Barb Hunt received a visual art diploma from the University of Manitoba and completed an MFA at Concordia University, Montreal. Her recent art practice has focussed on the rituals of mourning, particularly those of Newfoundland, and her current work is about the devastation of war: knitting antipersonnel land mines in pink wool, and creating works from camouflage army uniforms. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across Canada and internationally. She lives in Corner Brook, Newfoundland where she teaches at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Memorial University. She has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the President’s Award for Outstanding Research from Memorial University, and residencies in Canada, Paris and Ireland.