Maddie Lychek
Could Be a Person or Multiple Hotdogs
Gallery One: MFA 2
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 16, 5–8 pm
Exhibition Info
Could Be a Person or Multiple Hotdogs subverts dominant narratives surrounding racialization, diaspora, and queerness by a refusal to flatten the artist’s multiple identities (Filipino, Slovak, masculine, lesbian) in ways that align with broader institutional narratives of inclusion. This crude multiple projection installation peels back the layers of identity but does not settle them, instead you witness the entire anxious, calm, shameful, prideful, solitary, collective, familial, and vulgar—whole.
The exhibition culminates with Dyke Clothing Swap a collective gathering to exchange used clothes and facilitate inter-generational connection during the last day of the exhibition on Saturday, May 2 from 3–5 pm.
Artist Biography
Maddie Lychek is a visual artist born and raised in Southern Ontario, currently based on Block 2 of the Haldimand Tract. Her work has been exhibited at venues like InterAccess, Xpace Cultural Centre Ken Seiling Museum, Union Gallery, and Struts Gallery. She served as Program Director of Ed Video Media Arts Centre on the Board of Directors of Independent Media Arts Alliance. Her research has been supported by the Social Science and Humanity Research Council of Canada.