About

b. 1993, the descendant of German and Polish immigrant settler-farming families. Home has been a handful of rural towns and small cities across the western prairies of Canada, but is currently Mohkinstsis/Calgary. This land traditionally has been, and continues to be nourished and cared for by the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksiká, Kainai, Piikani), the Tsuut’ina Nations, the Îyâxe Nakoda Nations (Chiniki, Wesley, and Bearspaw First Nations), and is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3.

Brett Bonk is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture and installation. They frequently harness mundane objects as a jumping-off point to navigate the formation of queered identities, networks of care, personal and ecological grief, and alternative ways of knowing/doing.

email | brettbonk@gmail.com