NEWS

I am honoured and excited to be part of the group exhibition Elliptical Lineages at the Walter Philips Gallery, at the Banff Centre from June 7  to September 7, 2025,

Jacqueline Bell curated the exhibition, and it includes a list of incredible artists: Hangama Amiri, Badrin x Blackburn, seth cardinal dodginghorse, Letitia Fraser, John de Haan and Jason de Haan, Hali Heavy Shield, Norma Houle, Sarah Houle, Frank McKeough, Rita McKeough, Aaron McIntosh, Anne Ngan, Gailan Ngan, Wayne Ngan, Jamie Ross and David Ross, Kirsten Ryder, and tīná gúyáńí.

Here is the link to the exhibition.

https://www.banffcentre.ca/events/elliptical-lineages

I would like to thank the amazing team at WPG who were such a great help with the installation of my work, Wave over Wave and my Father Frank McKeough’s work  – Mimmo Maiolo, Karen Howard, Megan Feniak, Tyler Jordan, Alberta Rose and Johnathan Onyschuk.

Thanks to everyone who assisted with the exhibition, and a special thanks to  Peter Flemming for his ongoing support,  his incredible work on the programming , technical development and electronic production. Peter developed this work with me in 1999 and worked with me on its restoration and redesign this year.

Thank you – Ann Thrale, Tyler Rock, and Logan Lape and The Alberta University of the Arts

Thank you to Mikhel Proulx for supporting the restoration of Wave over Wav and the Film and Media Program at Queen’s University.

Thanks to the vocalist – Janice Jackson, Allysia Robichaud and Melody Leach and Squid Percussion. Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Older News

I was very honored to have been part of the project Remediation Room organized by Alana Bartol. The project presented the work of Christina Battle, Tamara Lee-Ann  Cardinal, Nurgul Rodriguez, and Mia and Eric (Mia Rushton and Eric Moschepedis).

Here is a link to the Remediation Room Website

I presented “Song for the Birds”  facilitated by the Centre for Interspecies Mutual Support in Troubled Times on February 6, 2022, in Mohkinstsis(Calgary).

I am very excited that the book Rita McKeough: Works edited by Diana Sherlock has been published by EMMEDIA Gallery & Production Society, M: ST Performative Art Festival, and TRUCK Contemporary Art in Calgary.

Here is more information about the publication – http://www.truck.ca/shop/rita-mckeough-works

My installation the darkness is as deep as the darkness is was at the Walter Philips Gallery at the Banff Centre from January 31 – May 31, 2021. It was curated by Jacqueline Bell.

Here is a link to more information about the exhibition

There is also a review by Katherine Ylitalo in Galleries West magazine.

Here is a link to the Article

There is an online article in Luma Quarterly Issue #4 about my installation “Veins” which was at Truck Gallery in Calgary. The article “Convictions” was written by Areum Kim. Areum Kim writes and curates and has been working with artists and projects at artist-run centers both in Calgary and Vancouver.
link to the article here