Daphne Boyer: Otipemisiwak

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Daphne Boyer, "Barn Owl and Moon," 2019

digital collage of photographed berries, pigmented ink on Canson rag paper, laser-cut owl and moon. Photo: Courtesy of artist.

Daphne Boyer: Otipemisiwak

Artist Talk - Seeds of Connectionwith Daphne Boyer and Warren CariouOnline: Tuesday, September 7, 6:00pm CST 

Join Métis visual artist Daphne Boyer and special guest Warren Cariou, writer and professor at University of Manitoba, to discuss Boyer’s artistic practice and her work in the exhibition Otipemisiwak on now at Dunlop Art Gallery (Central Library). Boyer and Cariou will explore themes of kinship in Boyer’s work, as well as their shared familial heritage and love for storytelling, influenced by their family of raconteurs.

Showcasing recent process-based works on paper, textile and 360º animation, Otipemisiwak* celebrates the lives and material cultures of three women: the artist’s great-grandmother, Eléanore; her grandmother, Clémence; and her mother, Anita. Works feature a digital-beading technique the artist invented called ‘Berries to Beads.’ The technique mirrors spectacular traditional Métis beading; it is both a meticulous and technically demanding practice and art form. 

Daphne Boyer is a renowned visual artist and plant scientist, born and raised in Saskatchewan, and now living in Victoria. Her iterative practice combines plant material, high-resolution digital tools and women’s traditional handwork to create art that celebrates her family’s Métis heritage and honours plants as the basis of life on earth.

*People who live by their own rules.