ART GALLERY OF REGINA

Laurel Terlesky explores points of oversight and disconnect between technological interfaces and the need for nonverbal communication and implicit understanding, such as visual and touch, in her artworks. Her electronic-integrated objects and drawings, activated by touch and motion, create situations for physical and tactile encounters.

Terlesky holds an MFA from Transart Institute and a BFA from the University of Victoria. Terklesky's artworks have been televised, screened and exhibited worldwide and ask questions about the nature of embodiment: How are memories stored in our flesh? Why does touch unleash memories? How does the body mediate our past and future while remaining present?

 

Heather Shillinglaw gives material form to oral histories and traditional knowledge using textile practices such as quilting and tufting. Shillinglaw traces her Indigenous ancestry to Cold Lake first nations through her mother, a residential school survivor. Her process includes learning and using the nêhiyawak language to understand ancestral philosophies and cultivate a relationship with the land.

A graduate of the Alberta College of Art and Design, Shillinglaw has exhibited her artwork at national and international venues, including the Canadian Embassy Buenos Aires, Argentina, Petofi Irodalmi Museum, & New Budapest Gallery, Royal Alberta Museum Edmonton, and The Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary.

 

Alyssa Ellis is a multidisciplinary artist whose work with plants reveals social ills and the impacts of climate change. Seemingly botanical subjects reveal the multifaceted relationships of care, disregard and exploitation of humans for members of the plant kingdom. Ellis holds a diploma in horticulture from the University of Guelph and a BFA from the Alberta College of Art + Design and has participated in festivals, exhibitions and residencies across the country.

 

Rachel Broussard, originally from Lafayette, Louisiana, is a multimedia artist based on Treaty 6 Territory. She creates surreal, immersive sculptural collage environments sourced from nature photography books. Harnessing uncanny beauty, her artworks address hunger for the exotic, climate anxiety and grief. Broussard holds an MFA from the University of Saskatchewan and a BA in Studio Art from St. Edward's University, Austin, TX. They work as Technical Director at PAVED Arts and as a Program Guide at Remai Modern.