Artist Statement

Unlike the art historical version of the sublime with roaring waterfalls and dramatic vistas, Duvall focuses on a barren sandy and windy section of the Canadian prairie. As she wanders this land, she reveals echoes of her complex and sometimes painful relationship with this place. Her videos are absent of narrative, but within the slowness of the unfolding performative gestures, one gets hints of the intensity of her complicated history with this place.

• Linda Duvall is a Saskatoon (Canada)-based visual artist whose work exists at the intersection of collaboration, performance and conversation. Her hybrid practice addresses recurring themes of connection to place, grief and loss, and the many meanings of exclusion and absence.   lindaduvall.com