Nadia Myre Meditation

Nadia Myre is a Canadian contemporary visual artist, born in 1974. She is an indigenous and quebecois artist, from Montréal, who is interested in having conversations about identity, resilience and politics of belonging. A graduate from Camosun College, Emily Carr University of Art and Design and Concordia University, she is a recipient of numerous awards, notably Banff Center for Arts Walter Phillips Gallery Indigenous Commission Award (2016), Sobey Art Award (2014), Pratt & Whitney Canada’s ‘Les Elles de l’art’ for the Conseil des arts de Montréal (2011), Québec Arts Council’s Prix à la création artistique pour la région des Laurentides (2009) and a fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum (2003). Myre’s work has featured in prominent group exhibitions, such as “Changing Hands 3” at the Museum of Art and Design, in New York, “Pour une république des rêves” at CRAC Alsace - Center Rhénan d’Art Contemporain, in Altkirch, “Le temp du dessin at Ensemble Poirel, in Nancy, “Vantage Point” at the National Museum of American Indian National Mall, in Washington, DC, “It Is What It Is” at the National Gallery of Canada and Femmes Artistes. Her work has received accolades from The New York Times, The Washington Post and Le Devoir and has been featured in ARTnews, Canadian Art, Parachute, American Craft, C Magazine and Monopol. Her works can be found on a permanent exhibition at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, National Gallery of Canada, Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec, Canadian Museum of History and the Musée des civilizations.