Rolande Souliere’s works across painting, site specific installation, temporary and permanent public art and social art. Souliere’s art practice explores the social, political, and cultural aspects of Indigeneity in contemporary society. Utilizing repetitive processes of wrapping, binding, and layering, Souliere’s artworks incorporate mass produced items such as reflective road signage, automobile headlights and brake lights, variable message boards, construction materials and domestic items. These universal materials are stripped from their usual contexts, manipulated, and repurposed into dynamic installations.
Recent projects include Seaton House Public Art Commission by City of Toronto, Canada, 52 Artists, (Travelling), Artspace, Sydney, RBC Art Collection, Sydney, Scents of Movement, Scent of Place, Art Gallery of Alberta, Canada, and collaborative mural with Tlacolulokos commissioned by Canadian Embassy Mexico, Oaxaca, Mexico.
Souliere is a member of Michipicoten First Nation, born in Toronto, Canada and is also an Australian citizen, currently residing in Sydney. She has a BVA (Honours), MVA and a PhD, from Sydney College of the Arts, The University of Sydney.
