Practice saying goodbye: Meaghan Haughian @ BLINK Gallery

BLINK Gallery presents

MEAGHAN HAUGHIAN
Practice saying goodbye

August 9 – 12

VERNISSAGE
Thursday, August 9, 6 – 9 pm


How do we convey our loss? How do we say goodbye?
Flowers serve as mementos, helping us celebrate and pay tribute.
Gardens offer a space to experience life, loss and regeneration. This
photographic-based installation quietly reflects on living, dying and
preservation. A contemplation on life – how we contain it and how it
contains us. A garden of flowers that never decays.

My work is an act of storytelling that explores the dualities of life.
I seek to capture the experiences and emotions that we share
collectively as human beings but often experience in isolation. I
create scenes and situations of architecturally and emotionally
fragmented interiors. Like a diary entry, each piece questions and
reflects, recounting the moments that form personal history and
identity.

MEAGHAN HAUGHIAN’s work primarily consists of mixed media drawings on
paper, although her undergraduate studies in printmaking and
photography retain a strong influence on her practice. Meaghan has
exhibited in Ottawa and throughout Canada and has received grants from
the City of Ottawa and the Ontario Arts Council. Her work is included
in numerous private collections and the following public collections:
the Ottawa Art Gallery, the City of Ottawa and the National Art
Centre’s French Theatre.

BLINK GALLERY
Header House, Major’s Hill Park, Ottawa
Across from the National Gallery of Canada, near the Alexandra Bridge
Pedestrian access only. All welcome.
www.blinkgallery.ca
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OPEN Friday, Saturday & Sunday 12 – 5 pm

BLINK gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Ontario Arts
Council, the City of Ottawa and the National Capital Commission.

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