Exhibition
4 Mar 2023 - 22 Apr 2023
Reception: Thursday, Mar. 9 from 6 to 8 p.m.
1106 Queen Street West, Toronto
Personal Geographies: Shiemara Hogarth
Born in Jamaica, Shiemara Hogarth (MFA ’21, Craft Media) received an Honours Double Major BA in History, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies from York University, then a BDes in Material Art and Design from OCAD University, followed by an MFA in Craft Media from the Alberta University of the Arts.
Trained as a historian and textile artist and designer, 3D fabrication has come into her work, and her exploration of narrative and critique through material adaptation and deconstruction engages multi-disciplinary material research as a production method. She has organized and hosted the symposium 'Canadian Women in Craft: A Conversation,' and curated the exhibition 'Threading Black' with the Alberta Craft Council. She has also had her writing featured in Studio Magazine.
Currently based in Brampton, Ontario, she was awarded a 2021 Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship, which enabled her to produce her most recent body of mixed-media sculptural and textile work 'Personal Geographies.'
Shiemara Hogarth