Guest Artist Talk - Monika Napier

Originally from Montreal, Monika Napier holds an MFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, a Diploma from the Emily Carr Institute and a BFA from Concordia University. She has exhibited nationally and internationally for many years. Napier has taught at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) and the University of Saskatchewan. In addition, she has served on the executives of both Eyelevel and AKA artist-run centres. Monkia has returned to her hometown of Montreal and is a member of the visual arts faculty of John Abbott College.

 

Artist Monika Napier investigates the overlooked accoutrements of everyday living. In mad, mad, mad, mad world, she has hyperbolized the physical properties of extension cords, erased their utilitarian qualities and transformed them into quizzical objects. The orange cords have been coiled into slouching, leaden nests, the blue cords have the feel of an invasive vine, and the huge braided yellow cord leads us into both fable and critique of energy usage. Napier's work recharges speculation, and invites us to reconsider anew the spatial qualities of technology and our firmly held values of consumption and material entitlement.