Sydney Frances Pascal: kw7íkwl̓acwmíntsinlhkan | i dream of you

Sydney Frances Pascal, n̓áskan nwálhen ninskúz7a (i am going to meet my daughter) [still], 2023. Digital video, sound. Courtesy of the artist.

Sydney Frances Pascal
kw7íkwl̓acwmíntsinlhkan | i dream of you

January 17 – March 29, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 16, 5:30 – 8:30pm
Rattle Making Workshop: Friday, January 17, 1 – 4pm
Mitchell Art Gallery, MacEwan University, Edmonton

kw7íkwl̓acwmíntsinlhkan | i dream of you brings together recent works by Sydney Frances Pascal that explore reconnection with family and culture through relationships with land, water, and language. Her featured work uses time-based media and animal hide to deftly balance loss and reclamation as she processes the intergenerational impacts of colonial child apprehension on her grandmother, mother, and family. Pascal creates work that immerses us in the ways that land-based practices support healing, reclaiming relationships, and affirming cultural identity.

Sydney Frances Pascal, Distance [still]. Digital video, sound. Courtesy of Sydney Pascal & Dallas Tremblay.

About the Artist

Sydney Frances Pascal is a member of Líl̓wat nation. She is currently living and working on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

Her multi-disciplinary practice includes hide tanning, video, sound, and poetry. She uses her practice to tell her family’s story, speak about identity and what it is like navigating as a First Nations woman within a colonial society. Her work over the past few years is grounded by her continued connection to land-based material practices. She most recently showed work in the 2024 Whitney Biennial: Even Better Than The Real Thing.

Pascal holds diplomas in Fine Art and in Design from MacEwan University, in addition to a BFA and MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

Sydney Frances Pascal, n̓áskan nwálhen ninskúz7a (i am going to meet my daughter) [still], 2023. Digital video, sound. Courtesy of Sydney Pascal & Dallas Tremblay.

About Mitchell Art Gallery

The John and Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery is a public gallery committed to presenting art exhibitions, programs, and publications that feature diverse artistic and curatorial perspectives committed to critical discourses in contemporary art.

The gallery supports interdisciplinary, experiential learning for the public and for the university community. Located in the heart of downtown Edmonton in MacEwan University’s Allard Hall, John and Maggie Mitchell Art Gallery programming also serves the local community through emphasizing safe, collaborative and relevant opportunities for learning and visual literacy development.

Mitchell Art Gallery
Room 11-121, Allard Hall
11110 – 104 Avenue
Edmonton, AB
Canada
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Accessibility:
Mitchell Art Gallery is located in a fully accessible building. For more information about accessibility at the MAG, visit here.

Image Descriptions:
1. A still from a video taken from above. The still image depicts a person standing on the gravelly shore of a mint-green lake with clouds reflected on the water.
2. A ghostly image of a person with long hair standing in water, overlaid by a closeup of a bubbling water surface.
3. A composite of two images overlaid with each other, depicting a pair of sand-smeared hands interacting with rocks on a riverbank.