Opimihaw (2021 | Wanuskewin, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan)

MAY 22 - NOVEMBER 5, 2021   The recent re-introduction of bison into traditional territories holds the potential for profound outcomes from both a human and natural history point of view. Inspired by the diversity of life in the prairie landscape, new installations celebrate the restoration of...

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Interlopers (2018 | MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie, Ontario)

JULY 5 - OCTOBER 28, 2018 Janice Laking Gallery and The Massie Family Sculpture Courtyard Curator: Renée van der Avoird   From the MacLaren Art Centre:   The Interlopers combines recent bronze and porcelain sculptures with photographic works by celebrated regional artist Mary Anne Barkhouse. Continuing her investigation into animal-human dynamics, Barkhouse...

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Le rêve aux loups (2017 & 2018 | Other Exhibitions)

OCTOBER 18 - DECEMBER 15, 2018 Foreman Art Gallery Curator: Jennifer Rudder   Le rêve aux loups was exhibited at Foreman Art Gallery, at Bishop’s University (Sherbrooke, Québec) in an abbreviated iteration in 2018.   Also, some of the works included here, where noted, were part of the group exhibition, How...

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Le rêve aux loups (2017 | Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario)

JUNE 22 – AUGUST 20, 2017 Curator: Jennifer Rudder   From the Koffler Gallery: "Coming from a Kwakiutl background, fundamental principles for stewardship of the land were of utmost importance for the determination of individual or communal conduct. This is in stark contrast to ecclesiastical ideologies, which speak of...

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Le rêve aux loups (2017 | Esker Foundation, Calgary, Alberta)

SEPTEMBER 16 - DECEMBER 22, 2017 Curator: Jennifer Rudder   From the Esker Foundation:    Mary Anne Barkhouse’s artistic practice is deeply engaged with environmental and Indigenous issues, and evokes the influence of empire on the many human and animal inhabitants of the land we now call Canada. The works...

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Regency (2013 | Rodman Hall Art Centre, St. Catherines, Ontario)

JUNE 21 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2013 Curator: Stuart Reid   From Mary Anne Barkhouse:   noun, plural re·gen·cies.   A person or group selected to govern in place of a monarch/sovereign or other ruler who is absent, disabled, or still in minority.   As colonial settlement spread across the continent ages ago, the new...

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Reins of Chaos (2008 | Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario)

Norfolk Arts Centre 2014 Grimsby Public Art Gallery 2012 Agnes Jamieson Gallery 2012 Latcham Art Gallery 2010 Ottawa Art Gallery 2008   Curator: Emily Falvey   From the Curator:   The Great irony of the Apocalypse is that it keeps happening, over and over again, like some kind of warped celestial merry-go-round. There is always...

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Boreal Baroque (2007 | Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario)

Gallery Stratford, Stratford, Ontario 2009 Art Gallery of Prince Albert, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan 2009 Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 2009 Esplanade Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, 2009 Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, Waterloo, Ontario, 2008 Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario 2008 Agnes Jamieson Art Gallery, Minden, Ontario 2008 Art Gallery of Sudbury,...

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Other Works (2000 – ongoing)

HARVEST   Harvest was created to reflect on the history of the Hudson River in New York from an aboriginal perspective, but the premise could easily extend to other situations. Once the site of vast oyster beds and plentiful fur-bearing animals, the Hudson quickly became environmentally devastated...

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