Meryl McMaster’s potent and alluring photographs explore the fluid domain of identity, and the possibilities of examining and revisioning the self and its representation.
Placing her body centrally in front of the camera, McMaster transforms her appearance, whether by layering photographic images onto her body or through elaborate costumes and props she creates and inhabits as alter egos.
Of Plains Cree and Euro-Canadian heritage, McMaster explores the dimensions of her own sense of identity, and the complex history of the photographic representation of Indigenous peoples.
The three bodies of work in Confluence collectively trace the evolution of McMaster’s practice, with its recurrent thematic threads.
Curated by
Heather Anderson
Artists in the exhibition
Meryl McMaster
This is a touring exhibition
| Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery, Sarnia | 7 February – 3 May 2020 |
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| Glenbow Museum, Calgary | 2 February – 2 June 2019 |
| The Rooms, St. John's | 26 May – 23 September 2018 |
| University of Lethbridge Art Gallery | 18 January – 21 March 2018 |
| Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon | 10 July – 10 September 2017 |
| Thunder Bay Art Gallery | 21 April – 4 June 2017 |
| Richmond Art Gallery | 14 January – 19 March 2017 |
| Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough | 3 November – 10 December 2016 |
