August 19–September 17, 2023
Curators: Ryan Rice and Rose Bouthillier
Curatorial Advisory: Jenelle Duval, Bushra Junaid, Bethany MacKenzie and Ossie Michelin
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Artists
Born in the North
Ethel Brown
K. Jake Chakasim
Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde
Wally Dion
Jerry Evans
Letitia Fraser
Billy Gauthier
Glenn Gear
Cynthia G.Renard
Erin Hunt
Don Kwan
SK Maston
Shirley Moorhouse
Shelley Niro
Shawn O’Hagan
Mary Ann Penashue
Sarah Prosper
Megan Samms
Anastasia Tiller
Miya Turnbull
Couzyn van Heuvelen
Jessica Winters
Team
Executive Director: Sue Balint
Artistic Director: Rose Bouthillier
Program Assistants: Josh Jensen & Marco Muller
Installation Team: Jennifer Ackermann, José González,
Kym Greeley, Julie Oh, Michael Pittman, Steve Topping
Graphic Design: Mark Bennett
Website Developer: Matthew Hollett
Publicist: Lori Morgan
Site Ambassadors: Rhonda Marie Abbott, Barbara Ann Bradley, Joan Carpenter,
Jocelyn Dalton, Barry Fitzgerald, Betty Fitzgerald, Cassidy Gough, Ashley Hillman, Candida Rae Holloway, W. Eugene Holloway, Marguerite Johnson, Bonnie Mackey,
Nadine Monster, Anthony Pearce, Madonna Peters, Joyce Poole, Neville Samson,
David Stagg, and Adrian Welcher
Download the 2023 Visitors Guide here
Image Gallery
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- Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde, Sturgeon Woman Rising, 2023. Rehearsal for performance, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks. Co-commissioned by Bonavista Biennale and MOMENTA biennale de l’image, Montreal.
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- Glenn Gear, katitsuik | collect, gather, 2023, installation with photographs, sound, animation, seal skins, video projection. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Jessica Winters, exhibition view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Left: Greenland, 2022, printed reproduction of painting; right: Perry’s Team, 2022, printed reproduction of painting. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Jessica Winters, Hopedale, 2023, printed reproduction of painting. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Jointly commissioned by Bonavista Biennale, the Inuit Art Foundation, Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership: The Pilimmaksarniq / Pijariuqsarniq Project, and Onsite Gallery at OCAD University. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Erin Hunt, sounds of things, 2023, installation with paintings, drawings and sculptures. Exhibition view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- SK Maston, Deep Time Drift (beaks hid in the hole a seal fin, rib bone, rabbit paw fur), 2023, acrylic on printed canvas, rope, aluminum casts. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Wally Dion, Winter Quilt, 2023; Grass Quilt, 2022; Fire Quilt, 2023; Bison Quilt, 2023, all works mixed textiles, approximately 10 x 10 feet. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Cynthia G.Renard, A Sperm Whale Called Tryphon, 2023, installation with multiple works of sewn painted paper, wooden structure, video, sound. Exhibition view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Shelley Niro, Blankets (Under) Cover, 2022, installation with 13 stretched wool blankets with image overlays. Exhibition view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Don Kwan, This Land is My Land, This Land is Your Land, 2022, customized pine Muskoka chairs. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Billy Gauthier, The Earth, Our Mother, fin whale skull bone, approximately 56.5 x 79 x 22 inches. Commissioned by Bonavista Biennale. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Shawn O’Hagan, song (now I am listening), 2022-2023, 200 organic cotton squares naturally dyed with Newfoundland and Labrador plants. Exhibition view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- K. Jake Chakasim, Host(age), 2023, PVC pipes, plastic pallets, rebar, plexiglass panels. Commissioned by Bonavista Biennale. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Couzyn van Heuvelen, Nitsiit, 2023, aluminum, resin, steel, stainless steel, pigment, paint, aircraft cable. Commissioned by Bonavista Biennale. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Letitia Fraser, Pattern of Abundance, 2023, acrylic and textile on quilt, 60 x 106 inches. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Jerry Evans, Mekwe’k L’nu – The Red People, 2023, video with sound. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Mary Ann Penashue, exhibition view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Left to right: Shuashem, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 inches; Dream, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 inches; Innu Hunter, 2023, acrylic on canvas, 36 x 24 inches. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde, Gemini: TEHNIKHEN (Twins), production still, 2023. Photo: Estelle Carmona. Courtesy of the artist.
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- Shirley Moorhouse, Canadian Sovereignty of the Northern Lights #1, c. 2005, mixed media on black wool. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Megan Samms, a (gentle) reminder, 2023, linen, Icelandic fleece, hand-made laser cut felt, natural dyes, organic cotton, bone, lumber. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Anastasia Tiller, Symbiosis, 2023. Exhibition view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks. Courtesy of Bonavista Biennale.
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- Born in the North, Provider, 2023, mural. Installation view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Miya Turnbull, Unfolding, 2023, papier-mâché and printed photographs. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Ethel Brown, what flows through us, 2023, installation with 14 black-and-white photographs. Exhibition view, 2023 Bonavista Biennale: Host. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Sarah Prosper, site-responsive performance at The Dungeons. Photo: Brian Ricks.
