Suzanne Morrissette Suzanne Morrissette (she/her) is an artist, curator, and scholar who is currently based out of Toronto. Her father’s parents were Michif- and Cree-speaking Metis with family histories tied to the Interlake and Red River regions and Scrip in the area now known as Manitoba. Her mother’s parents came from Canadian-born farming families descended from United Empire loyalists and Mennonites from Russia. Morrissette was born and raised in Winnipeg and is a citizen of the Manitoba Metis Federation. As an artistic researcher Suzanne’s interests include: family and community knowledge, methods of translation, the telling of in-between histories, and practices of making that support and sustain life. Her two recent solo exhibitions What does good work look like? and translations recently opened in Toronto (Gallery 44) and Montreal (daphne art centre), respectively. Her work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions such as Lii Zoot Tayr (Other Worlds), an exhibition of Metis artists working with concepts of the unknowable, and the group exhibition of audio-based work about waterways called FLOW with imagineNATIVE Film + Media Art Festival. Morrissette holds a PhD from York University in Social and Political Thought. She currently holds the position of Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director for the Criticism and Curatorial Practices and Contemporary Art, Design, and New Media Histories Masters programs at OCAD University. Past Exhibitions 2 more-than-human Feb 1, 2023 – May 13, 2023 Onsite Gallery more-than-human features ten contemporary artists who explore human-natural relationships through technology, promoting... What does good work look like? Apr 15, 2022 – May 28, 2022 Gallery 44 Exploring how familial exchanges produce Indigenous art histories...
more-than-human Feb 1, 2023 – May 13, 2023 Onsite Gallery more-than-human features ten contemporary artists who explore human-natural relationships through technology, promoting...
What does good work look like? Apr 15, 2022 – May 28, 2022 Gallery 44 Exploring how familial exchanges produce Indigenous art histories...