09/22/2026
Fazakas Gallery returns to Art Toronto with a captivating presentation of works by Audie Murray, featured in the fair’s Solo Section.
Murray redefines contemporary Indigenous art through her deeply personal and transformative approach to materials. Her practice incorporates elements connected to the body, land, animals, and everyday life, such as rose petals, smoke ash, bison bone, bear grease, to***co, matchsticks, and even her own breast milk, turning them into pigments and artistic media.
At Art Toronto, Murray’s installation Rootless will feature approximately 100 sheets of artificial grass adorned with 4 dozen roses that will naturally decay throughout the fair. Rather than viewing decay as an end, Murray will collect the roses and transform them into pigment, extending their life into new works. A drawing made with rose pigment from Rootless’ previous iteration will be displayed alongside the installation.
Through processes of decay, transformation, and renewal, Murray challenges conventional notions of medium, permanence, and the boundaries of Indigenous art, inviting us to reconsider the traces of life embedded in her materials.
Art Toronto runs October 29 - November 1 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Advance pricing is available on select tickets until midnight on September 30, 2026.
Buy your tickets now: http://spr.ly/6189BGeuah