Category: Featured work

Submitted by undergraduate and graduate students from Montreal and abroad, see what upcoming feminist artists are making and crafting today.

HOME: it’s back – Aaliyah Crawford

“HOME” is a seven part series addressing the personal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the artist’s mental health. This is part three.

HOME: waiting for – Aaliyah Crawford

“HOME” is a seven part series addressing the personal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the artist’s mental health. Here is the second part.

HOME: Comforts Crazy – Aaliyah Crawford

“HOME” is a seven part series addressing the personal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the artist’s mental health. Explore the first part here.

Consumed Monthly – Marysa Antonakakis

“Consumed Monthly” acts as a reflection on the growing pressure the artist feels by society to have children as they get older.

Nanny, Mamie, Maman… – Alexia McKindsey

“In Nanny, Mamie, Maman…,” McKindsey repurposed her grandfather’s Rolodex as an archive to contain paper swatches of the textures, patterns and imagery found on her old baby fabrics.

Three – Clare Gemima

Clare Gemima is a former New Zealand based practitioner who now works and resides in New York City.

On Tattoos and Belonging: An Interview with Anni Rose

In an interview with Yiara Online, Concordia artist and Art Education student Anni Rose discusses their recent project, On Tattoos and Belonging. Coupling elegant self-portraiture and biting poetry, Rose reflects on the healing and empowering potential of self-representation.

Kristy’s Fight – Christine Beaudoin

Kristy Hoffman is a female boxer aiming for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. Photographer Christine Beaudoin has been following Kristy’s life as a boxer who is at the nascence of her career.

Leda Relaxes after a Hectic Week – Nora de Mariaffi

In “Leda Relaxes after a Hectic Week” artist Nora de Mariaffi explores the myth of Leda, and creates a female nude that is not sexualized in a way that is catered to a male gaze.

Untitled (Mommy) – Aaliyah Crawford

Aaliyah Crawford is a third year Montreal Undergraduate in Print Media student exploring personal themes such as privacy, intimacy and abuse. By creating a dialogue between her lived experiences and those of the viewers through imagery, printed objects, installation and text, she attempts to bridge the gap between the innately individual and the universal, connecting viewer and artist through shared vulnerability.

Never on the Same Page with Dad – Clare Gemima

Clare Gemima is a former New Zealand based practitioner who now works and resides in New York City. Negotiating methodologies that … Continue Reading Never on the Same Page with Dad – Clare Gemima

EXPLANATIONS – Marika Madimenos

“As an artist, my work merges imagination, memory and perception of my experiences into an abstract body. I have always tried to express emotions on a canvas, far enough to have the viewer feel what I was feeling. Over the years, I have found that it is easier to make a connection between the canvas and the beholder through abstract work.” Explore Madimenos’ work here.