MFA Thesis 2021: Jordan Blackburn
Presented by University of Waterloo Fine Arts and UWAG
We invite you to explore the work of MFA candidate Jordan Blackburn from May 13-29
The thesis exhibition is split between video installations and text at the University of Waterloo Art Gallery, and site-specific works in Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Updated exhibition documentation will be posted online May 17
uwag.uwaterloo.ca/exhibition/in-places-rarely-seen/
Now and Then, Jordan Blackburn, 2020
Jordan Blackburn
In Places Rarely Seen
In Places Rarely Scene is an interdisciplinary exhibition bringing together print installation, video, photography, sound and text. The exhibition considers my own shifting perception of what Nature is and how I relate to it as a man from a Québécois background. This shift is informed by my lived experience and practice based research which led me to questions of what it means to create ecologically focussed art, temporal investigations, inquiries into Indigenous ways of knowing Nature and land, as well as the similarities and differences between art and science.
Jordan Blackburn is a Franco-Albertan artist working in Trois-Rivières, QC, while pursuing an MFA degree with the University of Waterloo. Since completing a BFA in Interdisciplinary Fine Art at NSCAD University he has shown work both nationally and internationally, and has received a number of awards for his research around complex relationships between human beings and Nature, such as the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
Please join us in celebrating the work of our MFA candidates during this time of transition
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The University of Waterloo Art Gallery (UWAG) focuses on contemporary exhibitions by significant emerging and mid-career Canadian artists working in multidisciplinary media. UWAG provides a supportive context for exhibition, discussion and research, playing a central role in the pedagogy of undergraduate and graduate level students in Fine Arts. The gallery maintains and manages a permanent collection of over 600 works of art, and collaborates with fellow departments and like-minded cultural organizations in the Region of Waterloo and beyond to facilitate meaningful arts-based programs that contribute to the cultural life of the campus and the community.
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