Michèle Pearson Clarke: Muscle Memory

Text and images courtesy of Michèle Pearson Clarke

Exhibition view: Michèle Pearson Clarke, Quantum Choir, 2022, four-channel 4k video installation. Courtesy of the artist. Photo credit: Yuula Benivolski.

Exhibition

Michèle Pearson Clarke: Muscle Memory
at The Art Gallery of Hamilton
123 King Street West
Hamilton ON, L8P 4S8, Canada
February 12 – May 23, 2022

Michèle Pearson Clarke: Muscle Memory

Exploring the vulnerability of queer female masculinity, Michèle Pearson Clarke: Muscle Memory is the first major solo exhibition in a public gallery for Trinidad-born, Toronto-based artist Michèle Pearson Clarke. Working primarily in photography and video, Clarke examines black and queer experiences of longing and loss, while situating such grief as a site of possibility for social engagement and political connection. With Muscle Memory, Clarke presents her largest installation to date, comprising both a new four-channel video and sound work, Quantum Choir, 2022 and a selection of photographs from her ongoing series, The Animal Seems to Be Moving, 2018-present.
 

Exhibition view, Michèle Pearson Clarke: Muscle Memory. Courtesy of the artist. Photo credit: Yuula Benivolski.

About Michèle Pearson Clarke

Michèle Pearson Clarke is a visual artist, writer and educator who works in photography, film, video and installation. Born in Trinidad (1973), and based in Toronto, Clarke holds an MSW from the University of Toronto, and in 2015 she received her MFA in Documentary Media Studies from Ryerson University. Clarke has exhibited both nationally and internationally, including in Chicago, Lagos, Los Angeles and Montréal, and she is the current Photo Laureate for the City of Toronto (2019-2022).
 

Exhibition view, Michèle Pearson Clarke: Muscle Memory. Courtesy of the artist. Photo credit: Yuula Benivolski./em>