Eviscera
Carol Collicutt and WhiteFeather

The exhibition features conceptual three dimensional works by two established Fredericton artists, Carol Collicutt and WhiteFeather. The two bodies of work, viewed together, present a challenge to the viewer to re-consider social conceptions of the physical ideal. Everything about this exhibition, from the materials used (human hair, bones, feathers, pig gut, found materials) to the forms created, challenges conventional notions of beauty and provokes the viewer to re-consider the taken-for-granted ideals of the human body and the way we think of ourselves in the world. It asks us to question our values and evaluate our positions, to address our inner obsessions and our fears.

Carol Collicutt was born and grew up in Halifax graduating from Dalhousie University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature and later from St. Thomas University with a Bachelor of Education. She received her art training at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax where she focused on drawing and painting. She has maintained a studio at Gallery Connexion in Fredericton for 20 years. Her visual art practice includes large-scale monoprints, paintings on panel, paper and mylar, photography, collage and installation.

She has been the recipient of many grants from the Province of New Brunswick and the NB Arts Board, including 3 Creation B grants in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009 and her work is represented in the New Brunswick Art Bank as well as many corporate and private collections.

Carol has participated in many solo and group exhibitions at such venues as Gallery Connexion, the University Club Gallery at the University of New Brunswick, the City of Saint John Galleries in Saint John, the CBC Georges Goguen Gallery in Moncton, ArtsPlace in Annapolis Royal NS, and eyelevelgallery in Halifax. Her work was also part of the group exhibition The Exquisite Corpse curated by Tom Smart at The Beaverbrook Art Gallery in 1993. Recently her large photographs of eyes were shown at the Beaverbrook Gallery in the Marion McCain Atlantic Art Exhibition 2007, curated by Tom Lovett of Winnipeg .

She has participated in special projects such as the Artist-in-Residence program of the Fredericton Arts Alliance from 2002 to 2007, has taught many mixed media workshops and has been an instructor in mixed media at the NB College of Craft and Design as part of the EdVentures program. She continues to work to promote artist-run culture and is currently serving on a committee to establish an association of artist-run centres in the Atlantic Provinces .

WhiteFeather is a Fredericton-based artist, arts educator, advocate, writer and administrator. WhiteFeather has won multiple awards and received international recognition for her sculptural fibre-based works, constructed mainly from found media, including human hair and bone. WhiteFeather has shown her work in several solo exhibitions throughout the Maritime region and in Toronto, as well as in numerous group and collaborative exhibitions.

WhiteFeather instructs at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, at the Centre for Arts and Technology and works as the Director of Arts Development at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. WhiteFeather also shares a studio in downtown Fredericton with three other artists, serves on the executive board for Gallery Connexion and CARFAC Maritimes and writes for Visual Arts New (Nova Scotia).

The artists gratefully acknowledge the support of