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Art NOW presents Raneece Buddan
12 pm MT | January 18, 2023
University Recital Hall
Free admission, everyone welcome

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Raneece will discuss the evolution of her practice from the introduction of textile patterns in her prints in her 2nd year of University to her most recent experimentations with making textiles of her own. A journey of discovering different ways to create self-portraits through different mediums. She joins us virtually in the recital hall for this presentation.

Raneece Buddan's exhibition, Desiderium, is on view at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery until February 11, 2023. 

Raneece Buddan is a Jamaican visual artist who resides in Treaty 6 territory, Amiswaciwâskahikan (Edmonton). She immigrated to Canada in 2015 and completed her BFA in Art and Design with Distinction at the University of Alberta in 2020. In her work, she focuses on her cultural identity as a Jamaican woman of Afro and Indo-Caribbean ancestry. She shows the beautiful merging of these cultures and the complexities of being of multiracial identity in Jamaican society, particularly around hair and skin complexion. This is depicted by replacing her skin tone with fabrics meant to represent each ethnicity as well as incorporating synthetic hair. Her process is based on material exploration and finding figures within the material - the wood grains and mounds of clay. Her practice includes oil painting, woodworking, clay sculpting, printmaking and weaving.

Images courtesy of the artist. Image 1) To fit but to stand out, installation view; photo credit: Charles Cousins. Image 2) Untitled, detail view of textiles; photo credit: Bri Vos.