KC Adams
Anishinaabe, Inninew and British artist (born 1971)
KC Adams (born March 28, 1971) is a Cree, Ojibway, and British artist and educator based in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Adams is a full-time practicing artist specializing in many mediums such as digital photography, sculpture, painting, video, installation, public art, performance, beading, birch bark biting, leather work and quill work.
She is known for creating artwork that draws inspiration from popular culture and science fiction to deal with contemporary social issues. Her work addresses racism, colonization, human impact on land and the challenges and perceptions of Indigenous people. She reflects on the relationships between ancestral knowledge, memory, and the sacredness of water. Using a variety of media, including copper, clay and "birch bark technology", the work is a visual reminder of the knowledge bundles (traditional teachings) that are passed on to the next generation of life givers and water protectors.
Adams considers herself a social-practice artist through the way her practice uses audience interaction to bring attention to socio-political issues.
Artwork
Besides working with more traditional forms of art, Adams has an interest in computers and new media technologies.
Her first public art commission, entitled Community, hangs above the lobby of the United Way building in Winnipeg. The works consists of a large, web-like ceramic and clay structure and was unveiled in 2014.
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