Critical Writing Index

“500 Year Itch” — Shelley Niro

by Julian Jason Haladyn

C Magazine, Dec 30 Fall, 2024, v. Almanac, no. 158, pp. 80-81

C Magazine feature on the Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch exhibition. Showing 70 works throughout her artistic career, including several films, photo series and other multimedia pieces. Julian Jason Haladyn highlights two photo series, "Abnormally Aboriginal" (2014-2017) and Abnormally Aboriginal, Waitress (1987) as a way to focus on Niro's main thematic. Haladyn mainly discusses Shelly Niro's photographic series, while briefly mentioning her cinematic work.

ITEM 2024.037 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Time Travels Through UsShelley Niro

Abnormally AboriginalShelley Niro

Abnormally Aboriginal, WaitressShelley Niro

This Land Is Mime LandShelley Niro

500 Year ItchShelley Niro

Mohawks in BeehivesShelley Niro

The Iroquois is a Highly Developed Matriarchal SocietyShelley Niro

Standing on Guard for TheeShelley Niro

The ShirtShelley Niro

Ghosts, Girls, GrandmasShelley Niro

he Moon and Me and A Celestial TreeShelley Niro

In Her LifetimeShelley Niro

Passing ThroughShelley Niro

Pandemic Moon (Post-Industrial / Pre-Colonized)Shelley Niro