My CV can be viewed here.

My name is Shirley Moorhouse and I was born in 1955 in Goose Bay, Labrador, where I currently reside. My maternal Grandmother, Anana, named me ᐃᔨ (E-Ye-I) in Inuktitut, meaning Eyes. As a young child I watched my extended family create many items of form, function and beauty for home, clothing, hunting, or fishing. I have been creating my own artwork for over 30 years, driven by curiosity and a desire to share stories of what I see, feel and know.

Today, my multimedia art practice reflects my pride in family and culture. With minute hand stitching, fluid brush strokes, and innovative uses of materials, I display my predecessors’ mastery of technique and process. My artwork speaks from my lived experience as it connects outwards to my family, community, all living creatures, the Earth, and the Universe. I explore the flexibility and strength of Inuit culture, while gently challenging viewers to be more aware of Labrador’s ever-changing natural, social and geopolitical boundaries. I highlight Labradors’ Indigenous citizens, and the issues we face in relation to land and water exploitation.

My work is also an invitation, to You, to reflect, to dream, and to celebrate the beauties and mysteries of Life. Before creating any work, be it wall hanging, painting, poetry, or a garden, I mindfully offer the Multiverse prayers of thankfulness, peace, wholeness, and healing. Through my art, I offer gifts of spirit, heart and mind. I strive for inner transformation and transpersonal change, with hopes that this is reflecting in my work and softly absorbed by my audience.

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Shirley Moorhouse