Bronson Smillie
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Bronson Smillie is a Tiohtià:ke/Montréal-based artist whose practice works at the intersection of drawing and sculpture. Working with dormant objects, that are often analog castaways of late-capitalism's obsession with digital efficiency, Smillie formulates his own visual systems of logic and mark-making to release the object from its defunct state, side-stepping their original function to centre their aura. Through this release, Smillie creates conditions for the reconsideration of obsolete material culture that, once ubiquitous, have become marginal.
Smillie composes works by selecting elements that share formal rather than functional affinities. This intervention, more a delicate adjustment than a complete dismantling, valorizes and highlights a shared material past that undermines function-based hierarchies. The result is a playful reverence for time passing, and its imprint on an object, as its cultural relevance and usefulness diminishes.Smillie holds a BFA in painting and drawing from Concordia University and lives in Tiohti:áke/Montréal. Recent solo presentations include Universalia, Pangée, Montréal, QC (2025), Almost Begin, Afternoon Projects, Vancouver, BC (2023), A Place for Everything, april april, Brooklyn, NY (2023), Tempo 85, Espace Maurice, Montréal, Canada (2022); NADA New York, with april april (2022). Smillie is represented by Pangée.
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