Storytelling with Ceramics

Come along for an exciting talk from visiting artist, Heidi McKenzie whose work should be showing in the Common Threads exhibition BUT due to a series of shipping and customs issues had not yet arrived.

Despite this, Heidi is here on a research trip and will be able to share more about her process live and in person, what a treat!

Heidi's talk will be introduced by exhibition curator Meadhbh McIlgorm who'll provide a brief overview of the themes emerging from the show.

FREE event and no need to book, just drop in to the gallery for 5pm on Thursday 11th.

Artist Infomation

Heidi McKenzie is a ceramic and installation artist based in Toronto, Canada. Heidi completed her MFA at OCADU in 2014. She is informed by her mixed-race Indo-Trinidadian/Irish-American heritage. Heidi uses ceramics, photography, digital media, and archival image to forefront themes of ancestry, race, migration and colonization, as well as themes of body and healing. Heidi has exhibited internationally in Europe, Scandinavia, Asia, Oceana and the US. The recipient of numerous grants, Heidi has created in Ireland, Denmark, Hungary, Australia, China and Indonesia. Her work has been collected by the ROM, Global Affairs Canada, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, and Surrey Art Museum. Heidi’s installation, Division, was invited to tour in the US alongside works of Ai Wei Wei, Theaster Gates, and Magdolene Odundo (Underneath Everything). Her solo exhibition at the Gardiner Museum, Reclaimed: Indo-Caribbean HerStories (spring 2023) explores the little-known histories of Indo-Caribbean indentureship through a feminist lens. Heidi was invited to the juried feature exhibition, Common Ground, at the Indian Ceramics Triennale in Delhi, 2024, to present Girmitya HerStories – bringing the Indo-Caribbean diaspora “home.”