Katherine Boyer

Katherine Boyer is a Métis artist, whose multidisciplinary practice focuses primarily on the mediums of sculpture, printmaking and beadwork. She was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, but currently resides in Winnipeg, Manitoba

As an artist of Métis ancestry, Boyer's personal connection to the traditional narratives and practices of her Indigenous culture are continually articulated within her work. While maintaining this position, Boyer organized several symposiums, and in 2015 she aided in the implementation of Performing Turtle Island: Fluid Identities and Community Continuities—a national symposium focused on investigating the connection between Indigenous theatre and performance and Indigenous identity and community health.

Career Dedicated to the investigation and contemplation of Métis visual culture, Boyer explores her concepts through various mediums. Her contemporary beading practice is rooted in the traditions of Indigenous culture and has also extended toward feminist contemplations of agency for Indigenous women in craft — a subject that was highlighted in the exhibition Material Girls, Dunlops Art Gallery, which toured nationally across Canada in 2015, including venues such as Rodman Hall Art Centre at Brock University, and Contemporary Calgary. For Boyer, the commitment she devotes to the labour-intensive process of beading is motivated by the connection it evokes with her familial memories; which will run from February 28-April 6 (2019), and the installations it features are created with video, sculpture and textiles. BeadSpeak at Slate Fine Art Gallery Regina (2016) LandMarks 2017/ Repères 2017, Place and Placelessness, Winnipeg (2017) Out of Repetition, Difference, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto (2017) Crafting the Future, OCADU Canadian Craft Biennial (2017) Li Salay, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton (2018) Labour is the Body; Time is the Bridge, School of Art Gallery, Winnipeg (2018) The Prairie Rose Won't Mourn Us, Zalucky Contemporary, Toronto (2018) Water Meets Body, Gallery 1C03, Winnipeg (2019)