Homelands
Dagmara Genda and Marigold Santos – 2010
Homelands pairs the drawings of Dagmara Genda and Marigold Santos, highlighting the role of place and space in the construction of identity.
Genda’s practice stems from three interests that interrelate and inform each other — nationalism, space, and identity — topics that directly relate to her childhood immigration from Communist Poland to Canada. Her drawings in this exhibition bring together Soviet and Western influences. Santos presents a series of drawings inspired by childhood memories of her family’s immigration from the Philippines when she was six years old. Visitors to “Homelands” will be awarded multiple points of entry into a surreal exploration of a continuous search for the physical or fantastical notions of home.
About the Artists
Dagmara Genda, Marigold Santos—
Dagmara Genda (Saskatoon, SK) is a Polish-Canadian artist and writer with a BFA Honours in painting at the University of Manitoba and an MFA at the University of Western Ontario. Genda has exhibited cross-country with the support of the Saskatchewan Arts Board, published with Locus Suspectus magazine and written for Forest City Gallery in London, Ontario and AKA Gallery in Saskatoon.
Marigold Santos (Montreal, QC) pursues an inter-disciplinary art practice involving drawn and printed works, sculpture, animation, and sound. She completed her BFA in Print at the University of Calgary in 2006, is a recipient of numerous awards, and has exhibited her work within Canada, United States, and Japan.