Ecology of Narrative Space, Reference

Artist Statement
The Ecology of Narrative Space is an ongoing aesthetic investigation on the simultaneity of filtered memory and time, and the intersection of personal and institutional identity. The Arctic Crisis Project, Parts 1 and 2 photomontage print series (2008-09) are a contemporary discussion on global warming and filtered memory. Part 4, Arctic Journal Reading Installation, inspired by the Part 3 Arctic Journal Reading Performance (2009 Banff), is reconceived in the sub title, The Ecology of Narrative Space.

Biography
Sandra Hawkins is a recognized contemporary visual/media artist showing in major centres across Canada and internationally in China, Russia, Germany, Hungary, United States, the SUBA Biennale in Colombia, and the National Gallery of Pakistan where images from the Arctic Crisis Project are part of their National Collection. Hawkins lived and worked in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, 1980 and 1982 during which time she visited Central Arctic communities now part of Nunavut, as preventative health educator. She currently resides in Ottawa, and periodically Toronto, traveling out from these centres for her international multi media art exhibitions, residencies and research. Hawkins is a 2010 K.M. Hunter Award nominee by the Ontario Art Council and the Ontario Art Foundation for contributions her art is making in her field