Celeste Pedri-Spade
Celeste Pedri-Spade is an Anishinabekwe artist from Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation. She identifies as a “mark maker” who works primarily with textiles and photography. Celeste holds a PhD in Visual Anthropology and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology at McGill University where she is also the inaugural Associate Provost of Indigenous Initiatives. Her art practice is committed to honouring the women in her life and exploring the tactile and sensuous meanings made possible through creative entanglements with our material environments.
Image: Celeste Pedri-Spade, Ogichidaakwewag, 2016. Courtesy of Indigenous Art Collection, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.
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Artist Panel: Materialized
April 22, 2023 - April 22, 2023Artist Panel: Materialized
Joi T. Arcand, Celeste Pedri-Spade, Catherine Blackburn, and Nadya Kwandibens
Saturday, April 22nd, 2023
1:00 pm
Urbanspace Gallery
Ground floor of 401 Richmond – 401 Richmond St W, Toronto
Join us for a panel discussion featuring the artists from our spring exhibition Materialized. Artists Joi T. Arcand, Celeste Pedri-Spade, Catherine Blackburn, and Nadya Kwandibens will present brief artist talks, followed by a discussion moderated by curator Ariel Smith (Artistic & Managing Director, Native Women in the Arts).
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April 21, 2023 - June 3, 2023Curated by Ariel Smith and featuring works by Joi T. Arcand, Celeste Pedri-Spade, Catherine Blackburn and Nadya Kwandibens, Materialized examines themes of intergenerational memory, familial narrative, and decolonization through artworks combining portrait photography with elements from adornment arts, textiles, sculpture, and customary Indigenous art practices.
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