upcoming
Sarah Mihara Creagen
The Drawing Clinic
October 17–November 21, 2026
Sylvie Bélanger & Edith and Gerald Jackson Galleries
Opening Reception: October 17, 2–4pm
The Drawing Clinic is an interactive public performance drawing from personal experiences of chronic illness through Crohn’s Disease, exploring roles within the medical system, and the container of time created through the emptying of medication IV bags during an infusion appointment. Each visitor to The Drawing Clinic will be given a sumi ink IV drawing done during their appointment in exchange for their participation and conversation.
Stay tuned to book a one-on-one appointment at The Drawing Clinic.
Please note that masks will be required in the gallery. Free masks will be available during your visit. Thank you for your cooperation!
Sarah Mihara Creagen is a white passing mixed-race Japanese Canadian Queer artist born in Nova Scotia and currently living in Toronto. Her practice consists of research into intersecting histories of the medical system and botany, and considers these topics through personal experiences of queerness, chronic illness and disability while living with Crohn’s Disease.
Sarah received her MFA in 2018 from Hunter College (NYC) and was a 2018 Queer|Art Mentorship Fellow. Sarah has had solo exhibitions in Toronto and NYC, and multiple artist-run centres across Canada.
She is currently a co-director/co-curator with Zoe Hayes of the Garden of Repairs, an active bioremediation garden and public art project on unused city land in Hamilton, Ontario. The Garden of Repairs has hosted free public programming and Garden Artists-in-Residence since 2023.
Sarah’s work has been featured in The NY Times’ “What to See in New York Art Galleries Right Now”, Hyperallergic, and Visual Arts News.
Sarah Mihara Creagen gratefully acknowledges support from the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario.
Images:
1. Sarah Mihara Creagen, Sumi Ink IV, 2024, sumi ink, infusion tubes, IV bag.
2. Sarah Mihara Creagen, The Drawing Clinic, 2024, interactive public performance.
3. Sarah Mihara Creagen, The Drawing Clinic (detail), 2024, IV infusion equipment, blue nitrile gloves, sumi ink, watercolour paper.
4. Sarah Mihara Creagen, The Drawing Clinic (detail), 2024.