Nadia Myre
ROPES & LINES

The International Center for Art and Landscape of Vassivière Island presents a monographic exhibition by the artist Nadia Myre following a creative residency held between May and June 2024.

Opening on Saturday July 6

All ropes are lines with bites and bitter ends

In her first solo exhibition in France, Nadia Myre pursues her longstanding investigations of historical ties between Europe and North America, as well as forms of colonialism that persist in contemporary society. Ropes & Lines raises questions of identity and language, translation and appropriation between cultures and across time. Featuring new works in bronze, ceramic, drawing, photography and video, the exhibition invokes absent bodies and stories alongside new journeys and possible beginnings.

Nadia Myre is a Quebec artist, Algonquin member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, who lives and works in Montreal. Her multidisciplinary practice is part of a rediscovery of the objects of Indigenous communities, mainly those of the First Nations, in a transcultural approach. She uses public participation as a strategy for initiating a dialogue on identity, resilience and the politics of belonging.

Nadia Myre
She graduated from Camosun College (1995) and Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver (1997) and holds a master’s degree in visual arts from Concordia University (2002) as well as the Research Chair in Indigenous Arts Practice at Concordia University.Nadia Myre is a recipient of numerous awards, notably Pratt & Whitney Canada’s ‘Les Elles de l’art’ for the Conseil des arts de Montréal (2011), Sobey Art Award (2014), Banff Centre for Arts Walter Phillips Gallery Indigenous Commission Award (2016). She has taken part in international biennials (Montréal 2011, Sydney 2023, Shanghai 2014) as well as numerous major international exhibitions, including Changing Hands (Museum of Art and Design, New York), Pour une république des rêves (CRAC Alsace), Time, It Is What It Is (National Gallery of Canada) and Femmes Artistes. L’éclatement des frontières 1965-2000 (Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec). Her work can be found in the permanent exhibitions of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the National Gallery of Canada, the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, the Canadian Museum of History and the Musée des civilisations de la Ville de Québec.
Nadia Myre is represented by the gallery Art Mûr, Montreal.

Centre international d’art et du paysage de Vassivière
The Centre International d’Art et du Paysage de l’île de Vassivière (CIAPV), supports research, experimentation, production and dissemination of contemporary art. Unique in the French artistic landscape, the CIAPV is known for its remarkable contemporary architecture designed by Aldo Rossi and Xavier Fabre, its permanent open-air collection, and its programme of exhibitions, residencies, editions and events exploring art and landscape. Located on the Plateau de Millevaches in the Limousin, CIAPV is firmly rooted in its rural context, while forging national and international links.

With the support of the Canadian Cultural Centre.