Inuvialuk artist Maureen Gruben has exhibited regularly across Canada and internationally. Her practice encompasses varied media including video, photography, sculpture, textiles, and land installations, and often incorporates diverse organic and industrial materials, many of which are found and salvaged. Gruben was born and raised in Tuktoyaktuk where her parents were traditional knowledge keepers and founders of E. Gruben’s Transport. She holds a BFA from the University of Victoria and a Certificate in Indigenous Political Development & Leadership, En'owkin Centre, Penticton. Recent exhibitions include the Women's Gallery & Darkroom, New York (2022); Cade Centre for Fine Arts, Baltimore (2022); Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, University of Nevada, Los Vegas (2022); Contemporary Native Art Biennial, Montreal (2022); public art installations for The Bentway Skate Trail & Canoe Landing, Toronto (2021); Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca (2021); The Rooms, St. John’s (2021); Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver (2020); and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2019). She was long listed for the 2019 Aesthetica Art Prize and the 2021 Sobey Art Prize, and her work is held in public and private collections including the Art Gallery of Ontario, the National Gallery of Canada, Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Indigenous Art Centre, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.
Contact:
maureengruben@hotmail.com