Artist Talk + Tasting with Foodways Artist-In-Residence Maria Simmons
About this Artist Talk
Sample the work of Labrador Current Foodways resident Maria Simmons.
Join us for an artist talk with Maria at the Punt Premises, followed by a tasting of the fermentations she’s developed during her residency. Fogo Island Inn’s Executive Chef Timothy Charles and his team will also prepare small bites.
Maria Simmons is a sculpture and installation artist based between Guelph and Montreal who embraces contamination as an act of collaboration. She collects garbage, buries butter, ferments plants, and nurtures fruit flies. She makes art that eats itself. Simmons holds an MFA from the University of Waterloo and a BFA from McMaster University and is currently undertaking a PhD at Concordia University. Recent exhibitions include the Visual Art Centre of Clarington (Canada), Lydgalleriet (Norway), Tromsø Center for Contemporary Art (Norway), Fiminco Foundation (France), and the Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia. She has completed residencies in Canada, Norway, Finland, and the US. Her work has been featured in Le Sabord, CBC Arts, Esse, Peripheral Review, and Public Parking.
FIA’s Labrador Current Foodways Residency is an international program exploring the interconnectedness of food and art with our histories, ecologies, economies, politics, and social worlds. This immersive residency supports artists working at the intersections of food, art, and the climate crisis.
