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JADE MIKELL is a disabled artist and activist. She lives on unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən land by way of unceded Taystayič. She earned her BFA with Distinction (cum laude) from the University of Victoria in 2023.
Mikell works in painting, sculpture, installation, words, movement and (upcoming) sound to investigate subjects like inheritance, labour, hierarchy, social currency and sustainability through the lens of disability. Recent work has cited her upbringing in Anthroposophy and undergoing ABA therapy to emphasise the demoralising and endangering effects of institutional inaccessibility. Mikell often inspects the moral inadequacy assigned to disability in these environments through repurposing associated symbols and motifs, often posited to have curative effect.
in production, Mikell locates supplies entirely from sources which interrupt the sequence of consumption and disposal; upcycled, salvaged, and repurposed materials. Mikell is interested in how accessibility and sustainability often…
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JADE MIKELL is a disabled artist and activist. She lives on unceded Lək̓ʷəŋən land by way of unceded Taystayič. She earned her BFA with Distinction (cum laude) from the University of Victoria in 2023.
Mikell works in painting, sculpture, installation, words, movement and (upcoming) sound to investigate subjects like inheritance, labour, hierarchy, social currency and sustainability through the lens of disability. Recent work has cited her upbringing in Anthroposophy and undergoing ABA therapy to emphasise the demoralising and endangering effects of institutional inaccessibility. Mikell often inspects the moral inadequacy assigned to disability in these environments through repurposing associated symbols and motifs, often posited to have curative effect.
in production, Mikell locates supplies entirely from sources which interrupt the sequence of consumption and disposal; upcycled, salvaged, and repurposed materials. Mikell is interested in how accessibility and sustainability often…
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