MARLENE CREATES is an environmental artist. For over forty-five years her art has been an exploration of the reciprocal relationships between human experience, memory, language, and the land. Her work has been presented in over 350 exhibitions and screenings across Canada and internationally. In 2001 Marlene Creates was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and in 2019 she received a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. She was named to the Order of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2021, and in 2024 she received an Honorary Doctor of Letters (D.Litt.) from Memorial University of Newfoundland.