We Are Resilient, 2018

We Are Resilient, 2018
Outdoor Latex Paint on Plywood

From Nākatēyimisowin – Taking Care of Oneself curated by Joi T. Arcand for Canadian Heritage
Pedestrian Tunnel under Wellington Street near the Portage Bridge, Ottawa

Nākatēyimisowin – Taking Care of Oneself (translation from Plains Cree), highlights the work of four Indigenous artists from different regions of Canada. This project is a joint undertaking in partnership with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada.

This exhibit explores how vulnerability and reflection are both integral and beneficial to active resistance.

Canadian Heritage

The selection of artists and exhibit content was coordinated by Joi T. Arcand, a photo-based artist from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation – Treaty 6 Territory in Saskatchewan, currently living in Ottawa. The artists include:

Glenn Gear, who is of Inuit ancestry, was born in Newfoundland and Labrador and currently lives in Quebec: Ommatik – Heart (translation from Inuttitut, Labrador)

Tara-Lynn Kozma-Perrin, who is of Cree ancestry and lives in British Columbia: We Are Resilient

Cedar-Eve Peters who is Anishinaabe, Ojibwe, was born in Ontario and currently lives in Quebec: Shifting of Energies

Michelle Sound, who is a member of the Swan River First Nation and Red River Métis and lives in British Columbia: Kahkiyaw acāhkosak – All the Stars (translation from Plains Cree).

Recent Projects

Sousse – Call to Prayer (Iftar), 2023
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Red Columbine, 2022
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Soundscapes of Mission, 2021
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Two Streams, 2019
Painting Public Art
We Are Resilient, 2018
Installation Painting Typography
Rituals, 2017
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Life is a struggle in which sorrow leads to defeat, 2017
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Reflections – Performance, 2017
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Reflections, 2017
Installation Typography
Muscles, Nerves & Helplessness, 2017
Installation Sound
Untitled (Mt. Lehman Firehall Project), 2017
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Through Misery and Fantasy, 2013
Installation
I.E. Number: 7, 2011
Installation Sound