Magdolene Dykstra is a second-generation Egyptian Canadian artist educator. After studying both biology and visual arts in undergraduate studies, she received her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University. Her work in sculpture, installation, and mark-making is grounded in exploring systems of relation, anti-capitalism, and craft.
Magdolene has been awarded several grants from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts. She has been recognized by the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts as a 2024 Emerging Artist and received the 2024 Helene Zucker Seeman Fellowship for Women. Notable exhibitions include a site-specific installations at the Gardiner Museum (Toronto, ON), Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery (Waterloo, ON), and the Art Gallery of Burlington (ON), as well as solo exhibitions at the Jane Hartsook Gallery (New York, NY) and A-B Projects (Los Angeles, CA).