The Mark of a Woman
Ruth Cuthand
November, 2022
Opening November 4, 7:30

Experience Ruth Cuthand's gorgeous video The Mark of a Woman in our street-facing window gallery on view through the month of November.

"The hide had gone, the thread, and all that was left under that bed was this mass of blue beads and I remember thinking, "that woman is gone, there is nothing left of her except for these beads." And I was totally fascinated with the idea that there can still be a mark of a woman, even though everything is gone you can tell she was still there." (excerpt taken from video)

Ruth Cuthand is a Canadian mixed media artist of Plains Cree and Scottish ancestry whose practice includes painting, drawing, photography and beadwork. Born in 1954 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, she grew up in Alberta, where as a child she met artist Gerald Tailfeathers, who inspired her to become an artist herself. Cuthand earned a BFA from the University of Saskatchewan in 1983, and a MFA, also from the University of Saskatchewan in 1992. Cuthand’s work is featured in many collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario and the MacKenzie Art Gallery, University of Saskatchewan Art Collection.Cuthand was honoured with the Saskatchewan Artist Award at the Lieutenant Governor’s Arts Awards in 2013. In 2016, she was honoured as a 2016 Arts & Science Alumni of Influence at the University of Saskatchewan. In 2020, she was awarded a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts.