Maureen Gruben

Maureen Gruben’s multi-media practice incorporates diverse organic and industrial materials that are often salvaged from her local Arctic environment. She was born and raised in Tuktoyaktuk, NWT, where her parents were traditional Inuvialuit knowledge keepers and founders of E. Gruben’s Transport. Gruben’s work has recently been exhibited at Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2024); Rovaniemi Art Museum Korundi, Rovaniemi (2024); Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, São Paulo, Brazil. She is participating in the12th SITE SANTA FE International, Santa Fe, NM, opening in June 2025. Her work is held in public and private collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Indigenous Art Centre, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.