Reviewed by Lloyd Dykk
Shuvinai Ashoona is reportedly an eccentric but sweet-natured person, given to averting her gaze, rarely looking at a person directly. She’ll sit in a chair with her body turned away and look at you askance, says Judy Kardosh. And she tends to wander away if left alone.
She’s 46 and her collection of drawings at the Marion Scott Gallery is the work of a very private person and a very gifted one. This is an important show. The first time I saw her work, piled loose on the floor of the gallery, her images disturbed my dreams for about two nights. In particular there are her underwater scene, a female figure with her arms shackled and her hair bolt-upright, like the heavy kelp plants growing from the floor. Her face is calm and expressionless as strange water creatures swim placidly by.
