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As a Two Spirited Cree man residing in the unceded Coast Salish Territories in British Columbia, my interdisciplinary practice is centered around exploring and creating personal Indigenous inconography and symbolism through the use of photography, alternative photo processes and digital illustration. I am currently on hiatus from pursuing my BFA at ECUAD as I prepare for upcoming projects.

My work is informed by pressing issues faced by Indigenous communities, including mental health, loss of culture and language resulting from displacement, the residential school system and assimilation. by reconnecting with traditional Indigenous material practice my work seeks to re establish lost connections and explore the intersection of hyphenated identities.

In my artistic journey, my objective is to produce visual expressions that confront and redefine pre-existing notions of Indigenous art, emphasizing its significance in present-day society, and elucidating how my work contributes to this discourse.

EXHIBITIONS

Artist Talk, North Island College

Jelena and the Internet Celebrity Cat - CSA Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Artist Talk Living a Creative Life: career artists day to day, Opus Art SuppliesVancouver, Canada

Digitizing Indigeneity, Centre Never Apart

It's not easy being green, Sum Gallery- Queer arts festival Vancouver, Canada

Artist Talk on Alternative Indigenous Experiences - Faculty of Education UBC Vancouver, Canada

Talking Stick Festival, Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

RELATIONAL rEvolutions, Roundhouse Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Surthriving - Two-Spirit Group Show, Center Never Apart, Montreal, Canada

Zoom in Zoom Out,, ECUAD, Vancouver, Canada

Beyond Now, ECUAD Vancouver, Canada

AWARDS

Shortlist for the Lind Prize 2019

Irving K Barber Award for Indigenous Students

CIBC award for Indigenous Arts students

National Indian Brotherhood Award for children of Residential School survivors

RBC Scholarship

COMMISSIONS

CBC Arts,  Logo Design for Indigenous History Month/Pride

Ontario Lottery Corporation, Logo Design for Indigenous History Month

Archival Photos, UBC department of Family Medicine

Circle of Eagles Lodge Society, Culturally Sensitive Harm Reduction Materials.

EDUCATION

2018-(ongoing)        BFA Emily Carr University of Art and Design