Most of Canada celebrates its ‘birth’ on the 1st of July but here in Quebec, it is moving day. People are unloading their unwanted things onto the streets to make room for new stuff. Montrealers are in the process of making new homes, Montreal is nesting. Nomadic Nests is a body of work that ponders […]

The Nomadic Nests ponder constructs and concepts of home, security, attachment, comfort, CHANGE, transformation, culture, migration, and materialism. This Nest lived outside for two years, two Canadian winters mind you. It was made for a community house I used to live in. I returned a year after I moved out for an annual event bringing […]

The Nomadic Nests ponder constructs and concepts of home, security, attachment, comfort, change, culture, migration and materialism. I invite all to rest and reflect on these notions by gently occupying the space. This nest was made on my favorite local beach, Pantai Purnama (full moon beach) in Bali, Indoensia. It was my little slice of […]

The Nomadic Nests ponder constructs and concepts of home, security, attachment, comfort, change, culture, migration and materialism. I invite all to rest and reflect on these notions by gently occupying the space. As my time in Bali dwindles down, the idea of home… warmth, security, friends, freedom and community drift through my excited and confused […]

The Nomadic Nests ponder constructs and concepts of home, security, attachment, comfort, change, culture, migration and materialism. I invite all to rest and reflect on these notions by gently occupying the space. Wayan Warji is one of most beautiful people you will ever meet. She was a big part of making Bali ‘home’. Peanut, the […]

The Nomadic Nests ponder constructs and concepts of home, security, attachment, comfort, change, culture, migration and materialism. I invite all to rest and reflect on these notions by gently occupying the space. This nest was made in my first few months in Bali, Indonesia. The people, the birds, inside are friends who experienced the magic […]

Lennoxville, Quebec is a transitory town. Its population fluctuates with the input/output of university students. In the early fall, hundreds migrate to this academic center and when spring graces us with its presence, hundreds more move on and away from the place they have come to know. For many, this town becomes a home away […]

Nomadic Nests is a body of work that ponders constructs and concepts of home, security, attachment, comfort, change, migration and materialism. As an artist, I am interested in what our environment, our stuff and our way of expressing our materialistic and subsequently psychological needs says about us, our personalities and our culture.