Kimberly Edgar | Altar to the Threshold
Struts Gallery exhibit, 12-6 PM July 26th-August 13th
In partnership with Sappyfest, Struts Gallery is hosting an exhibition of drawings by Kimberly Edgar (aka Bird Feet), a visual artist and musician based on Tr’ondek Hwech’in land in so-called Dawson City, Yukon. Their work reflects on experiences of both the medical system and the ennui that comes with being sick with no end. Kim’s work envisions the sacred nature of thresholds, and how those who occupy or cross these liminal spaces, such as trans and disabled people, hold a special kind of knowledge.
A recipient of grants from CUE, Canada Council, Culture Quest, and the Advanced Artist Award, Kim also has pieces in the Yukon Permanent Art Collection and the Ottawa Direct Purchase Program. They hold two Broken Pencil Awards for Best Comic, and have been nominated for two Doug Wright Awards for their comic The Space in Between (2020). Kim is the founder of the small comics press Hecate Press, dedicated to celebrating northern comic artists and building opportunities for them to get paid work.
To see more of Kim’s work, click here.