melannie patchwork monoceros is a poet and interdisciplinary artist exploring polysensory production and somatic grief through text/ile and film.

2023 held the release of their first collection of poetry, Remedies for Chiron (Radiant Press). In 2022 melannie was awarded the Unsettling Dramaturge Award as well as the Arts Leader Award , and the Emerging Excellence Prize (2021) both from the Manitoba Arts Council. patch’s work has been featured by the Gallery 1C03, Window Gallery, and the C2 Centre for Craft, Manitoba Craft Council (Winnipeg) and the School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba (Winnipeg). 2022 featured monoceros’ textiles, film, and writing at the Dunlop Art Gallery (Regina, SK), the WNDX Film Festival (Winnipeg) and the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

monoceros is based in Treaty 1/Winnipeg, MB; home of the Métis First Nation and the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Dene, Cree, Dakota and Oji-Cree Nations.

upcoming in 2023: m. patchwork monoceros will launch their first poetry collection, Remedies for Chiron through Radient Press. date TBA.