Maggie J. Whitten Henry (she/her) is an emerging artist and interdisciplinary scholar with a focus on sense of place and identity in island and rural contexts. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology (2011) from the Australian National University and is currently undertaking a Master of Arts in Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island, located in Epekwitk, Mi’kma’ki: the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq.

Lingering at the complex intersection of art practice, theoretical concepts, and academic research methods, Maggie’s work is informed by a deep appreciation of the unique complexities of rural, coastal, and island places, and the potential of engaging relational approaches to inspire alternative ways of thinking and communicating. Her most recent bodies of work emerge from a daily research-creative practice and engage the island (whether physical, metaphorical, and/or a liminal in-between) as a figure of generative, ongoing becoming: a site of recursive islandness and infinite possibility.

Maggie works in a variety of media, has shared her work in talks in Canada and internationally, and has several peer-reviewed academic publications. She has over a decade of experience in small business management, and served as Interim Coordinator of the Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island from 2020–2021. In addition to her full-time studies and art practice, Maggie is currently Administrative & Curatorial Assistant at the Eptek Art & Culture Centre in Summerside, PEI, and is *this* close to submitting her thesis draft.