Performance: The Fraud that Goes Under the Name of Love: Skeena Reece with Jeneen Frei Njootli
Wednesday, June 1 2016, 8pm
Audain Gallery, Vancouver
This performance is happening during the opening reception of The Fraud that Goes Under the Name of Love
Skeena Reece is a multi-disciplinary Tsimshian/Gitksan and Métis/Cree artist whose work encompasses performance art, spoken word, sacred clowning, writing, singing and video art. She has performed extensively across Canada and internationally including in Sydney, Australia; Belfast, Ireland; and Washington D.C., USA.
Jeneen Frei Njootli produces mixed media, audio, performance and installation works in addition to working on community based projects. A member of the Vuntut Gwitchin Nation in northern Yukon, Frei Njootli holds a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art and Design and is working towards her MFA from the University of British Columbia. She is a core member of the ReMatriate collective and currently sits on the Board of Directors of grunt gallery, Vancouver. The artist has lived and exhibited across Canada. She is currently a grateful, uninvited guest on unceded Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam, Skwxwu7mesh territories.
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