Artist in Residence: Tiffany Shaw

ISCEI Artist-in-Residence Tiffany ShawThe Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative (ISCEI) appointed Tiffany Shaw as the 2023 Mellon Artist-in-Residence.

"Use and Occupancy" public artwork at Markham transit stop: tall markers refer to the efforts of Métis people related to land rightsTiffany Shaw is a Métis architect, artist and curator based in Alberta. She holds a BFA from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) University, a Masters in Architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) and is currently working at Reimagine Architects. Shaw has exhibited at the Architecture Venice Biennale, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Pier 21, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, the Chicago Architecture Biennial, among others. She has been the recipient of multiple public art commissions such as Edmonton's Indigenous Art Park and Winnipeg’s Markham Bus Station. Among her public art projects Tiffany has produced several notable transitory art works and is a core member of Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective.

"family pattern" artwork at kinistinâw park: a red pattern affixed to aramature within an urban parkOscillating between digital and analogue methodologies Shaw’s work gathers notions of craft, memory and atmosphere. Her practice is often guided by communal interventions as a way to engage a lifted understanding of place. While born in Calgary and raised in Edmonton, Shaw’s Métis lineage derives from Fort McMurray via Fort McKay and the Red River.

Examples of Tiffany Shaw's work can be found on her website and include the public artwork "family pattern" in Edmonton's kinistinâw Park and the "Use and Occupancy" and "Scrip" artworks at Markham transit station in Winnipeg.


Previous Residencies

Winter 2022: Dayna Danger

Dayna Danger black and white artist portraitDayna Danger (they/them) is the Winter 2022 Mellon ISCEI Artist in Residence at McGill University. Co-organized by ISCEI and the Department of Art History and Communication Studies, the program is an important means of bringing practicing artists to campus to continue their work, share their expertise, interact with students and faculty members, and enhance knowledge of and exposure to Indigenous art among the campus community and the public at large.

Dayna Danger is a 2Spirit/Queer, Métis/Saulteaux/Polish visual artist raised in Miiskwaagamiwiziibiing, Treaty 1 territory, or so-called Winnipeg, Manitoba. They are currently based in Tiohtiá:ke/Mōniyāng, or so-called Montreal, Quebec.

Danger uses photography, sculpture, performance, beading and video to create works and environments that claim space and question the line between empowerment and objectification. Their recent work with beaded leather fetish masks, BDSM and kink, explores themes of intimacy, erotic sovereignty, and Indigenous sexuality. Collaboration and consent are at the heart of Danger’s art practice which challenges the colonial gaze and negotiates the complicated dynamics of sexuality, gender, and power.

Adrienne, "Big’Uns" photographic series (ongoing).Danger holds a BFA from The University of Manitoba’s School of Art and an MFA in Photography from Concordia University. Their work has been exhibited in Santa Fe, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Peterborough, North Bay, Vancouver, Edmonton and Banff. Their ongoing photographic portrait series Big’Uns was featured on the cover of the Canadian Art Kinship issue in summer 2017. Most recently, Danger’s art was exhibited at the National Gallery of Canada and long-listed for the 2021 Sobey Art Award. Danger has participated in residencies at the Banff Centre for the Arts and at Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art. In 2021, they began a doctorate at Concordia University that focuses on hide-tanning stories and bush skills, passed on from their Saulteaux great-grandmother Madeline McLeod (Campbell).

You can see more of Dayna Danger's work on their website.


Winter 2021: Caroline Monnet

Caroline Monnet artist portraitCaroline Monnet is the first Mellon ISCEI Artist in Residence at McGill. Co-organized by ISCEI and the Department of Art History and Communication Studies, the program is an important means of bringing practicing artists to campus to continue their work, share their expertise, interact with students and faculty members, and enhance knowledge of and exposure to Indigenous art among the campus community and the public at large.

Caroline Monnet (Algonquin/French) is a multidisciplinary artist from Outaouais, Quebec. She studied Sociology and Communication at the University of Ottawa (Canada)Caroline Monnet art installation and the University of Granada (Spain) before pursuing a career in visual arts and films. Her work has been programmed internationally at the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), TIFF (CAN), Sundance (US), Aesthetica (UK), Palm Springs (US), Cannes Film Festival, Whitney Biennal (NY), Toronto Biennale of Art (CAN), Museum of Contemporary Art (Montréal), Arsenal Contemporary NY, Walter Phillips Gallery (Banff), and the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa). In 2016, she was selected for the Cinéfondation residency in Paris. Her work is included in numerous collections including Quebec Museum of Fine Arts, National Art Gallery, RBC Royal Bank, Museum of Contemporary Art Montréal. 2021's upcoming exhibitions include the Schirn Kunsthalle (Frankfurt), the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum Michigan State University, The Koffler Gallery (Toronto) and a solo show at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art.

Monnet is recipient of the 2020 Pierre-Ayot award, the 2020 Sobey Art Award, the REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards, as well as grants from Canada Council for the Arts, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and from le Conseil des arts de Montréal. She is based in Montreal and represented by Blouin Division Gallery.

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