m black
artist / writer / lover / pervertcontact: studio@m-black.com
about + cv
exhibitions single stall sex catacombs for the living
projects moving image
photo + print
performance
object-based
writing
shop (coming soon)
contact: studio@m-black.com
about + cv
exhibitions single stall sex catacombs for the living
projects moving image
photo + print
performance
object-based
writing
shop (coming soon)
b. 1999
their practice combines digital, analog, and camera-less image-making processes alongside installation, performance, and text to interrogate, complicate, and pervert systems of power. in their abstracted forms and sculptural ephemera is a through line of inquiry into how the domains of gender and sexuality have been—and continue to be—negotiated, regulated, and (re)produced across time and place.
> (2024) catacombs for the living, anna leonowens gallery, halifax ns
> (2026) another room: salon des refusés, gallery 881, vancouver bc
> (2026) fxlk play: artists-in-mischief, devotion, and mythmaking curated by jamison edgar for the tom of finland foundation, los angeles
> (2025) out of line, curated by mo glitch & the post-portal project, the khyber centre for the arts, halifax ns
> (2024) new grounds, co-curated by the sustainable darkroom and tamsin green for der grief guest room, online exhibition
> (2024) kinky luve, curated by saba blyden-taylor, the khyber centre for the arts, halifax ns
> (2024) same as it ever was, curated by emily flynn and maya keleris, anna leonowens gallery, halifax ns
> (2025) dirtbag, punto y raya world festival for abstract art in motion, student competition, sofia bulgaria
> (2025) dirtbag, slightly stratified; emerging experimental filmmakers from nova scotia, la lumière collective, montréal qc
> (2023) cerement, handmade filmmaking showcase, the bus stop theatre, halifax ns
> (2025) re:strain, shaped & shifted festival of performance art, anna leonowens gallery, halifax ns
> (2022) no body to see here, durational performance, nscad university, halifax ns
> (2025) “capital preformation” in cult magazine, online
> (2023) “gravedigger/earthswallower” in cephalophore #2, mastodon, cephalophore press, nyc
> (2024-2025) out of line trans artist residency, the post-portal project & khyber centre for the arts, halifax ns
> (2024) artist talk in conversation with kate walchuk, anna leonowens gallery, halifax ns
> (2023) post screening q+a moderated by rena thomas, the bus stop theatre co-op, halifax ns
> (2025) nova scotia talent trust scholarship
> (2024) arthur lister award for academic excellence, nscad university
> (2023) claire boudreau memorial bursary, nscad university
> (2022) dr. s.t. and mrs. irmgard laufer fund, nscad university
> (2021) board of governors’ fund, nscad university
> (in-production) lead, heart peaks (dir. a. laurel lawrence)
> (2026) background, accismus (dir. brandy marien)
> (2024) lead, pan & syrinx (dir. a. laurel lawrence)
> (2024) background, eyepiece (dir. kate solar)
> (2023) lead, our sap fills the mouths of hungry saints (dir. a. laurel lawrence)
acting (theatre)
> (2024) lead, a gentle kiss on the bruised cheek of god (dir. a. laurel lawrence)
programming
> (2025) exposures film festival, montreal qc
teaching
> (2026) instructor, extended studies youth programming, nscad university, halifax ns
> (2025) teaching assistant, extended studies youth programming, nscad university, halifax ns
translations + subtitles (en/fr)
> (2025) anita louise and the wild women (dir. arena alamino)
> (2022) glass palace (dir. alek green)
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