Nadia Myre

Nadia Myre (b. 1974) is a contemporary visual artist from Montreal and an Algonquin member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg First Nation, who lives and works in Montreal. For over a decade, her multi-disciplinary practice has been inspired by participant involvement as well as recurring themes of identity, language, longing and loss. Of the artist, Canadian Art magazine writes, “Nadia Myre's work weaves together complex histories of Aboriginal identity, nationhood, memory and handicraft, using beadwork techniques to craft exquisite and laborious works.” Through her body of work, Myre is interested in having conversations about collective identity, resilience and the politics of belonging.

Myre graduated from Camosun College (1995) and Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver (1997) and holds an MFA in visual arts from Concordia University (2002). Myre has an extensive exhibition history, with over 115 shows—25 of which have been solo exhibitions—just in the last 10 years. Her work can be found in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec, the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian Embassies of New York, London, Paris and Greece. Recent exhibitions include Tour geste est / et politique (Fondation Guido Molinari, Montreal, 2024), Interwoven Power: Native Knowledge / Native Art (Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, 2024), Ropes & Lines (Centre international d’art du paysage, France, 2024), Shore (Canada House, London, UK, 2022), in/stasis (Artists Space, New York, 2022). Her work will be the subject of a solo exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada in 2025. Myre is the recipient of many commissions and awards, notably the 2014 Sobey Art Award for Canadian artists under 40, in 2019 was inducted into the Order of Arts and Letters of Quebec, in 2024 won the Emily Award (Emily Carr University).