Kerri-Lynn Reeves is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and mother. At its heart, her work explores the relationship of the social and the material.
( Photo – Magic Jewelry )
Statement
I am interested in how we position and locate ourselves in the world and how our exchanges, social and material, shape our existence and indicate our life philosophies. My focus on the relationship of the social and the material has led me to explore its many facets, including: vernacular culture and aesthetics; identity of place; the social construction of space; notions of homemaking, family-making, and the maternal; economic structures; systems of exchange; and ideas of value through art works that span from craft-based material works to the strictly relational.
Bio
Kerri-Lynn Reeves (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and mother originally from rural Manitoba, where she grew up as a European-Canadian settler on Treaty 2 land. At its heart, her work explores the relationship of the social and the material, especially as it relates to the construction of social space, the marking of physical place, and the activation of embodied site. Reeves often works in craft and material practices. She holds a BFA from the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg, MB). With a commitment to blurring the lines between life and art, Reeves earned her Master of Fine Arts - Studio Arts in Fibres and Material Practices from Concordia University (Montreal), QC) in 2016 with her first child strapped to her chest. Reeves, now a mother / step-mother of four, continues to explore the confluences of her art making, teaching, and parenting practices. Reeves has received awards from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council, Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism, Edmonton Arts Council, and Canada Council for the Arts. She has participated in residencies at the Banff Centre, Mildred’s Lane, Museum of Contemporary Native American Art, the Riding Mountain Artist Residency and is the Artist-in-Residence for Harcourt House for 2021-22. Reeves is a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Studio Arts at MacEwan University in Edmonton, AB, ᐊᒥᐢᑿᒌᐚᐢᑲᐦᐃᑲᐣ (Amiskwacîwâskahikan), Treaty 6 Territory.
