Qualification Highlights
Professional Dene Artist Specializing in:
- Commissioned Paintings, Portraits, Prints, Logos
and Murals
- Workshops, Presentations and Teaching
Teacher / Instructor / Workshops
- September 2024 Speaker, 4th Annual Eagle Spirits of the Great Waters, Toronto, ON
- May, 2020; Online Workshop, to Design Installations; Edmonton Space and Science Foundation; Edmonton, Alberta
- June, 2018 Idaa Ts'ade Academic Summitt, Behchokon, NT
- August, 2018, Various Art Projects, with RCMP and Community, Fort Good Hope, NT
- Art Teacher, Ontario College of Arts and Design University,
Toronto, ON, Canada (January to April, 2013)
- Research Artist, Dene In the Arts, Toronto, ON and NWT
(September, 2011 to present)
- Fine and Traditional Arts Development Officer, Sahtu In the
Arts, Great Bear Lake Region, NT (April, 2008 to August, 2011)
- Jury Selections Committee, Canada Council for the
Arts, Ottawa ,Ontario (January, 2008)
- Guest Artist; Sahtu Artists Workshop, Tulita
Yamoria Community Secretariat, Tulita, NT (August, 2007)
- Art lessons for D. Allooloo, NT (August 2005 -
December, 2006)
- Teaching Workshops, Third Year Nursing Class,
Aurora College, Yellowknife, NT (March, 2007, February, 2006, and
January, 2005)
- Cultural Outing, Sir John Franklin High School and
RWED, on the Land, (January, 2006)
- Arts and Cultural Classes, Mildred Hall Elementary
School, Yellowknife, NT (March, 2005)
- Presentation to 'Spirit of the Land' Workshop,
Ministry of Education, Yellowknife, NT (February, 2005
- Instructor, Native Theatre School North (Stuck in
the Snowbank Co.), Yellowknife, NT (August, 2004)
- Art Teacher, Weledeh Elementary, Yellowknife, NT
(2003, 1996)
- Art Teacher, Aurora College, Yellowknife, NT (2002-
03)
- Painting Instructor, N.J. MacPherson School,
Yellowknife, NT (2001)
- Art Teacher, St. Patrick's High School,
Yellowknife, NT (1996)
- Art Instructor, Dene Community Council, Fort Good
Hope, NT (1992)
- Substitute Teacher, Lutsel K'e School, Lutsel K'e,
NT (1991)
Featured Artist
- May, 2023 Judge, Poetry Slam Contest, Arts Week 2023, Peterborough, Ontario
- Oct, 2020 Art and Narration; for Book, 'We Remember the Coming of the White Man'. Calgary, Alberta
- Sept, 2020; 'Our Life, Our Land, Our Voice'; The Dene Nation Story; UpHere Magazine, Yellowknife, NT
- July/August, 2020; 2 new Murals; The Traditional Dene Burial Practices; Fort Good Hope, NT
- September, 2019, The Word on the Street Festival, Lethbridge, Alta
- May, 2019, From Bear Rock Mountain; the Life and Times of a Dene Residential School Survivor, Touchwood Editions / Brindle & Glass; Victoria BC
- March, 2019; Nathan's World (Children's Book); Rubicon Publishing;
Oakville, ON
- 3rd Place, Dene Love Song Contest. Sahtu Days, Yellowknife, NT. June, 2018
- 2016, Chapter in Bestselling Book, In This Together; Brindle & Glass; Victoria, BC
- NWT Days, Ottawa, Ontario (Jan/Feb, 2015 and Feb,
2013)
- ZigZag Gallery, York U, Toronto, ON (September 2011-April,
2012)
- OCAD First Peoples Show, "Passages", Toronto, ON,
(June, 2010)
- McMichael Gallery, Toronto, ON, "Endaian" (June,
2010)
- Cultural Ambassador for NWT, Canada Winter Games,
Whitehorse, YT (February/March, 2007)
- Cultural Ambassador for NWT, Russia, (June,
2006)
- Artist, Canada Games, Whitehorse, Yukon
Territories (February/March, 2007)
- Master of Ceremonies, Metis Fiddler Lee Mandeville
CD launch,Yellowknife, NT (December, 2006)
- Cultural Ambassador, for NWT, to Japan Expo 2005,
Japan (July/August, 2005)
- Donated to the NWT Youth Council, a design based
on painting, 'Blessings of the North', for a poster; HIV Hep. C
Awareness Campaign Yellowknife, NT (February, 2005)
- Artist-in-Residence, Nor-Art, Yellowknife, NT
(January/February, 2005)
- Cultural Ambassador, for NWT, to Russia (2003)
- Mural Artist, Aurora Arts Society, Yellowknife, NT
(2003)
- Artist in Residence, Northern Images, Yellowknife,
NT (2003, 2002, 2001, 1999)
- Cultural Ambassador, for NWT, to Germany (2002)
- Three Portrait Painting Contract, NWT Ski
Symposium, Inuvik, NT (2001)
- Production of 3 cassette/disk set covers, 'Cool
Runnings', Window Rock, Arizona, USA (1999)
- Logo Painting, Yellowknife Educators Conference,
St. Patrick's High School, Yellowknife, NT (1999)
- Illustrator, 'Deneduwe Series', Children's Books,
Yellowknife, NT (1998)
- Mural Artist, General Contract; Weaver and Devore,
Yellowknife, NT (1998, 1992)
- Illustrator, NWT Literacy, Yellowknife, NT
(1997)
- Playground Designer, Lutsel K'e School, Lutsel
K'e, NT (1991)
Exhibitions / Demonstrations
- March 28th to May 12th; 'Spring Break-Up Show', la Guilde, Montreal, Quebec
- March 23rd to June 30th, 2024; End-of-PhD Art Show, Art Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, ON
- June / July, (2023, 2022, 2019) Adaka Cultural Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory
- Art Show, Comstock & Kaye, Peterborough, ON, September 2022
- Great Northern Arts Festival, Inuvik, NT,
Canada (2022, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, July 2013, 2012, 2008, 2007, 2003, 2002, 1998 and 1988)
- 2019 Book Launches, for From Bear Rock Mountain,
Yellowknife (x2), NorthWords Literary Festival and Nat'l Indigenous Day; Whitehorse, Adaka Cultural Festival, Inuvik, Great Northern Arts Festival; Toronto (x3), U of T, York U & OCADU; Ryerson University; Lethbridge, Word on the Street Festival & Lethbridge U; Haliburton
- August, 2019 Cancer Victims Memorial Mural; Fort Good Hope, NT
- April, 2018, Guest, at Cultural Events, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
- August, 2017, Pieta Mural, for Community Graveyard, Fort Good Hope, NT
- 30 Years of Art, NWT Arts Council, at Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yk, NT, Oct., 2015 to March, 2016
- Featured Painting, NWT Arts Poster, ITI Department,
GNWT (2013)
- "Hands at Bear Rock" Mural, York University, Toronto, ON,
Canada (April, 2013)
- NWT Banner for Provinces and Territories Confederation
Boulevard Banner Program, Ottawa, ON, Canada (2011)
- 'Una Volta e Sempre' (OCAD Students Art Show,
Florence Italy Program), Firenze, Italia, (December, 2009)
- Storyteller, Aboriginal Students Association,
Ryerson University, Toronto, ON (January, 2009)
- Aboriginal Students Association, (OCAD), 4th Group
Show, Toronto, ON (August, 2008)
- Aboriginal Students Association (OCAD), 3rd Group
Show, Mukwa Geesis Festival,Toronto, Ontario (March, 2008)
- Aboriginal Students Association, 2nd Group Show,
Transit Space, Ontario College of Arts and Design, Toronto, Ontario
(February, 2008)
- Aboriginal Students Association, 1st Group Show,
'Gathering In the Hope to Exchange Views', X-Space Gallery, Toronto,
Ontario (February, 2008)
- Painting on Site; Tasty Byte's Internet Cafe,
Dawson City, Yukon Territory (August, 2007)
- North Residency Program, Banff, Alberta (January
and February, 2007)
- Painting and Set-up of Teepee, Assembly of 1st
Nations, Yellowknife, NT (June/July, 2005)
- Presentation to 3rd Year Nursing Class, Aurora
College, Yellowknife, NT (January, 2005)
- Presentation at Rolling Hills School, Rolling
Hills AB (November, 2004)
- Featured Artist, Art Show, Arts Week, Aurora Arts
Society, Yellowknife, NT (September, 2004)
- Guest Artist, Aboriginal Culture Days, Somba K'e
Park, Yellowknife NT (June, 2003)
- Guest Artist, Craft Display w/ Various Artists,
Prince of Wales Heritage Centre, Yellowknife NT (2003-04)
- Guest Artist, APTN, 'Buffalo Tracks', Toronto,
Ontario (2003)
- Exhibition of paintings, Prince of Wales Northern
Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, NT (2003 - 04)
- Teepee Set-up and Demonstration, National
Aboriginal Day, Yellowknife, NT (2001)
- Teepee Set-up, N.J. MacPherson School,
Yellowknife, NT (2001)
- One Man Art Show, Northern Images, Yellowknife, NT
(2000, 1999)
- Art Demonstration and Teepee Set-up, Northern
Cultural Week, N.J. MacPherson School, Yellowknife, NT (2000)
- Cultural Presentations, Greyhills High School,
Tuba City, Arizona, USA (1999)
- One Man Art Show, Ancestral Spirits Gallery, Port
Townsend, Washington, USA (1999)
- Guest Artist, 'Business in Arts' Conference, Dene
Cultural Institute, Yellowknife, NT (1999)
- Sale of Paintings, Arctic Trading Company,
Yellowknife, NT (1998)
- Guest Artist, 'Spirits in the Sun' Art Show,
Scottsdale, Arizona, USA (1998)
- Guest Speaker and Artist, 'Thank God It's Friday',
Dene Cultural Institute, Hay River Dene Reserve, NT (1995)
- Guest Artist, Festival of the Midnight Sun,
Yellowknife, NT (1995)
- Featured Artist, 1995 Phone Book Cover,
Northwestel, Yellowknife, NT (1995)
- Guest Speaker, Stonechild College, Chippewa/Cree
Reservation, Montana, USA (1995)
- Featured Artist, 1995 Phone Book Cover,
Northwestel, Yellowknife, NT (1995)
- Guest Speaker, Stonechild College, Chippewa/Cree
Reservation, Montana, USA (1995)
- Guest Artist, the Queen's visit, Yellowknife, NT
(1994)
Receiving
The Premier's Award for the "Sahtu in the Arts" project
from NWT
Premier Floyd Roland (far left) in Radelie Koe/Fort Good Hope, NWT
(June, 2009)
(Photo Credit: Tessa MacIntosh)
Collections
- Prime Minister of Canada
- Minister of National Defense, Government of
Canada
- Premier, Legislative Assembly of NWT, Canada
- Grand Chief, Tli Cho First Nations
- City of Yellowknife Heritage Committee
- Assembly of First Nations, Yellowknife, NT
- Denendeh National Office, Yellowknife, NT
- Canadian Embassy and International School of
Ulaanbaatar, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Information Services
- Board Member, NWT Arts Council, Yellowknife, NT (October 20023 to present)
- Editorial Columnist, 'A Mountain View', News
North, Yellowknife, NT (May, 2005 to Sept, 2021)
- News/North, Best Overall Newspaper (Front Page & Editorials), Saskatchewan Weekly Newspaper Assoc. (2021)
- Night Security Officer, Sir John Franklin High
School, Yellowknife, NT (2004)
- Archival Assistant, Prince of Wales Northern
Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, NT (1990)
- General Office Manager, Metis Nation, Fort
Simpson, NT (1989)
- Director, Dene Museum/Library, Fort Good Hope, NT
(1982-1989)
- Guest Columnist, 'A Mountain View', Native Press,
Yellowknife, NT (1982)
- Secretary/Editor for the book 'As Long As This
Land Shall Last', Denendeh National Office, Yellowknife, NT (1976-
1977)
- Television Production Team, Tree of Peace,
Yellowknife, NT (1974-1976)
- Announcer, CFYellowknife Radio, Yellowknife, NT
(1972-1974)
- Director, Radio Department, Indian Brotherhood of
the NT (1971-1974)
Volunteer Services
- Nov, 2022; Editorial Advisory Committee, Durvile & UpRoute Books, Calgary, AB
- Nov, 2020 Pre-Production. for Audio Version of Book, From Bear Rock Mountain; The Life and Times of a Dene Residential School Survivor. Canadian National Institute for the Blind.Toronto, ON.
- August, 2019, Scrutineer; Ramparts River, Ts'ude Niline Tuyeta Protected Area Establishment Agreement Vote.Fort Good Hope, NT
- May, 2019, # of Presentations, College of Sports and Nature, La Chapelle en Vercors, France
- Member, Ethics Review Committee, Aurora College, Fort Good
Hope, NT (June, 2014 to Sept, 2021)
- International School of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
(November, 2013)
- Buddhist Centre, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia (September to November,
2013)
- with Dene In the Arts, Radelie Koe/Fort Good Hope, NT, Canada
(Summer of 2013 and 2012)
- Poem 'Our Drum' used in Movie by Students of M.J.
MacPherson, Yellowknife, NT, (June, 2009)
- Work on Film, 'Diamond Road', Yellowknife, NT
(aired October, 2007)
- Use of quote: 'Human Rights Is Life Itself',
Canadian Human Rights Commission, Yellowknife, NT (November,
2007)
- Church Construction, Native American Church of
Navajoland, Tuba City, Arizona, USA (2001)
- Flag Design, Lutsel K'e Community Flag, Lutsel
K'e, NT (July, 1977)
- Board of Directors, Tree of Peace, Yellowknife,
NT (1973)
Education
- June, 2024; PhD Doctorate of Indigenous Studies, Trent U, Peterborough, ON
- Masters of Environmental Studies, York University,
Toronto, ON, Canada (September, 2013)
- Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ontario College of Arts and Design
University, Toronto, ON, Canada (2011)
- Fine Arts Mentoring Program, Ontario College of
Arts and Design, Toronto, ON (1993-1994)
- Library and Information Sciences, Lakehead
University, Thunder Bay, ON (1987)
- Fine Arts Program, Art's Sake, Inc., Toronto, ON
(1978-1982)
- Radio and Television Arts, Confederation College,
Thunder Bay, ON (1969-1971)
Awards and Presentations
- Jan, 2021 2020 NorthWords Book of the Year Award; for From Bear Rock Mountain; The Life and Times of a Dene Residential School Survivor. Yellowknife, NT.
- July, 2019 Artists Choice Award, Adaka Cultural Festival, Whitehorse, Yukon
- March, 2018 3rd Place, Sally Manning Award (writing), Yellowknife, NT
- Recipient, NWT Sports Hall of Fame, Yellowknife, NT (Nov., 2017)
- The People's Choice Award, Great Northern Arts
Festival, Inuvik, NT (2015, 2014, 2013)
- Artists' Choice Award, Great Northern Arts Festival,
Inuvik, NT (2019, 2018, 2003, 2001)
- The Premier's Award, for 'Sahtu In the Arts'
Program, GNWT (June, 2010)
- Queen's Jubilee Commemorative Medal (2002)
- Diploma, The Living History Society, Yellowknife,
NT (November, 2002)
- Recipient, Tom Longboat Award, Top First Nations
Athlete of the Year, Canada (1968)
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