MC Snow had an artistic streak from his early youth.
His parents, one a surgeon, the other a nurse, had nothing to do with it, but they encouraged him in this path. The artist was born in Detroit (in 1965) before residing in Sherbrooke (which allowed him to master French), then in North Carolina and in Ottawa (where he attended the School of Fine Arts) before settling at the age of 26 in Kahnawake, where his father was from.
Passionate about sculpture, he was influenced by his former teacher, the Quebec engraver, photographer and sculptor Peter Gnass, who helped him integrate into the Quebec visual arts community. It paid off. Among his latest achievements, Our stories, our path: Peel journey is a commission from the City of Montreal to the artist Kyra Revenko and him to beautify the street and honor the Indigenous people, because indigenous remains from the 14th century were found there.e and XVe centuries during work carried out from 2016 to 2019. It is a linear work on eleven stations (with two spherical bronze works on each site created by Revenko and him), installed on Rue Peel, between the Peel Basin and Mont Royal. A work that required seven years of effort.
Each station offers dialogue inspired by a theme from the Mohawk ceremony of thanks entitled Ohén: your karihwatéhkwen (Words before all others), also known as Thanksgiving.
MC Snow
PHOTO PATRICK SANFAÇON, THE PRESS
Sculpture by Kateri Tekakwhita in fiberglass, epoxy and frame, at the back of the cathedral.
Finding his inspiration in Mohawk culture, MC Snow has always venerated the Mohawk nun Kateri Tekakwhita (1656-1680), beatified by John Paul II in 1980. At the request of Mary Queen of the World Cathedral, he created a statue of this first indigenous saint, installed in the church in 2021.