Nadia Myre

Nadia Myre is a contemporary visual artist from Montreal, Quebec and an Algonquin member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation, who lives and works in Montreal. For over a decade, her multi-disciplinary practice has been inspired by participant involvement as well as recurring themes of identity, language, longing, and loss. Of the artist, Canadian Art writes, “Nadia Myre’s work weaves together complex histories of Aboriginal identity, nationhood, memory, and handicraft, using beadwork techniques to craft exquisite and laborious works.” Through her body of work, Myre is interested in having conversations about collective identity, resilience, and the politics of belonging. Myre graduated from Camosun College in 1995, Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 1997, and holds a master’s degree in visual arts from Concordia University in 2002. She has an extensive exhibition history, with over 115 shows—25 of which have been solos—just in the last 10 years. Her work can be found in the National Gallery of Canada, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, the Canadian Museum of History, and the Canadian Embassies of New York, London, Paris, and Greece. Myre is a recipient of numerous awards, notably Compagne des arts et des lettres du Québec in 2019, Banff Centre for Arts Walter Phillips Gallery Indigenous Commission Award in 2016, Sobey Art Award in 2014, Pratt & Whitney Canada’s ‘Les Elles de l’art’ for the Conseil des arts de Montréal in 2011, Quebec Arts Council’s Prix à la création artistique pour la region des Laurentides in 2009, and a Fellowship from the Eiteljorg Museum in 2003. In 2023, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Nadia Myre, 2023