Marie-Andrée Gill

Céline Kushpu

2022 | Collages (paper, plastic), LEGO

En codiffusion avec la Ville de Québec et l'Institut canadien de Québec.

In this exhibition, Marie-Andrée Gill tells us two stories. In the first one, our famous Céline, who is Ilnu rather than non-native, decides to leave the city to go live in the forest. With René, she makes her home in the heart of Nutshimit. In the second story, love is impossible. Time will surely heal this broken heart, but in the meantime, the forest is what soothes the pain. Through these two works, Marie-Andrée Gill shares stories of life’s simple things, like the poetry of mac and cheese with hot dogs and tomato sandwiches. Images unfurl together with her words, but most of all, she brings us closer to the land.

This project was made possible through the financial support of Entente MCC-Ville.

Marie-Andrée Gill

Marie-Andrée Gill is an artist, author, poet, teacher, and podcast host from the Pekuakamiulnuatch First Nation. Her work draws from popular culture and the everyday to encourage our transition towards a decolonized world. With her kitsch aesthetic, she examines themes such as love, humour, and healing. Her works have been presented at Galerie de l’UQAM (Montréal), Le Lobe (Chicoutimi), the Ahkwayaonhkey artist-run centre (Quebec City), and as part of Art Souterrain (Montréal). She has published three books of poetry, and in 2020 she was named Saguenay—Lac-Saint-Jean’s Artist of the Year by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec.