UW MFA Thesis: Amber Lee Williams at UWAG, June 2-25

[Ivan Jurakic]

MFA Thesis 2022:
Amber Lee Williams
Presented by University of Waterloo Fine Arts and UWAG
June 2-25
Opening Reception: Thursday June 2, 5-8 PM*
*Visitors are required to comply with campus safety guidelines
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Amber Lee Williams
Heavy as a Cloud
Heavy as a Cloud is a collection of phenomena that alludes to the fragility and transience of life: clouds drifting away, waves rolling in, flowers fading in the sun, a lingering fragrance, and crumbling sandcastles. Using photographic and sculptural mediums, the exhibition considers human experiences such as grief and memory mediated through everyday objects and elements of nature, to represent states of impermanence. It explores how grief can be contained within objects and photographs, but also felt in the world around us. Through ephemeral themes and materials, it asks: How is loss contained? How are we remembered after we die? This work resides in a place of desire—a longing to hold things that cannot be held, to fix a moment that is gone, to make physical things out of the intangible. 

Amber Lee Williams is an interdisciplinary artist from the Niagara region. Family is at the center of her practice. Her research resides in and around the home: observing and photographing the daily lives of her children, as well as drawing inspiration from the possessions and photographs left behind by deceased loved ones. Bringing the past into the present, navigating the inevitable shifting of relationships, and thinking about how everyday objects can serve as prompts to remembering are important methodologies in her work. Amber not only explores the way in which we are remembered, but also all that is lost. amberleeart.com<https://www.amberleeart.com/>

Please join us in celebrating the work of this MFA candidate in-person!




ADMIT EVERYONE
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
East Campus Hall, Room 1239
519.888.4567 ext. 33575
Website<https://uwag.uwaterloo.ca/>
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CONTACT
Ivan Jurakic, Director/Curator
519.888.4567 ext. 46741
ijurakic at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:ijurakic at uwaterloo.ca>

HOURS
Wednesday to Friday 12-5 pm
Or by appointment

MOBILITY
Ground floor entry
Automated doors available at Fine Arts entrance
Wide pathways
Accessible washrooms on ground level

DRIVING
263 Phillip Street, Waterloo
East Campus Hall (ECH) is located adjacent to Engineering 6 (E6)
Campus map<https://uwaterloo.ca/map/>

PARKING
Visitor Parking is available in Lot B beside Engineering 6 (E6) for a flat rate of $5
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MAILING
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1

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Image Credit: Amber Lee Williams, Crepuscular Rays (detail), 2022, Polaroid emulsion lift. Image courtesy of the artist. Image Description: Photograph of a sheer cloth juxtaposed overtop of an irregularly shaped image of clouds in a blue and pink sky.
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