Mallory Donen居住在溫哥華，是一個跨學科領域創作的藝術家，主要關注傳統手工藝中的各種流程，它們經由她家族中的幾代婦女代代相傳而得以保留下來。她畢業於弗雷澤河谷大學並獲藝術學士學位，還擁有曼尼托巴大學的藝術碩士學位。在藝術實踐中，她對傳統認知中的一系列觀念都提出了挑戰，諸如勞動、生產力、藝術作品的價值及其與手工藝品和女性勞作的關係等等。
她是佛蒙特工作室中心（Vermont Studio Center）2019年的駐場藝術家， 2020年在 Envision Arts 的線上展覽Threaded II中獲得榮譽獎，2021年獲加拿大藝術委員會《研究與創作》類資助獎。
最近作品及展出：《藝術點播4.4》 （the Reach Gallery & Museum）,《我是機器傳承的長長血脈》（Ranger Station Art Gallery）,《尋找外圍》（Paul H. Cocker Gallery），《無壓縮》（Rebecca Randall Bryan Art Gallery）。
藝術家的網頁: mallorydonen.com
藝術家的Instagram: instagram.com/mallorydonen
演講敘述
Mallory Donen will present works from the past several years which investigate notions of labour, productivity, and the value of art in relation to craft and women’s work. Instead of becoming reliant on computers and other advanced technologies that are accelerating the speeds of production and consumption alike, she chooses to look back to centuries-old practices that have been passed down through generations of women. She explores the parallel between repetitive processes and computer programming by taking on the role of a machine.
By embracing time-consuming processes such as hand-stitching, she emphasizes the importance and value of women’s labour. As a female artist, her labour is feminized and inherently connected to women’s domestic work. She challenges expectations of traditional craft by introducing conceptual layers and experimentation with new media. Throughout her artist talk, she will bring awareness to the value of feminine art forms and the connection between craft and fine art.