Through Wandering Still

Erika Dueck produces miniature interior constructions that explore how we perceive and interpret reality. In these miniatures, the interior spaces become mixed up, sometimes piercing through the physical structures around them. They become passageways that extend to distant places or circulate in endless loops. The artist often proposes isolated worlds removed from their environment and existing regardless of the physical structures surrounding them. Thus Dueck’s project lies within the spirit of the novel Brave New World: it offers a reality detached from the natural world, from human history and from intimacy with others. The two worlds then are structures without foundation that exist outside of reality.

Article in Vie des Arts by Françoise Belu

The artist would like to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, as well as his technicians, Stéphan Bernier, Isabelle Brassard, Charlie Lescault and Maggy Metsos.

Erika Dueck lives and works in Guelph (Ontario), where she is a candidate in the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Guelph. She holds a BFA (Honours) from the University of Manitoba and has received several awards and grants for her work. She is also the national winner of the BMO 1^st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition and one of the 11 winners of the UNESCO Chair in the Bioethics and Human Rights Global Art Competition.