born: 1974, Montreal, Quebec

1. Nadia Myre is a visual artist from Quebec and an Algonquin member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishnabeg.  For over a decade, her multi-disciplinary practice has been inspired by participant involvement as well as recurring themes of identity, language, longing and loss.  Myre is a graduate from Camosun College (1995), Emily Carr (1997), and Concordia University (M.F.A., 2002), and a recipient of numerous grants and awards, notably: Pratt & Whitney Canada’s ‘Les Elles de l’art’ for the Conseil des arts de Montréal (2011), Quebec Arts Council’s Prix à la création artistique pour la region des Laurentides (2009), and a prestigious Fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum (2003).  In 2011 Myre was long-listed for the Sobey Art Award.  Recent solo exhibitions include Meditations on Black Lake (gallery Art Mûr, Montreal), Nadia Myre: Symbology (Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa), Skin Tissue –as part of Hides: Skin as Material and Metaphor, (National Museum of American Indian, Manhattan), and Landscapes of Sorrow and Other New Work (gallery Art Mûr, Montreal).  Her work was selected for the 2011 Montréal Biennale, and will be presented in the 2012 Sydney Biennial, and Changing Hands III at the Museum of Art and Design in Manhattan. Recent group exhibitions include Pour une république des rêves (CRAC Alsace - Centre Rhénan d’Art Contemporain, Altkirch, FR), Time, Le temp du dessin (Ensemble Poirel, Nancy, France), Vantage Point: The Contemporary Native Art Collection (National Museum of American Indian, National Mall, Washington, DC), Femmes Artistes. L’éclatement des frontières 1965-2000 (Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, QC).  Her work has received accolades from the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Le Devoir, and has been featured in ARTnews, American Craft Magazine, Parachute, Canadian Art, and C Magazine.  Collecting institutions include: MacKenzie Art Gallery, City of Ottawa, Canada Council Art Bank, National Gallery of Canada, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Bibliothèque et archives nationales du Québec, National Museum of American Indian, and Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain de Lorraine in France.  Works may be seen in permanent exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Canadian Museum of Civilization.