Biography
Lindsay Montgomery is a Canadian artist working across a variety of media including ceramics, painting and puppetry to create objects, and performances. Her work is focused on creating mythologies that confront and re-imagine classical narratives to address a wide range of topics and issues including: death and mysticism, feminism, and evolving modes of power. 

She earned a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, and received her MFA from the University of Minnesota. Her work has been exhibited widely in Canada and internationally with exhibitions at The Gardiner Museum for Ceramics, The Archie Bray Foundation, the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and multiple exhibitions through The National Conference on Education in the Ceramic Arts. 

She is the recipient of numerous awards including The Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics, The Helen Copeland Memorial Award, The Joyce Carlyle Memorial Scholarship in the Crafts Endowment, and individual project grants from The Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Arts Council, and Toronto Arts Council. Her work is included in the permanent collections of The Gardiner Museum for Ceramics, The Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, and the Musée des Beaux Arts in Montreal. She lives and works in Toronto.

 
Artist Statement
 My work examines the mythologies and craft traditions of western Europe to create new vessels, figures, stories, and performances that update historical narratives and practices to connect and continue ancestral craft traditions, as well as deeply critique the problematic foundations of western society. 

I reimagine objects, stories, and rituals from the past and spin them with new meanings and messages to reveal the slow spiritual progress we’ve made since the Dark Ages in the hopes of both preserving and continuing important craft traditions without erasing or perpetuating harmful attitudes, as well as critiquing the evolution of western society with its continued penchants for violence, colonization, and discrimination. 

I continually highlight the separation of craft from consumer culture in my work to solidify its place as an essential exercise for us all to create meaning and connection in an increasingly non-tactile and isolated world.