Mallory Donen's "Glitch" Series
Mallory Donen combines digital glitch images and embroidery to highlight the dichotomy between the digital and the handmade. Her cross-stitch art creates connections between threads and pixels. Instead of becoming reliant on computers and other advanced technologies that are accelerating the speeds of production and consumption alike, Donen chooses to look back to centuries old practices that have been passed down through generations of women.
Slowing down her process reminds her of a simpler time, without the luxury of instant gratification, and allows for the appreciation of repetitive, consistent dedication, to her craft. On the contrary, these obsessive laborious techniques connect to the ways in which our current society has become consumed and captivated by digital technologies.
Mallory Donen is a multidisciplinary artist residing in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil Waututh First Nations. Donen graduated in 2015 from University of the Fraser Valley with a Bachelor of Fine Arts, majoring in photography, painting, drawing, and print media. The following year she moved to Winnipeg for two years where she graduated with a Master of Fine Arts from University of Manitoba in 2017.
In 2019, she was an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center. From 2021-2022 Donen has been a recipient of Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grants for her art book project "Invisible Labour: Cross-Stitching, Feminism, & the Collective Strength of Women" and her cross-stitch portrait series "Becoming a Pixel".
Slowing down her process reminds her of a simpler time, without the luxury of instant gratification, and allows for the appreciation of repetitive, consistent dedication, to her craft. On the contrary, these obsessive laborious techniques connect to the ways in which our current society has become consumed and captivated by digital technologies.
In 2019, she was an artist in residence at the Vermont Studio Center. From 2021-2022 Donen has been a recipient of Canada Council for the Arts, Research and Creation Grants for her art book project "Invisible Labour: Cross-Stitching, Feminism, & the Collective Strength of Women" and her cross-stitch portrait series "Becoming a Pixel".
