Mireille Perron

Mireille Perron

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Mireille Perron was born in Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal, Québec. Since 1989 she has been working and living in Moh-kíns-tsis/Calgary, Alberta. She is Professor Emerita at Alberta University of the Arts (former ACAD) where she taught and occupied many roles over thirty years. Perron is the founder of the Laboratory of Feminist Pataphysics (2000), a social experiment that masquerades as works of art/craft/events. Her work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Canada, Europe and the United States. She has also written and published on a variety of subjects related to representation. Recent examples of the range of her work include the solo exhibition, The Anatomy of a Glass Menagerie: AltaGlass, Nickle Galleries, curator Christina Sowiak, Calgary (2019 ) and Esplanade Galleries, curator Xanthe Isbister (2020); the group exhibition: Ornament and Crime, Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton (2023), Calgary (2024).

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