Tommy Rider
About Artist
Tommy Rider is a local emerging artist working on Treaty 7 land. They take inspiration from working with media easily shared and accessible to the public, such as posters and zines. He creates work focusing on motifs of land and belonging, heavily emphasizing familial relationships and evoking worship and prayer.
Have You Seen Me?, Zine, 8.5 x 11 in (unfolded), 2025
Have You Seen Me?
Zine that explores sense of belonging and place through identity of being estranged and removed. The use of dentist-like imagery both meant to be silly and off-putting, to ask the audience to question what regular imagery of day to day life can hold deeper emotions of guilt and hopelessness. Artist has provided copies for viewers to keep.
Bless You, Zine, 8.5 x 11 in (unfolded) , 2024
Bless You
Zine that explores the sense of belonging and place through the identity of "daughter" and "burden." The work asks the audience to question what regular imagery of day-to-day life can hold deeper emotions of guilt and hopelessness. Artist has provided copies for viewers to keep.