a meadow holds many life-forms

Curated by:
Rhonda L. Meier

Departing from The Grove, the title of the 2022 exhibition of Visual Arts graduates from Dawson College, a meadow holds many life-forms presents a selection of strong and innovative work by nine upcoming artists from that cohort: Alicia Ferguson, Jade, Victoria Petrecca-Berthelet, Sabrina Schmidt, Boning Tao, Phan Chau Anh Thai, Kathy Mai Truong, and Kessem Vaknin.

Like any ecosystem, a healthy meadow displays diversity and sustains that divergence and difference over time. Working in a series of complex, interconnected relationships, these beings or life-forms create and maintain a harmony within that vast array of difference.

I have observed from a distance the evolution of this cohort, who began their program mostly online under the shadow of a pandemic; and then emerged this year as if into a sun-filled clearing after the rain, united and radiant, connected yet diverse.

Featured artists:
Alicia Ferguson, Jade, Victoria Petrecca-Berthelet, Sabrina Schmidt, Boning Tao, Phan Chau Anh Thai, Winnie Thermogène, Kathy Mai Truong, Kessem Vaknin