Artwork Collection

Borealis

My work is a craft-based response to the Canadian imaginary. Hand-woven textiles are combined with oil pigments, concrete and acrylic to create two-dimensional works evocative of landscapes.

Weaving; Felting; Mixed Media; Landscape; Postcolonialism

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01.Borealis Soundtrack
01.Borealis Soundtrack

Integrated Media

01.Borealis Soundtrack

Soundtrack to accompany the viewing of the pieces in Borealis

Afraid of Bears
Afraid of Bears

Textiles

Afraid of Bears

Reflections, melting, merging

Afraid of Trees
Afraid of Trees

Textiles

Afraid of Trees

Overgrowth, overtaking, over time

Borealis
Borealis

Mixed Media

Borealis

Double-sided diptych

Broken Shore
Broken Shore

Mixed Media

Broken Shore

Woven water, concrete, cross-contamination

Clearing
Clearing

Mixed Media

Clearing

Woven space, meeting place, soft growth in gneissic rocks

Condos by the Sea
Condos by the Sea

Mixed Media

Condos by the Sea

Encroachment, urban space, stranger shores

Degneiss
Degneiss

Mixed Media

Degneiss

Bureaucracy, geography, records

Far Shore
Far Shore

Mixed Media

Far Shore

Folding, eroding, attaining

Gneissic Crust
Gneissic Crust

Mixed Media

Gneissic Crust

Diptych of naturally dyed fleece, yarn, paper pulp

Hard Shore
Hard Shore

Mixed Media

Hard Shore

Weaving, etching, painting

Homestead
Homestead

Mixed Media

Homestead

Creeping, cozing, combining

Hwy11, February Night #1
Hwy11, February Night #1

Textiles

Hwy11, February Night #1

Double-sided hanging panoramic landscape

Hwy11, February Night #2
Hwy11, February Night #2

Textiles

Hwy11, February Night #2

Shimmering, sulphurous, snowing

Lakes or Laneways
Lakes or Laneways

Mixed Media

Lakes or Laneways

Triptych of geographical reflections

Lichenous Lesser
Lichenous Lesser

Mixed Media

Lichenous Lesser

Crusty, cthonic, cultures

Once & Future Trees
Once & Future Trees

Mixed Media

Once & Future Trees

Animal, vegetable, bureaucracy

Sunraker
Sunraker

Textiles

Sunraker

Safflower, sunshine, seedlings

Work by

Lisa Cavion aka. Gang of Zer0

Textiles, Mixed Media

“My work explores the Canadian imaginary and its intersection with my personal and family history, both of which are stories of confrontation with Nature and the North, immigration and colonization,...” [More]