Coexist

artsPlace
January 6 – February 21

In their collaborative exhibition, Coexist, Nahanni McKay and Teenybotanist unite their two art styles, where analogue photography meets digital drawings, and untouched landscapes meet curious oversized forms. Coexistence is described as “the state of living or existing at the same time or in the same place”. Nahanni’s photographs investigate the fine line between tourism and wildlife, while Teenybotanist's work finds human forms attempting to become one with the land. Together, their collaborative works ask us to question the impact of humans on the environment and how we can live in harmony within nature. In the grand scheme of our warming planet, humans are physically small compared to mountains that surround us; but in many ways we are impacting them immensely and must consider the space we take up and the footprints we leave behind. Nahanni is a Metis Cree artist and photographer based in Banff, Canada. Born and raised in the Rockies, her creative practice has focused on National Parks in Canada and the human impact on surrounding natural environments. Teenybotanist is a painter and digital media artist originally from Toronto, Ontario, who now calls the Bow Valley home. She attended OCAD University for Printmaking and Art History, and after some time apart, the pandemic gently nudged her back towards her creative practice where she can now be found painting her very favourite things; people, places, and plants.

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Access: Location is wheelchair accessible

This exhibition is child friendly

artsPlace, 950 8th Avenue, Canmore AB T1W 2T1