings, 2006, fourdirectionsteachings.com\/transcripts\/mohawk.pdf<\/p>\n

Galerie She:kon, which means “hello” in Kanien’k\u00e9h\u00e0, focuses on showcasing solo exhibitions by up-and-coming Indigenous artists. This initiative aims to uncover fresh talent and provide an opportunity for those interested in curating their first exhibition.<\/p>\n

Acknowledgements<\/p>\n

La Biennale d\u2019art contemporain autochtone \/ The Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA) would like to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qu\u00e9bec (CALQ) for their financial support.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image media=”88483″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”289822″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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