Title: MMIWG2S

Artist: Danielle Swift

Tribal Affiliation: Métis Nation of British Columbia

Year Completed: 2022

Medium: Bead Weaving, Sterling Silver and Glass Beads

Dimensions (HxWxD): 2.3"x 1.5"x 1/16" (approx)

Description/Inspiration:

I make these earrings in honour of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2 Spirited. I do not sell these pieces, they are gifts meant to keep this issue in our collective minds in hopes that strides can be made to keep our women, girls and 2 spirited people safe.

Artist Bio/Statement:

Danielle Swift's work explores the human body and communicates the dichotomy of our natural environment and human constructs, creation and destruction, and the fragility and strength represented in both the delicate and resilient mix of materials (wood, dirt, beeswax, paper, jute, copper, bronze, plaster, concrete, resin, etc), which makes the observer feel the duality of an emotional and cerebral connection. Having established an affinity for concrete as her main medium, Swift's drawn to how the material can be innovatively manipulated in a way that works aesthetically and is uniquely individual.

Swift's sculptures have appeared in numerous local exhibits, most notably, ART Vancouver art fair; East Vancouver's HFA Contemporary gallery, Deconstruction and the Space Between; Granville Island's Becker Galleries; Vancouver's Windsor Gallery, and The ACT Art Gallery in Maple Ridge. Commissioned and collaborative work can be seen at Vancouver Children's Hospital, Science World Vancouver, Vancouver International Airport and Princeton University's Children's Library, NY.

Danielle Swift lives and works in Vancouver, BC; the unceded traditional territories of the xwm??kw?y??m (Musqueam), S?wxw? ú7mesh (Squamish), and s?lilw?ta? (Tsleil-Waututh)
Nations.

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