Nic Wilson
March 25 – April 2, 2022
Performance: March 25 | 3 – 7 pm & March 26 | 12 – 4 pm
Reception: March 25 | 6 – 8 pm
Workshop: March 31 | 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Spray is a two-day performance in which the artist disassembles a large casket spray into boutonnieres and smaller bouquets to be given away to audience members along with a copy of the new artist’s book “Colossal Equine Statue.” The book is a collection of poetic explorations of the themes, inspirations, and reference points that lead to the performance. The publication is the third in a seres of essay collections that consider grief, mourning, time, and decay. The remnants of this performance will be left open to the public until April 2, 2022.
Nic Wilson is an artist and writer who was born in the Wolastoqiyik territory now known as Fredericton, NB in 1988. Nic graduated with a BFA from Mount Allison University, Mi’kmaq territory, in 2012, and an MFA from the University of Regina, Treaty Four Territory, in 2019. In 2021 Nic was long listed for the Sobey Art Award. Nic’s work often engages time, queer lineage, decay, and the distance between art practice and literature. Nic’s writing has appeared in publications such as BlackFlash Magazine, Peripheral Review, and Public.
