We are Mia Rushton and Eric Moschopedis, an interdisciplinary artist team from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Since 2008 we have been creating interdisciplinary exhibitions, temporary public art, participatory works, and interventions under the moniker, Mia + Eric. We bring together elements of craft, performance, cultural geography, and multi-species ethnography to create site-specific and socially-engaged works. Thematically our practice deals with interspecies relationships, biodiversity and place-based knowledge production in cities, small towns, and rural spaces. We have presented our projects, artist talks, workshops, and exhibitions at both formal and DIY galleries, festivals, residencies, conferences, and post-secondary institutions regionally, nationally, and internationally. We often work in contemporary performance/theatre and visual art contexts. Although we are independent artists that work project to project, we function like an organization, juggling multiple projects across different locations each year. For example, in 2020 and 2021 we were involved in nearly 40 talks, residencies, workshops and creative projects in Alberta, Ontario, British Columbia, Germany, Norway, and the UK. The form and scale of our work changes in response to the context in which we are working, which means no one project is alike.

Mia completed her BFA Printmaking at the Alberta College of Art and Design (ACAD) in 2003. Eric received a BFA Performance from University of Calgary in 2002 and an MFA Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies from University of British Columbia: Okanagan in 2008.

Together, Mia + Eric have presented public projects and exhibitions at Parks Canada Discovery Centre (Woody Point, Newfoundland), ESKER Project Space (Calgary), Fierce Festival (Birmingham, UK), Grand Union (Birmingham, UK), Battersea Arts Centre (London, UK), Luminato Festival (Toronto), Flux Night (Atlanta), Art Gallery of Alberta (Edmonton), GIFT (Gateshead, UK), Matchbox (Rhein-Neckar Region, Germany), Arctic Arts Festival (Harstad, Norway), Bonne Bay Marine Station (Norris Point, Newfoundland), and Stromereien Performance Festival (Zürich). We have published several books, zines, and broadsheets. We have received numerous awards and grants, and in 2016 Mia + Eric were long-listed for the Sobey Art Award.

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