Joi Arcand

Joi Arcand
Born Joi T. Arcand
1982 (age 34–35)
Hafford, Saskatchewan
Alma mater University of Saskatchewan
Known for Photography
Website joitarcand.com

Joi T. Arcand (born 1982) is a photo-based artist from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, who currently resides in Ottawa, Ontario.

Arcand's work explores personal and political experiences through the lens of her mixed-race identity.[1][2]Arcand further explores the revitalization of the Cree language[3].

Early life and education

Arcand was born in 1982 in Hafford, Saskatchewan. She grew up on Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in central Saskatchewan. She spent many summers working in the Muskeg Lake Archives which gave Arcand her love of old photographs and history.[4] Arcand later attended the University of Saskatchewan where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with Great Distinction in 2005[5].

Work

Arcand has served as chair of the board of directors for Paved Art and New Media in Saskatoon, and along with Felicia Gay was the co-founder of the Red Shift Gallery, a contemporary Aboriginal art gallery also in Saskatoon that was in operation from 2006 to 2010.[6][7]

She was the founder of Kimiwan, a 'zine for Indigenous artists and writers that published eight issues from 2012 to 2014. Arcand curated the zine with her cousin Mika Lafond as a way to showcase Aboriginal-inspired visual art and writings. The magazine focused on decolonization, healing and family. Arcand took inspiration from her involvement in the R.A.I.N. (radical art in nature) collective in Vancouver in order to found Kimiwan.[8][9]

Arcand's work has been exhibited at Gallery 101 (Ottawa), York Quay Gallery (Toronto), Mendel Art Gallery and Paved Arts (Saskatoon), and Grunt Gallery (Vancouver). Arcand has also been published in BlackFlash Magazine.[10]

Arcand appeared as an extra on the set of the Portlandia TV series in 2015.[11]

Exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ Macaulay, Patrick. "Combine (main gallery)". harbourfrontcentre. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Gay, Felicia Deirdre. "The red shift : a contemporary Aboriginal curatorial praxis". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "ᓇᒨᔭ ᓂᑎᑌᐧᐃᐧᓇ ᓂᑕᔮᐣ". www.banffcentre.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  4. ↑ Budney, Vincent J. (2008). Flatlanders: Saskatchewan Artists on the Horizon. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Mendel Art Gallery. p. 9.
  5. ↑ "Joi T. Arcand | www.g101.ca". www.gallery101.org. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  6. ↑ "Curator’s Biography | Wally Dion: Mapping Me In …". kelownaartgallery.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  7. ↑ http://contemporarynativeartists.tumblr.com/post/19129465319/joi-arcand-plains-cree
  8. ↑ Morin, Chris (2013-01-28). "Kimiwan Zine Showcases Saskatoon’s Indigenous Artists". Ominocity. Retrieved 2017-03-14.
  9. ↑ Crane, Meg (March 11, 2014). "Expanding kimiwan - outwords". outwords. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  10. ↑ "Joi Arcand - Plains Cree". Contemporary North American Indigenous Artists. Retrieved 2017-07-27.
  11. ↑ "Saskatchewan cousins have 'amazing' time on Portlandia set". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  12. ↑ Gushue, Brittany. "History, identity explored at Gallery 101 double exhibition – The Charlatan, Carleton's independent newspaper". charlatan.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  13. ↑ "Dunlop Art Gallery Exhibitions :: Current Exhibitions". www.dunlopartgallery.org. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  14. ↑ "Official Language - Joi Arcand". Wanuskewin Heritage Park. 2014. Retrieved March 9, 2017.
  15. ↑ Longman, Mary (2016). "Joi T. Arcand: Through That Which Is Scene". Klondike Institute of Art and Culture Blog.
  16. ↑ "ᓇᒨᔭ ᓂᑎᑌᐧᐃᐧᓇ ᓂᑕᔮᐣ". www.banffcentre.ca. Retrieved 2017-07-27.


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