From the Artist: "Tessellation is the process of creating a two-dimensional plane using the repetition of a geometric shape with no overlaps and no gaps. In some of my recent works the tessellations covered the entire surface of each piece creating a full and complete ground. In this new work I am focusing on the outer edges and intersections of each shape, allowing for new exploratory figure/ground relationships. The foundational geometry from the perspective of its edges and intersections create surprising congruencies within each work. As a process-based practice, the unfolding of time plays an important role in the visual and somatic sensory experience of the work. Think of the process of sediment forming, or the process of origami, or the process of weaving, or the art of passementerie. The slow unfolding of time is an antidote to our fast-paced cities and hyper culture." About the Artist: Born 1974, Guelph, Ontario, Canada Lives and works in Toronto, Canada Pierce received her Bachelor of Arts Degree, Honors, at the University of Guelph, Ontario in 1997 and a Master of Fine Arts Degree, at the University of Waterloo, Ontario in 2004, where she was awarded the Sylvia Knight Graduate Award in Fine Arts. Pierce has had solo exhibitions at Jessica Bradley, Toronto, Ontario; ACME, Los Angeles, California; and CTRL Gallery, Houston, Texas (just to name a few). Pierce has also been in numerous group exhibitions at Mercer Union, Toronto; Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan; II, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany; Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, Ontario; and the University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, Canada. Pierce was the 2015 recipient of the Laura Ciruls Painting Award administered by the Ontario Arts Foundation. Since 1996, she has received well over 20 Artist Grants including: Canada Council for the Arts Visual Artist Project Grant; Ontario Arts Council Visual Artist Grant — Mid Career; Toronto Arts Council Visual Artist Grant — Mid-Career; and Ontario Arts Council Community Outreach Grant, Sol Express, L’Arche. In 2009, Pierce was awarded honorable mention in the Eleventh Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition. Her works are in the permanent collections of the Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto Scarborough; The Donovan Collection, University of Toronto; Collection of the Canada Council Art Bank; RBC Collection; BMO Collection; and the TD Collection (Canada) and the Cleveland Clinic art collection (United States).