JILL PRICE

 Jill Price is a Canadian Artist of German and Welsh descent currently residing on the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples, a region identified within treaties 16 and 18. 
 
Price achieved her BFA at the University of Western Ontario and recently completed a MFA in Interdisciplinary Art Media and Design at OCAD University in Toronto, Ontario.  A recipient of a 2016 SSHRC national research grant, a 2017 Michael Smith Foreign Study Bursary  and receiving the 2017 Research and Writing Award for her research on how textiles environmentally and socially impact geography, Price continues to explore the histories and agency of materials while pursuing a research-creation PhD in Cultural studies at Queens University.
 
Also a trained educator with the Ontario Teachers Federation, Price balances her studio practice by working as a Curator and teaching.  Price is currently represented by Westland Gallery, Be Contemporary and is an artist-in-residence at the AKIN AUTO BDLG studios in Toronto.  See Jill's website here and her page on the Driving Force site.

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​Earth Day 2021: Stop Extinction! Restore the Earth

Jill Price, UNLEASHED, 2021
35:05-minute video recorded and performed by the artist.

Continuing to investigate my role as an artist in times of truth and reconciliation and deep ecological crisis, Unleashed is a durational performance in which I carefully set free the skin and fur of a rabbit from the form of a human hat in order to point to the liveliness and vitalness of different species.  Informed by the historical research that outlines how rabbits in Britain were often only hunted for sport and entertainment as their meat was considered undesirable to the upper class, this work signifies my desire to unmake myself from perspectives, processes and consumption that prioritizes the accumulation, adornment and entertainment of humans over the life and well-being of the elemental commons (soil, water, air) and more-than-human beings.  

One of many practice-led investigations researching how unmaking can help us partially undo anthropogenic views, values and aesthetics first introduced by Europeans exploring, trading, colonizing and settling North America, Unleashed materially speaks back to the economic imperialism of the early North Atlantic fur trade and how we can see this exploitation of animals iterated in industrial fur farms and the ongoing global displacement and extinction of species and their natural habitats today. Unleashed is also currently on exhibit as part of a larger installation at the Orillia Art and Historical Museum entitled UNFURLED: Unsettling the Archive From a More-Than-Human Perspective.

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Recent work by Jill Price

Jill Price, Fur Lined, 2020, Mink, Rabbit, Fake Fur, Hudson Bay Coat and Driftwood

Jill Price, LAND as Archive Installation Shot VI- South Gallery YYZ, 2017

Jill Price, Material Shadows (rabbit, raccoon & beaver), 2018, reclaimed fur coats, charcoal and graphite on paper, 16' x 20' x 8' variation

Jill Price, Material Shadows installation shot, 2018. Offsite Design, Toronto, Ontario

Jill Price, Material Shadow (beaver), 2019, charcoal, graphite and fur shadow on watercolour paper

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