D'arcy Willson

D'Arcy Wilson is an Atlantic Canadian interdisciplinary artist based in Corner Brook, NL, where she is Associate Professor in Interdisciplinary Studio at Memorial University of Newfoundland's Grenfell Campus. Her work laments past and ongoing colonial interactions with the natural world, from her perspective as a descendent of European settlers in Canada. D’Arcy Wilson has exhibited her work across the country, most recently at the Alberta Art Gallery, the Rooms Art Gallery, Dalhousie University Art Gallery, and the Owens Art Gallery as well as M:ST, Flotilla, and Connexion ARC, the Bonavista Biennale, and more. D'Arcy has an MFA from the University of Calgary and a BFA from Mount Allison University. She has been three times longlisted for the Sobey Art Award (2018, 2019, and 2020), and was shortlisted to represent Atlantic Canada in 2019. She has been twice shortlisted for the Visual Arts NL “Excellence in Visual Arts” Awards (the Milestone Award in 2017 and 2021). D'Arcy has participated in artist residencies across Canada, most recently at the Banff Centre (Outdoor School), Struts Gallery (Sackville, NB), and the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture in Dawson City (KIAC). Her work is included in collections such as the Confederation Centre for the Arts, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and the Rooms Art Gallery, and her work will be featured in the upcoming North Atlantic Triennial to be held at the Portland Museum of Art (Maine), the Reykjavic Art Museum, and Bildmuseet (Umeå, Sweden) between 2022 and 2023. Website: www.darcywilson.org