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Image from They Sustain Us, 2024. Courtesy of Skawennati.

Skawennati

Monday, October 26 at 6:00 p.m. 
Concordia University, VA Building, Room 114
1395 René-Lévesque BLVD W.

In this artist talk, Skawennati will discuss some of her key works over the years, as well as recent projects such as her inclusion in Encoded, an unsanctioned, virtual, group exhibition at The Met, and the reintegration of quilting into her practice.

Seating is first come, first served and everyone is welcome.

Skawennati makes art from her perspectives as an urban Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) woman and as a cyberpunk avatar. In her virtual studio she customizes avatars and environments to create scenarios that are recorded as movies and still images. She also makes physical objects including sculpture, costumes and quilts, and writes the occasional song. Her practice is gradually coalescing into an alternate universe.

Her works have been presented internationally and are included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Thoma Foundation, among others. She is honoured to have received a 2026 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts; a 2025 Meritorious Service Medal; a 2022 Hewlett 50 Arts Commissions Grant; a 2020 Smithsonian Artist Research Fellowship; and a 2011 Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship.

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

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.