An installation in Gallery II, September 20 – October 25, 2024

Artist Reception: Saturday September 21, 2pm-4pm

From September 20 to October 25, Sivarulrasa Gallery is pleased to present JENNY MCMASTER: NO NEUTRAL GROUND in Gallery II. Based in Gatineau, Quebec, Jenny McMaster earned her Master of Fine Arts degree at the University of Ottawa in 2021. Her practice includes sculptural works, fibres, encaustics, and performance art.

For the past ten years, her primary medium has been handmade paper. “I am fascinated by paper’s figurative and tactile capabilities as well as its identity as an organic substance with a natural and cultural history,” she says. “Paper, like the land, is not a neutral ground or void space.” This thought-provoking installation combines new works in paper from her New Arboreal series as well as older works from her Ruptured Planes series and her historical explorations of the Mississippi River and the Ottawa River.

Jenny McMaster is a former member of the Enriched Bread Artists Studios in Ottawa and a current member of Les Artistes de Cent Trente-Cinq in Gatineau. She has exhibited in many public gallery spaces including Espace Pierre-Debain (Gatineau), the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum (Almonte), City Hall Gallery (Ottawa), and the Ottawa Art Gallery. Her work is held in many private collections and the City of Ottawa Fine Art Collection.

Artist Reception: Saturday September 21, 2pm-4pm. Artist Jenny McMaster will be in attendance.

Contact the Gallery: Call us at 613-256-8033 or email [email protected] for queries about the works below, or visit our Virtual Gallery.