âmô by Clinton Minault
SITE #1:
Sir Winston Churchill Square
Clinton Minault
âmô
âmô is a giant bee created of recycled aluminum pop cans on top of a hexagonal bench. âmô will create an engaging space in Churchill Square to meet friends, new and old, to rest and admire the art. Providing a space for reflectiveness and hints of eco-consciousness, it will inspire the audience towards creation out of the excess around us and to consider the kinship between man, animal and nature.
ARTIST STATEMENT
“My work grows from land-based kinship, honouring reciprocal relationships between humans, animals, and ecosystems.”
While building âmô, ᐋᒨ (bee), I shape my practice as a Two-Spirit Beaver-Cree Métis scholar and artist living in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton, “Beaver Hills House”). My work grows from land-based kinship, honouring reciprocal relationships between humans, animals, and ecosystems. I gravitate toward found and surplus materials to reduce financial barriers to art-making and to emphasize the healing, rhythmic labour of creative practice. Through sculpture and installation, I transform public spaces into sites of gathering, reflection, and play, inviting others into shared acts of care. This is the third exhibition I’ve presented at The Works Art & Design Festival, and each year my projects expand in scale, complexity, and community reach.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Clinton Minault is a Two-Spirit Beaver-Cree Métis artist and emerging scholar residing on unceded Treaty 6 Territory in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton). Of mixed ancestry and descended from settlers, he acknowledges the privileges and responsibilities of this history, grounding his practice in accountability, reflection, and reciprocity. He is currently completing a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts at MacEwan University, where he explores diverse mediums as part of an expansive and evolving creative journey. Researching his family history has deepened Clinton’s connection to Indigeneity, land, and kinship networks, often drawing his focus toward nature and wildlife. He strives to create accessible, educational public art that highlights the realities of displaced wild animal populations, weaving stories through visual art. Incorporating traditional arts and techniques such as weaving in innovative ways, and working predominantly with recycled materials, he emphasizes sustainability, care for the land, and the enduring responsibilities of kinship.
Website: www.freckledwoodpecker.com