HOMEWARD

A group Exhibition

Adrienne Dagg, Michael Magnussen, Emily Jan, and Kim McCollum

 Sept. 9 - 24, 2022

HOMEWARD

In a time of environmental crisis and a worldwide pandemic, the challenges we face are often overwhelmed by their sheer magnitude. “HOMEWARD '' uses art to forefront the domestic, where these same monumental dramas play out on a more intimate stage. How have our understandings of independence vs interdependence shifted through this global crisis? How has the outside world manifested in our immediate surroundings, where we have spent so much time? Trapped within the same four walls for months on end, we try to create environments that offer comfort, or offer escape. We reach into and through the familiar, seeking something otherworldly.

United as a group by our deep interest in materiality, and in challenging conventional ideas of domestic space. Adrienne Dagg is a painter who explores the dynamic relationship between figures and interior spaces. Emily Jan combines the handmade with the found to create sculptures that combine the faraway and the fantastical with the everyday. Michael Magnussen creates sculptural textile objects that explore ideas of safe space and comfort. Kim McCollum is a weaver and painter exploring how knowledge is created and stored and shared through craft practices.

Thank you to the Edmonton Arts Council for their support of the exhibition.

Artist Bios

Adrienne Dagg

Born in Toronto, ON Canada, Adrienne Dagg is an artist who explores the dynamic narrative power of figurative painting. She wields a naturalistic, expressive style and mixes it with a surrealist twist. A recipient of the prestigious Elizabeth Greenshields Award, she graduated with a BFA from Concordia University in 2011 and received her MFA from the University of Alberta in 2020. Her work has been exhibited across Canada and the United States and is held in many private collections. Adrienne Dagg currently lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta.

Michael Magnussen

Michael Magnussen is an artist/curator from rural Saskatchewan who is based out of Edmonton, Alberta. They hold a Master of Fine Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at OCAD University focusing on textiles, photography and masculinity studies, and a BFA from Concordia University from 2011 in Studio Arts. They have exhibited their work across Canada and internationally, notable exhibitions include “Every. Now.Then: Reframing Nationhood” at the Art Gallery of Ontario, “An Index” at the Museum of Contemporary Art, “Wild” at the Textile Museum of Canada, and “Show. 17” at the Idea Exchange. Michael is a collective member and co-founder of YTB Gallery based out of Toronto, Ontario.

Emily Jan

Emily Jan is an artist and writer currently based in Edmonton, AB. Born in Los Angeles and raised in San Francisco, Jan has spent much of her life on the road, and has lived in Montreal, Oaxaca, South Africa, and the American Southwest. Recent exhibitions include the Biennale National de Sculpture Contemporaine and the Textile Museum of Canada; upcoming exhibitions include solo exhibitions at Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba and Vaste et Vague, plus group exhibitions at the McIntosh Gallery and the Doris McCarthy Gallery.

Kim McCollum

Kim McCollum is a visual artist based in Treaty 6 territory (Edmonton, Alberta). McCollum’s work explores relationships between digital and analog, old and new, hand and machine. Through extensive work within local weaving communities she collects woven swatches, techniques and stories that she works into woven, painted, and new media artworks. McCollum holds an MFA and MSc from the University of Alberta as well as a Master Weaver designation from Olds College. She is a creator of networks within local craft and arts communities in Edmonton, connecting people and ideas through her work as an artist, organizing events, and working as an educator.