Nadia Myre

Nadia Myre RCA (born 1974) is a contemporary visual artist from Quebec and an Algonquin member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg First Nation, who lives and works in Montreal.

For over a decade, her multi-disciplinary practice has been inspired by participant involvement as well as recurring themes of identity, language, longing and loss.

"[2] Myre is one of the co-founders of daphne, the first Indigenous artist-run centre in Québec, along with Skawennati, Caroline Monnet, and Hannah Claus.

[1][4] She has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions including, "Cont[r]act" at OBORO, Montréal (2002),[5] "Skin Tissue" at the National Museum of American Indian, New York (2010), Tout ce que reste - Scattered Remains at Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal/The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (2018).

[6][7] Myre has also participated in many notable group shows including; "The American West" at Compton Verny Gallery, London, United Kingdom;[8] "All Our Relations" for the 2012 Sydney Biennale, Cockatoo Island, Sydney, Australia;[9] and "Social Factory" for the Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai, China.

[10] A trilogy of works by Myre were commissioned for Pimisi station of the Ottawa O-Train: Pimisi/eel, woven basket, and birch forest fence.

(Video Still). Interview of artist Nadia Myre speaking about her exhibition and commission Edinburgh Printmakers and Edinburgh Art Festival 2022