top of page
MELISSA SHIFf (1967-2025)
A retrospective exhibition will be announced.
Mapping Ararat
Vernacular Culture
In imagining Ararat as a sovereign nation, we created a number of para-historical artifacts such as money, flags, postcards and stamps. The production of Ararat vernacular culture serve as simulations of statehood.
Mordechai Noah Commemorative Stamp
Ararat Dollar Bill Design of the original Ararat dollar bill (recto), ca.1862.
Sochi Olympic Postcard
Mordechai Noah Commemorative Stamp
1/12
Credits
Artist: Melissa Shiff
Mapping Ararat is made possible through a generous grant from the Insight Development Grant Program of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
bottom of page