2024 Artist in Residence
October 23-30
Bonavista Biennale’s first artist in residence, joining us in October, is Melissa Tremblett!
Melissa will be giving an artist talk at Union House Arts on Thursday, October 24, at 7pm, as part of Makers Night (please note this will be a scent-free event). She is excited to connect with community!
Melissa Tremblett (she/her) is a visual artist of Innu and English heritage from the community of Sheshatshiu, Labrador, currently based in Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk territory (Bay of Islands, Western Newfoundland). Tremblett is a conceptually diverse multidisciplinary artist who works within installation, performance, printmaking, and photography, as well as traditional techniques such as doll making and beadwork. Through the lens of her contemporary Indigenous reality, Tremblett marries both her Indigenous and Settler roots uniting histories and legacies.
Tremblett graduated with a BFA in Visual Arts (2015) from the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland and a BSc in Behavioural Neuroscience (2011) from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her work has been exhibited nationally and abroad at venues such as the The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, NL; Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, NB; Indigenous Art Centre Gallery, Gatineau, QC; Grenfell Art Gallery, Memorial University, NL; Eastern Edge Gallery, NL; and Gatehouse Arts in Harlow, UK.
Through a collaboration with Discovery UNESCO Global Geopark, Bonavista Biennale artists in residence are introduced to the Peninsula’s unique geological features.
Bonavista Biennale artist residencies were made possible by funding from Newfoundland and Labrador’s Year of the Arts.