Nurgül Rodriguez - Prairie Impressions, Part 1: Meet the Artist

*Please read the Parental Advisory and Disclaimer below before viewing (it is linked in the video in the top right information button) Parental Advisory & Disclaimer Parental Advisory While Prairie Impressions welcomes all ages for the majority of the programming, SNAP and A/P advise that all minors are accompanied by parents/guardians while viewing and/or participating in any organizational programming whether in person or online. Viewers are advised that the full length Artist Presentations in Part 1: Meet the Artist, were prepared and provided by each participating artist depicting a range of artistic practices and research topics. As such, these presentations and artworks depicted therein may contain or deal with mature or sensitive content that require parental/guardian discretion. Disclaimer All Meet the Artists presentations are provided in each artist’s own words, and reflect their own thoughts, opinions, and artistic research practices. SNAP and Alberta Printmakers are organizations that present contemporary print-based artists and artworks that reflect a wide range of viewpoints and perspectives. For any questions regarding the specific content prior to watching with young viewers please feel free to contact www.snapartists.com or www.albertaprintmakers.com to discuss in advance. Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists (SNAP) & Alberta Printmakers (A/P) in conjunction with Alberta Culture Days Present Prairie Impressions Part 1: Meet the Artist Nurgül Rodriguez Nurgül Rodriguez settled in Calgary, Alberta in 2009, after nomadic years of living in Turkey, U.S.A., Spain with her family. She holds MFA form the University of Calgary in 2017 and a BFA from Dokuz Eylul University in 1999. She has an active individual practice of disciplines and media including porcelain, installation, handmade paper, printmaking, three-dimensional pieces, and more recently socially engaged and collaborative projects. Her work is social, political and personal with a focus on issues of immigration, diasporas, borders and cultures. She explores of becoming diasporic individual during identity formation within a new culture. She received a Visual Arts and New Media individual project grant from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts in 2018. She holds an MFA from the University of Calgary and she completed one residency program at Medalta in Medicine Hat and another at AUArts in Calgary. Her large-scale porcelain installation as socially engaged art project, Out of Place, is part of Biennial 2020- Borderline at Remai Modern. She currently lives in Calgary making, writing, teaching, collaborating and always learning.