Suzanne Morrissette

Suzanne Morrissette (she/her) is an artist, curator, and scholar who is currently based out of Toronto. Her father’s parents were Michif- and Cree-speaking Metis with family histories tied to the Interlake and Red River regions and Scrip in the area now known as Manitoba. Her mother’s parents came from Canadian-born farming families descended from United Empire loyalists and Mennonites from Russia. Morrissette was born and raised in Winnipeg and is a citizen of the Manitoba Metis Federation.

As an artistic researcher Suzanne’s interests include: family and community knowledge, methods of translation, the telling of in-between histories, and practices of making that support and sustain life. Her two recent solo exhibitions, What does good work look like? and translations recently opened in Toronto (Gallery 44) and Montreal (daphne art centre) respectively. At the same time, her work has appeared in numerous group exhibitions such as Lii Zoot Tayr, an exhibition of Metis artists working with concepts of the unknowable, and the upcoming group exhibition of audio-based work about waterways called FLOW with imagineNATIVE Film + Media Art Festival. 

Morrissette is also leading a team of researchers on a partnership with artist run centres in Canada to examine questions about how to meaningfully implement Equity, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives (EDI) and governance. Our collective work will address barriers and disparities within past and present governance models to inform future policy and program design within the arts.

Morrissette holds a PhD from York University in Social and Political Thought. She currently holds the position of Assistant Professor and Graduate Program Director for two programs at OCAD University: Criticism and Curatorial Practices (MFA) and Contemporary Art, Design, and New Media Art Histories (MA).