Michael Belmore
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Michael Belmore, who is of Ojibway heritage, born north of Thunder Bay, graduated in Sculpture/Installation from the Ontario College of Art in 1994. Michael’s work explores the use of technology and how it has affected our relationship to nature. Belmore has shown his work extensively in Canada including exhibitions at the Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto and the Toronto Sculpture Garden. His works are included in the collections of the Indian Art Centre, Hull; the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinberg; Thunder Bay Art Gallery and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre in Kingston, among others. Barkhouse and Belmore, recently completed the sculpture Esker for the Millennium Park in Peterborough.
For the piece, Solace, Belmore will use a pre-existing ice hut with new windows. On the snow-covered floor of the hut is placed the work "ember", it is fitted with solar powered lights so that it flickers like a smoldering fire. The window is stained glass with an abstract image of flames on a predominantly frosted background.