Slow Technology | Campbell River Art Gallery

Emily Hermant is an interdisciplinary artist whose sculptures, drawings, and installations explore themes of communication, gendered labor, and the spatial experiences of the body. She received her BFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University in Montréal, QC, and her MFA as a Trustee Merit Scholar in Fiber & Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and festivals in Canada, the United States, South America, and Europe, and has been featured in LVL3 Media, ArtSlant, Espace Sculpture, The Washington Post, and TimeOut Chicago,among others. Hermant has been awarded grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts et Lettresdu Québec, and artist residencies at Haystack, ACRE, Ox-Bow School of Art, The Ragdale Foundation, Nordic Artists’ Centre, and the Vermont Studio Center. Hermant is Assistant Professor of Sculpture + Expanded Practices and Assistant Dean of Engagement and Initiatives in the Audain Faculty of Art at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.