Mary Lou Trinkwon (she/her) currently resides on unceded Coast Salish Territory. She is a welcomed guest of and friend to the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish nations. She is a cis-gendered, white, artist and educator, of Irish, Scottish and English decent. She has a bachelor degree from Simon Fraser University's School For The Contemporary Arts, a Textile Arts Diploma from Capilano University and a Masters Degree in Education from Simon Fraser University. Her interest in making textile art extends across disciplines, combining both research and studio exploration. Her creative process revolves around concepts that include questions like, What constitutes the self, and What really am I doing here?! Crafted objects and material process remain central to her presentation formats and methods.
She has received the North Shore Community Arts Council Student Award and the Vancouver Foundation Visual Artists Development Award. Her work has been exhibited throughout BC and Canada. Mary Lou coordinated and taught in the Textile Arts programs at Capilano University from 2000-2015. She received the Vancouver Mayors Award for Craft and Design in 2014. She is a Registered Therapeutic Touch© practitioner and teacher. She is privileged to companion folks in their healing journey's through grief and death in Hospice .
She has received the North Shore Community Arts Council Student Award and the Vancouver Foundation Visual Artists Development Award. Her work has been exhibited throughout BC and Canada. Mary Lou coordinated and taught in the Textile Arts programs at Capilano University from 2000-2015. She received the Vancouver Mayors Award for Craft and Design in 2014. She is a Registered Therapeutic Touch© practitioner and teacher. She is privileged to companion folks in their healing journey's through grief and death in Hospice .