Window Box Gallery : where water lived by Tegan L Smith Fragments from past work are framed by this map from a 2012 showcase project about the fluctuating Lake Ontario shoreline. It forms part of Floodgates, a project which started over 20 years with memories of dam floodwaters flowing through bushes and living in Toronto near the post-Ice Age Iroquois Lake shoreline. Struggles to reclaim material for art, while industrial economies careen through environmental crises, is evident in past sculptures and an online project, Tender Loving Stuff.
Following 2015 radiation and chemotherapy, bouts of fatigue underscored the energy toll that neurological differences have always exacted. Water health and this showcase series theme of women aging with disabilities determined the choice to include nuclear medicine and power.
Tegan L Smith’s current work began with dyslexic measuring quirks and widened to the metric system, world measuring projects and unusual navigation methods. She studied at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon and has an MFA from York University, Toronto. She has exhibited work in Canada as well as Italy, the USA and Japan. Recently she participated in her first artist residencies abroad in Scotland and Spain.
Thank you : Philip Dyke, Eduardo Padilla and Michelle Johnson Pam Patterson, Leena Raudvee and Gallery 1313 for organizing this window box series CCA Visual Arts