Bethany MacKenzie: (DE)COMPOSING

February 6, 2026

February 6 – March 21, 2026

We are pleased to present our first rOGUE Gallery exhibition of 2026! (DE)COMPOSING by Bethany MacKenzie will be opening with a reception on Friday, February 6th from 6-8pm. We will have lots of snacks and refreshments to go around. We are also excited to bring Bethany and Main Gallery artist Lucas Morneau together for a joint conversation about their exhibitions and practices! We look forward to seeing you there. Click here to RSVP to the Facebook event.

(DE)COMPOSING marks MacKenzie’s first solo exhibition and shares work that explores the relationship between her body and place as they exist within the complex histories and heritage that they both carry. Using textiles, paper making and performance combined with photo-documentation by Johnny C. Y. Lam, MacKenzie questions and examines how colonization and patriarchy have severed and stigmatized Queer-Femme identity from the land while actively creating space for unmasked Queer expression and joy. Using the Ghillie-Suit, a traditional Scottish camouflage-garment that is most commonly seen through militaristic uses, MacKenzie creates an anti-camo suit that dances along the coast of Bonavista, their current place of residence. (DE)COMPOSING refers to both the breakdown of material after death, as well as the ways we “compose” ourselves in our everyday lives. While their work appears monstrous and at times, grotesque, this exhibition is an amalgamation of Queer-Femme expression that draws attention to what is perceived to be threatening, but in temporal simultaneity is both powerful and gentle, strong and soft.

To read more about Bethany and their exhibition, click here.

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