Shary Boyle on Storyshifting, Nov. 21, 2023

The 376th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium held on Tuesday, November 21, 2023 at 7pm ET. Free and open to the public. Visit https://nycomicssymposium.wordpress.com for more information.

Shary Boyle on Storyshifting

Shary will revisit some early zines and comics, and talk about transitioning from 2D narrative to overhead projection performance ‘moving pictures’ to sculpture. There will be a side path to visit some spectacular Inuit story-drawers from the Arctic, whose work she discovered while travelling north to collaborate with the cosmic-graphic genius, Shuvinai Ashoona.

Shary Boyle’s work considers the social history of ceramic figures, animist mythologies and folk-art forms to create a symbolic, feminist and politically charged language uniquely her own. She is the recipient of a 2021 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the Ontario College of Art and Design University where she graduated from in 1994, before developing a multidisciplinary practice centred on drawing, sculpture and performance. Boyle activates her practice through collaboration and mentorship, engaging other creative communities and disciplines with a characteristically inclusive spirit. Her solo touring exhibition Outside the Palace of Me was presented by The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 2022, the Vancouver Art Gallery in 2023, and the Museum of Art and Design, NYC in 2023/24.