Born in Jamaica, Shiemara Hogarth received an Honours Double Major BA in History, and Latin American and Caribbean Studies from York University, then a BDes in Material Art and Design from OCAD University, followed by an MFA in Craft Media from the Alberta University of the Arts.
Trained as a historian and textile artist and designer, 3D fabrication has come into her work, and her exploration of narrative and critique through material adaptation and deconstruction engages multi-disciplinary material research as a method of production. She has organized and hosted the symposium “Canadian Women in Craft: A Conversation,” and curated the exhibition “Threading Black” exhibition with the Alberta Craft Council. She has also had her writing featured in Studio Magazine.
Currently based in Tkaronto, she was awarded a 2021 Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship which enabled her to produce her most recent body of mixed-media sculptural and textile work “Personal Geographies.”