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Biography Working primarily across painting and sculpture, Ebony Rose’s work asks what it means to be a sensate body in a world in constant flux. Bearing witness to the land - as onlooker and agent - she explores these relationships. Her work unfolds in porous, alchemical spaces where natural phenomena and the physical intersect. Each work she creates is imbued with transformation and meetings with the elemental - such as fire or water. For instance, in Cetus real materials like charcoal collected from last year’s forest fire on Quadra Island, ground and dusted in a circle on the floor, anchor the viewer in its tangible presence. Yet, dotted with bleached coralline and charred ferns and cedar sprays, these objects transcend mere physicality, inviting one other contemplate other realms, a constellation of possibilities. Ebony received her BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and her MFA from the University of Victoria. Ebony has exhibited her work both in Canada and internationally and has been curated into a number of exhibitions. Venues include Unit 17, Vancouver, Haida Gwaii Museum, Skidigate, Will Aballe Projects, Vancouver, AHVA Gallery at the University of Vancouver, Yamakiwa Gallery, Niigata, Japan, Anna Leowowens Gallery, Halifax, ASPN Gallery, Leipzig, Germany, and Norte Maar, Brooklyn, NY. She has been awarded artist residencies in Colorado, Germany, British Columbia and Japan. In 2017 she was long-listed among six artists for the Contemporary Art Award. She is a recipient of Canada Council for the Arts Grants. Ebony lives and works on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the toq qaymɩxw (Klahoose), ɬəʔamɛn qaymɩxw (Tla'amin), ʔop qaymɩxw (Homalco) Nations. For a curriculum vitae please be in touch. |
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