Nicole Dextras is a Canadian artist who has
stayed true to the environmental art movement. She captures the natural beauty found in her surroundings by
employing resources such as the sun, water, plants and the landscape. Her Weedrobes
series,
for example, features garments created entirely from plants, flowers, branches, and stitched with
thorns.
Her photography was
presented at Toronto’s Alternative Fashion Week this April, while her latest
Weedrobes piece showed at Vancouver’s International Children’s Festival in June. Dextras’
work is also being featured in View, a touring group photo exhibit curated by Joyce Tenneson with stops including
Gallery 27 in Santa Barbara, Calif., and the Palm Beach Photographic Centre in Palm Beach, Fla. Dextras will
create a new outdoor installation for Créations-Sur-Le-Champs in Mont-Saint- Hilaire, Que., this
October.
Working with ephemeral
materials through various media such as sculpture and photography, she showcases her passion for
environmentally sound art and a social conscience.
Dextras is a graduate of the Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and has been a sessional teacher there
for the past eight years.
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Photo Courtesy: Nicole
Dextras