Mark Prier

Bio

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Mark Prier (he/they) examines the interaction between culture and ecology. Working from diverse sources, such as pulp fiction, botany, and folklore, they rearticulate this examination into multimedia works that span sculpture, installation, performance, sound, and video. He has collaborated with environmental conservation workers, cast seed for urban birds, started restoring an acre of farmland to the documented pre-colonial forest, and created large-scale sculptures reimagining suburban fenceposts.

Their exhibitions include shows in Canada, Mexico, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

He has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Newfoundland & Labrador Arts Council, and the Ontario Arts Council.

Under the moniker hellothisisalex, Prier has played the MUTEK Festival in Montreal, done commissions for CBC Radio, and taken part in the National Film Board of Canada’s Minus 40 project.

Prier lives on the traditional territories of the Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee, splitting his time between Hopeville and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.