Mackenzie Kelly-Frère – Artist Talk

Mackenzie Kelly-Frère is an artist, writer and educator (Associate Professor, Fibre) currently living in Calgary, Canada.

He has contributed texts to various Canadian and international publications including the forthcoming edited volume, Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms and the Expanded Frame (Fall’23), Craft Perception & Practice Vol III and recently to Textile: The Journal of Cloth and Culture.

Kelly-Frère’s work has been exhibited across Canada, including the Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art: The News from Here in 2013 and Lieux de memoire: International biennale du lin du Portneuf in Deschambault-Grondines, Quebec in 2009. His international exhibitions have included China, Japan, Korea and the United States where he also participated in a residency at the Museum of Contemporary Craft in Portland, Oregon. In 2014 Mackenzie mounted a solo exhibition titled Frequency for GalleryGallery in Kyoto, Japan. Kelly-Frère is Associate Professor, Fibre, Alberta University of the Arts.

Presented as part of Nickle Galleries’ series: Nickle at Noon. 

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