indigenous art
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Annie Pillaktuaq – Bird’s Eye View
This work – titled Bird’s Eye View – by Inuit artist Annie Pillaktuaq is among six dozen works by emerging (and established) Canadian artists acquired in 2023 by Canada’s Art Bank (part of…
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50 /150: Dempsey Bob – Wolves
Artist Dempsey Bob (1948), a renowned Tahltan/Tlingit master carver whose exquisite work is featured in a current cross-Canada exhibition, comes from humble beginnings in Northwest B.C. He is of the Wolf Clan. One…
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Michel Dumont -Mukwa Dodem
Thunder Bay based Michel Dumont self-identifies as a queer, Métis, Two-Spirit, disabled artist and trauma survivor whose lateset exhibition (Mukwa Dodem) means “I am Bear Clan.” The exhibition focuses on a range of…
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Renée Condo – Power of the Bead
Renée Condo is a contemporary artist of Mi’gmaw ancestry from Gesgapegiag, Quebec, whose large-scale works explore the connecting thread between Mi’gmaw and Eurocentric worldviews. She uses the power of the bead to communicate…
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Charlene Vickers – Earthly Delights
Charlene Vickers was thinking about Hieronymus Bosch when she wondered what an Anishnaabe Garden of Earthly Delights would look like. The video below shows how her thoughts played out. It’s an unusually informative…
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Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun – New Work
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, the renowned First Nations artist, presents new works at Macaulay & Co. Fine Art in Vancouver through March 25. (Exhibition images follow, but be sure to watch the video at…
