Art
Bio
Mailyne K. Briggs (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker and writer creating with multimedia, found materials and live performance art.
She’s performed at Ottawa’s Chinatown Remixed and the Museum of Nature, “Nature Nocturne -Lunar New Year.” Her work has been featured in Living Hyphen 2.2 Healing Across Generations, Pique Winter 2023, Ottawa Design Club Zine Issue 0005, Mercado Vicente, Bitter Melanin and more. She is a published author for a bilingual children's book she wrote and illustrated titled Manok / Chicken.
Working with her cycles, Mailyne pulls inspiration from inner reflection, nature, wonder and lived experiences. As an artist Mailyne strives to understand her own ancestry while navigating her place as an immigrant and member of the Filipinx diaspora. Although she uses art primarily as a form of therapy, she understands it’s power to be a vehicle for important messages and often intertwines themes surrounding social and environmental justice, identity struggles, and the concept of “home.”
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 - Venus Envy | Group Exhibit | Ottawa, ON
2016 - Unit/Pitt | Group Exhibit with aSymmetry Project | Vancouver, ON
2016 - Ace Hotel | Group Exhibit with aSymmetry Project | Los Angeles, CA
LIVE PERFORMANCE
2016 - January 29 | The Museum of Nature’s Nature Nocturne, Lunar New Year: Live Art “Zero Waste” w/ Gloria Guns | Ottawa, ON
2015 - Chinatown Remixed Art Festival, Live Art “Zero Waste” w/ Gloria Guns | Ottawa, ON
TEACHING
2019 - Art Instructor for 8 week art workshop for youth in secure at Roberts Smart Centre
2018 - Art Instructor (Mental Health day) for young parents at Bethany Hope Centre
2017 - Art Instructor for 150+ Reasons Mural Project in collaboration with Vibe Arts Toronto 2017 - Art Instructor for Ottawa Innercity Arts program for at risk youth
2016 - Art Instructor for 12 weeks with Ability First Ottawa for A.R.T. In Action
2016 - “Zero Waste" art (painting with natural dyes) with youth from Ability First Ottawa
2016 - “Zero Waste” art for DILA at Cairine Wilson High School
2016-17 - Art Facilitator & Group Speaker | FSO’s In Love... and In Danger Youth Conference
AWARDS
2009 - Patrick John Mills Art Gallery | Awarded 2nd Place, Young Artists Competition for Hintonburg Arts Festival | Ottawa, ON
PUBLICATIONS
2020 - Mercado Vicente | Digital Artwork - Interpretation of Lingua Franca | Online
2016 - Front Cover of “Homes” Section for Zero Waste Art | Ottawa Citizen Newspaper
2023 - Ottawa Design Club Zine 0005, Palengke Process, Article and photo submission
2022 - Bitter Melanin 4, Moon Mail #2 (Article), Inner Tree (Poem)
2022 - Issue 2.2 Living Hyphen Healing Across Generations, Puzzle Pieces (Article)
2019 - In/Progress Magazine, Foreign Home (Poem)
2018 - Bitter Melanin 3, Morena, Poem
COMMUNITY
2021-present - Board Member for Gallery 101
2019-2021 - Co-Founder for nonprofit In Our Tongues Reading & Arts Series
2014-2020 - Co-Founder and Executive Director for nonprofit A.R.T. In Action
2003-2007 - Children’s Arts Facilitator at House of PainT Urban Arts Festival