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Suzanne Morrissette

A Space Main Gallery, A Space Windows

January 17 – March 15, 2025

Reception January 17, 2025, 6:00 pm–8:00 pm

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“In the beginning we know that there is not enough water to fill each bowl. A full bowl of water is the best kind of bowl. But this is not the ideal conditions and we cannot have full bowls. We could possibly have one full bowl, and two empty bowls? That wouldn’t be right. People would notice. A choice is made to give each bowl equal amounts of water. It is only fair. It isn’t what’s best but it is what’s fair.”

In this exhibition artist Suzanne Morrissette presents artwork that grows from her research on Western theories and limitations of knowledge. Through her art practice Morrissette presents examples of knowing that grow from embodied experience, critiques of privilege and questions about hierarchy and authorship while problematizing language which often uncritically draws upon histories of race to determine ideas of value and truth.

Biographies

Suzanne Morrissette, PhD (she/her) is a Red River Métis artist, curator, and scholar who is currently based out of Toronto. She is currently Assistant Professor at OCAD University where she teaches in the Indigenous Visual Culture BFA program, and in the Criticism and Curatorial Practices MFA program. As an arts-based researcher Suzanne’s interests include: reciprocal and gift economies, equity and diversity, as well as culturally informed governance models in the arts. As an artist she works across media to produce artworks that reflect upon metaphors for understanding, the unknowable, and motherhood. She holds an MFA in Criticism and Curatorial Practices from OCAD University and a PhD in Social and Political Thought from York University.