Aaron McIntosh: Exhibition Talk

In this exhibition talk Aaron McIntosh will discuss the Hot House / Maison chaude project – envisioned as a fertile space for initiating new queer dialogues. Drawing from: queer ecology, science fiction, ethnobotany, eco-feminism, and social practice; this project offers a generative space for imagining thriving queer ecosystems, at a moment where anti-trans and homophobic rhetoric is on the rise in Canada and the US.

Please note: This talk is presented as a gallery walk-through. As such, there is no seating at this event.

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Aaron McIntosh is a cross-disciplinary artist and fourth-generation quiltmaker whose work mines the intersections of material culture, family tradition, sexual desire and identity politics. His exhibition record includes numerous solo and group exhibitions, most recently The Gloaming at Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Entanglements at Northeastern University, and Radical Tradition: Quilts and Social Change at the Toledo Museum of Art. Since 2015, McIntosh has managed Invasive Queer Kudzu, a community storytelling and archive project across the 2SLGBTQ+ Southern United States. He is a 2020 United States Artist Fellow in Craft, and other honours include a 2017 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Fellowship, and two Windgate Fellowships in 2006 and 2015 from the Center for Craft.

Conversations in Contemporary Art is a free event series sponsored by Concordia University's Studio Arts MFA Program. The series provides a unique opportunity to hear artists, designers, critics, writers, educators, and curators share their practice(s) and perspectives. 

This series is made possible through the generous support of Lillian and Billy Mauer.