Professor Megan Dickie discusses her solo exhibition and publication Blue Skies at the AGGV with Kimberly Phillips.

The AGGV is thrilled to launch the publication Megan Dickie: Blue Skies which, along with images of Victoria based artist Megan Dickie’s exhibition and works, includes a written contribution from Kimberly Phillips, director of SFU Galleries in Vancouver who is also a curator, writer and educator.

The exhibition Blue Skies was presented by the gallery in June of 2019.

The recording of this program took place on the unceded traditional territories of the Lekwungen speaking peoples also known as the Esquimalt and Songhess Nations. We extend our appreciation for the opportunities we have to live and work in these territories and to continually expand our understanding of what it means to be on these lands with reciprocity and respect for those whose families have been it’s stewards from time immemorial. For more information on the publication visit: https://shop.aggv.ca/collections/gall…

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is located on the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən speaking peoples, today known as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. We extend our gratitude and appreciation for the opportunity to live and work on this territory. Videography and editing by Marina DiMaio.

The Artist

Megan Dickie’s practice uses extreme physicality, choreographed set-ups, and fantastic failures as a means to poke at dominant systems and structures. Recent exhibitions include L’OEil de Poisson (Quebec City), Open Space (Victoria), Campbell River Art Gallery, Durham Art Gallery (Durham, ON), Oxygen Art Centre (Nelson), Latitude 53 (Edmonton) Stride (Calgary) and Grunt Gallery, (Vancouver). Video works have been screened at TUFF (Toronto) BIDDU (Reykjavik) and Eastern Edge (St. John’s) She is also the recipient of projects grants from both the Canada Council for the Arts and the BC Arts Council.

Megan Dickie received her MFA from the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon, 2002) and a BFA from the University of Calgary (1997). Her works are part of the collections of the University of Saskatchewan, Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Nickel Arts Museum. Megan Dickie resides in Victoria, BC and is an Associate Professor of Studio Art at the University of Victoria.