| ARTIST BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Laura Grier is a Deline First Nations artist and printmaker. Working in traditional print mediums, Grier explores the power of the handmade to reflect political sociology, culture, environmentalism, and Indigeneity. Grier’s work is inspired by the dynamism of Indigenous art practices, and the practice of using printmaking as a tool for resistance.
Grier’s artwork is based on personal stories of growing up as an Indigenous woman, and the necessity to balance experiences of racism and inherited trauma with the responsibility to culture and traditions. Grier grapples with the idea of progressing forward, but walking facing the past. Grier was born away from their tradition land, and printmaking acts as an important way to revitalize their Deline culture and knowledge. The prints Grier creates are not only records of personal experiences, but are an example of Indigenous story telling and resilience.
Grier graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Interdisciplinary Fine Arts from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University in Halifax. Their work has been presented in several group exhibitions at the DC3 Art Projects, Harcourt House Art Incubator Gallery, SNAP Gallery, and ArtsPlace in Canmore. Grier is pursuing their MFA at the Ontario College of Art and Design University in Toronto.
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