JOI T. ARCAND
Acrylic with a Swarovski crystal, 2017
Joi T. Arcand is an artist from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in central Saskatchewan - Treaty 6 Territory and is currently based in Ottawa, Ontario. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 2005, and has exhibited across Canada, the United States and Europe. In 2006, along with Felicia Gay, she co-founded the The Red Shift Gallery, a contemporary Indigenous art gallery in Saskatoon. In 2012, she combined her love of art, design and publishing to create kimiwan ‘zine, a magazine for Indigenous artists and writers. Her practice celebrates the Cree language and she recently began creating laser-cut jewellery based on her favourite words.
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