Stuff I’ve Published or Designed


Plato’s Lounge | Planting Roses in January | Rose Tinted Heatwave | Medium

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Plato’s Lounge
Plato's Lounge serves as a contemporary interpretation of the allegory of the cave, questioning the constructs of reality and the role of the artist. By engaging with the installation, visitors become part of the artistic process, their movements and interactions contributing to the ever-changing landscape of shadows and light. This activation of the gallery space establishes a living, breathing work of art where every visitor leaves a mark, both physically and philosophically.

Through this immersive experience, Plato's Lounge aims to create a space for contemplation, dialogue, and shared human experience, echoing the philosophical inquiries that have traversed history from Plato's time to our own.

TIG collective: 
Mia Geurtin Crete
Bella Laflamme
Madeleine Merritt
Tia Carey
Martin Dunning



 

For this Exhibition I designed advertising posters, pamphlet and stickers. The posters are composed of images I took of my clothing in second year University that were overexposed with a low shutter speed. I just took piles of my clothes outside and then shook my camera around for these colourful effects. A few years later they came in handy when making an exhibition entirely out of textiles I thought these images would be fitting. After this I scanned a piece of lace I had to make an overlay and then asked some freiends to write out the dates and times for the poster. I always think the easiest way to spice up a poster is to not use google fonts and to use the most outrageous fonts possible. Since gallery 115 is billingual having to make an english and french veersion I made tons of versions with all the clothes pictures I had and I just couldnt stop. I think the idea that different people saw different posters advertising is fun.







Planting Roses in January




Through seminars and workshops, the ART 4119 Curating for Contemporary Art course requires students of art history and practice to collaborate,create their own exhibition, and provide a critical context for it. This year, we selected the theme of the garden and read Derek Jarman's diaries of his coasta garden at Prospect Cottage as inspiration. The result is an exhibition that brings the garden to the gallery and immerses the viewer in the senses while evoking both the memories and possible futures that the garden can have in these times of crises. 

 

-Dr. Celina Jeffery,


Professor ART 4119



During my time in this class I was placed in this install group which is how TIG was formed. Having the oppurtunity to publish an entire catalogue for an exhibition taking place in a peer reviewed gallery was very exciting. I designed a panphlet for viewers of the exhibition to read more in depth and produced and published 40 copies of our catalogue.

See the Catalogue here

Excerpts of some designs I made to showcase participating artists. 


catalogue creation process



Madeleine is Winning





in 2023 I was finishing up my BFA at uOttawa. For my gradshow project I published a book called ‘madeleine is winning’. I am still not sure why I chose this name. It is perhaps a hope, a mantra to repeat and one I have been repeating since I was a kid. Madeleine is Winning is ongoing and will likely never end, every project I finish madeleine is winning. The name speaks to the self referential nature that violates the aesthetic distance that resides between the artist and creator.