Mackenzie Perras

Lives and works in Lake Country, BC, Canada

Artist statement

I am a Canadian materials-based artist whose work critically examines extractive histories and ecological futures through materially rigorous processes.

Artwork

• Gumdrop, or at 22 he was so fine even the cold mud under his boots blushed, 2020. Clay, dirt, concrete, plaster, acrylic, aerosol, gamvar.
• Hamsini, or The delightful sound of water tinkling through the House of Swans., 2020. Clay, concrete, dirt, epoxy resin, beeswax, oil, acrylic, aerosol, damar
• Sunbleach, or Sit quietly and run your eyes over the traces of people you will never meet, 2020. Clay, concrete, beeswax, plaster, utility paint, drywall compound, pouring medium, oil, acrylic, aerosol, gamvar, damar
• Vancouverism, or The sour thrill of living through an inflationary bubble, 2020. Epoxy resin, clay, dirt, beeswax, acrylic, oil, aerosol, damar
• Gooey, or Night comes down thick like treacle and sis, I come alive for it, 2020. Utility paint, concrete, dirt, beeswax, aerosol, acrylic, oil, damar.
• Iris, or She played with her hair while I sat at the bottom of the pool, 2020. Concrete, clay, natural and synthetic fibers, dirt, oil, aerosol, acrylic, damar, gamvar.
• Enheduanna, or Every fire meets the flood, eventually., 2020. Cigarette butts, spent matches, wood ash, natural charcoal, concrete, clay, plaster, oil, acrylic, damar.
• Technofossil 1.1, or phylogenetic analysis of historical data systems (rusted), 2020. Concrete, clay, silicone oil, plaster, utility paint, epoxy resin, acrylic, oil, aerosol, damar.