Photographer and Printmaker
Resistance to Erasure
"I work with the lens as an instrument of celebration, carving free what endures—what resists erasure."
Christina Marie Comeau is a Canadian photographer and printmaker working at the intersection of documentary inquiry and fine-art practice. Her work examines resilience, continuity, and care as they are enacted within less visible working lives and places—often through small, independently owned businesses and community spaces shaped by service, trust, and long presence. Working in the long, quiet tones of carbon-based ink and platinum–palladium, Comeau treats material process as a form of inquiry, privileging perception, duration, and tonal nuance over visual excess.
Grounded in sustained, place-based engagement, her ongoing focus on Resistance to Erasure honours cultural memory and ecological awareness by preserving what persists—quietly, ethically, and with deep attention. Her photographs document values-based livelihoods—fishers, farmers, small-business owners, and others whose ways of living root their communities, sustain collective well-being, and gesture toward a more hopeful and sustainable future.
TRACES OF ATTENTION
SPAO PASSAGE GALLERY
A selection of four prints from my ongoing series Resistance to Erasure is included in the ten-artist show Traces of Attention, underway until April 3rd, at the Passage Gallery, 2nd Floor, 247 Preston Street.
In celebration of SPAO’s 20th anniversary year, the new Passage Gallery was created. Located in Little Italy’s Preston Square building, the gallery acts as a project incubator, featuring artistic works in progress, emerging photographic talent, and community partnership projects.
Opening Hours
Monday 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
Tuesday 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
Thursday 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
Friday 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed
Tuesday 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
Wednesday 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
Thursday 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
Friday 7 a.m.–6 p.m.
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed