Nic Wilson (he/they) is an artist and writer who was born on the unceded Maliseet (Wolastoqiyik) territory now known as Fredericton, NB in 1988. He graduated with a BFA from Mount Allison University, unceded Mi’kmaq territory, in 2012, and an MFA from the University of Regina, Treaty Four Territory, in 2019. He has shown work across Canada and internationally, and was the recipient of a SSHRC graduate fellowship in 2017. His writing has appeared in publications such as Public Journal, BlackFlash Magazine, Headlights Anthology, 7 Mondays, and in his first chapbook Still Life with Dying Flowers which is distributed by Art Metropole and Plug In ICA. Their work often engages time, queer lineage, and the distance between art practice and literature.

Still life images often present mundane objects for contemplation like flowers, food, candles, and other every-day household products. Historically, many still life paintings have carried dense symbolism about the ever present shadow of death, decay, and rot. My images take up this history but also examine the way that traditional still life subjects—like flowers—have many intertwining histories as colonial commodities, symbols of both love and mourning, rare objects of fragile beauty, and canvases for human manipulation and control.