Rolande Souliere

Working across painting, installation, photography, collage, sculpture, socially engaged art, and
temporary and permanent public art, Souliere’s art practice explores the interconnectedness, and
complexities involved in systems. Whether social, political and or cultural, Souliere is interested in
how these systems have impacted Indigenous people in personal and collective histories.

Influenced by her North American First Nation heritage, Souliere’s choice of materials are diverse,
and include mass produced materials and repurposed objects. These ready-mades are often
manipulated with handmade repetitive processes such as taping, stitching, stacking, and binding.
Texture and colour are also prevalent, and when combined with craft processes and everyday
objects, they speak of the vast array of subjects residing within systems.

Souliere was born and raised on Turtle Island (North America) and lives and works on Gadigal
Land, (Sydney) Australia. She is a member of Michipicoten First Nation and has a PhD and MVA
from Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney.

Recent exhibitions include Scents of Movement, Scents of Place, Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada, 52
Artists 52 Actions, Wangarrata A Regional Gallery, Australia, Candy Apple Grey, China Heights,
Sydney, Australia, States of Collapse, Dunlop Art Gallery, Canada.