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MARY JO MULLINS
Mary Jo lives near Pelee Island, a beautiful island paradise in the most southerly region of Canada known for its secluded beaches and provincial nature reserves and immerses herself in The Okanagan Valley in British Columbia.
Her formal education and training in the arts is embedded in the forms of contemporary dance and early creative works emphasized the modern dance technique of Martha Graham. Experimentation in later years with performance improvisation, creating site-specific dance, performing in dance films and interdisciplinary work and creating a dance installation for the first mobile network in Canada gave way to an entirely new form of artistic expression and practice.
"My embodied art practice has a lot of moving parts. The core premise of my work is movement. After years of creating, performing, and presenting dance, my soul began to yearn for something more. And that realization was very profound for me, it moved me out of the studio and into nature. The rest of the journey has been one amazing, beautiful ride."
The landscape of my life has always made significant imprints on my being, like tatoos on my psyche memories from the heart. I am a western girl, born in Calgary, Alberta where travelling under land bridges for animals on route to Banff and enjoying a picnic on Lake Minnewanka was family time. Growing up in the Niagara Region meant frequent excursions to Niagara Falls and the Niagara Escarpment to entertain family and friends and to attend reunions at Queenston Heights where the family ties ran very deep. The summers of my youth were immersed in the Kawartha Lakes in Ontario.
So, I have always had a deep connection with the natural world and the elements, especially water. And, journeying of all kinds has become an integral part of my art making process. It is as essential as movement and the natural world. My artistic practice is indeed my way of living and being in this world. It is my integrated way of sharing, expressing and communicating all of the beauty and wonder I experience in the places and spaces I call home.
INNER WILDING
green earth
An interdisciplinary performance of dance and film made with photographs of the lush rainforest in Cypress Falls, Vancouver, Canada.
SHE WALKS BOTH WORLDS
Wave
An interdisciplinary performance of movement, photography and text inspired by travel to Tofino, British Columbia.
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she walks both worlds
An interdisciplinary performance of dance, photography and film made on Pelee Island, Ontario, Canada.
"I am Mary Jo Mullins, a Canadian photographer and artist, inspired by the raw beauty of the natural world and wild feminine. Each work from my immersive photography sessions for women, painting and photography collections and embodied art projects is a journey of self discovery and artistic expression. Join me in exploring the raw feminine power that defines all of my work."