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Alexa Heenan, guest curator of 'Material as Archive' by Marika St. Rose Yeo, speaks to the exhibition at the opening reception on May 13, 2023, at the Campbell River Art Gallery.

The exhibition 'Material as Archive', with artworks created by Marika Yeo and curated by Alexa Heenan, will focus on the premise of “search” and how we navigate our histories through materiality. For Yeo, this process consists of the physical interaction with clay as she kneads, moulds, and shapes the organic material with her hands, simultaneously contemplating the intricate relationship between raw material and its role as an archive of knowledge for herself and others. Drawing inspiration from her ancestral roots in West Africa, the Caribbean, Europe and Canada, Yeo pieces together unique vessels from fragments of clay that she adorns with organic, geometric and floral designs found within each cultures’ artistic traditions. As a result, each sculptural vessel embodies Yeo’s process of gathering, layering and stitching together a material archive of knowledge, experiences, culture, and history.

The exhibition is on at The CRAG May 13-August 19, 2023.