Faculty of Art

Drawing and Painting

Niki Sutherland

Mapping

An invitation to map the lines of my lineage led to this work unfolding on a wooded trail near my home.

“As each thread of the burlap came away, I considered the number of ancestors who once existed on this same earth I inhabit, but leave no record or trace of existence for me to connect myself to. It felt almost ceremonial for those few hours that day, attempting to tether the lost histories back to the common thread I still share with them; the land.”