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Sheri Nault is an artist of Métis and mixed European descent. Situated within personal and political contexts, their art practice and research are grounded in queer, feminist and Indigenous world-views. They strive to elicit a sense of social and ecological responsibility and intimacy on a damaged planet, recently focusing on connections between bodies, sexuality and nature. They received an MFA from York University in 2017 and their BFA in 2012. Recent exhibitions include Entangled Bodies at the Art Gallery of York University; art(i f)ACTS curated by Belinda Ho-Yan Kwan; Where the Weather Happens at the Niagara Artists Centre; A lost syllable for ‘I’ that does not mean separate at LEFT Contemporary; Li Salay at the Art Gallery of Alberta; and I Will Survive at Alta Art Space and Galleri CC in Malmö, Sweden. They were a member of the 2017 cohort of the Intergenerational LGBTQ Artist Residency; and the 2019 Indigenous Art residency Ghost Days at the Banff Centre for the Arts.