Jaimie Isaac is a Winnipeg-based Anishinaabe artist and curator.[1]
Jamie Isaac | |
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Nationality | Sagkeeng First Nation, Canadian |
Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
Early life and education
editIsaac is of Ojibway and British descent and is a member of Sagkeeng First Nation.[2] She holds a master's degree from the University of British Columbia and a BA in art history with an Arts and Cultural Management Certificate from the University of Winnipeg.[2] Her Masters of Arts thesis was titled, "Decolonizing curatorial practice: acknowledging Indigenous cultural praxis, mapping its agency, recognizing its aesthetic within contemporary Canadian art."[3]
Career
editJamie is a founding member of The Ephemerals Collective, an all-female Indigenous arts collective based out of Winnipeg.[4] She has sat on the boards of numerous Canadian art organizations including the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective and the Aboriginal Manitoba Music association.[5]
In 2010, Isaac was employed as the visual arts coordinator for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.[5] In 2016, Isaac was co-faculty with artist Duane Linklater at the Summer Institute of the Wood Land School at Plug In Institute.[6]
From 2015 to 2017, Isaac served as the Winnipeg Art Gallery's Aboriginal Curatorial Resident, a position funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.[7]
In 2017, Isaac was hired as Curator of Indigenous and Contemporary Art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.[8] In 2021, she was appointed chief curator at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria.[9]
In 2017, she co-curated the exhibition INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE with Indigenous artist/curator Jaimie Isaac. This was the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s largest ever exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art featuring works by 29 artists.[10][11]
Work
editWriting
edit- "Reflections on Unsettling Narratives of Denial" in The Land We Are Now: Writers and Artists Unsettle the Politics of Reconciliation (Winnipeg: ARP Books, 2015).[12]
- "In Dialogue: Scott Benesiinaabandan’s waabana’iwewin" in Public 54: Indigenous Art: New Media and the Digital, 2016.[13]
- With Leach Decter, "(official denial) trade value in progress: Unsettling Narratives" in Reconcile This![permanent dead link ] (West Coast Line 71, no. 2, 2012).
Exhibitions
edit- Curated with Julie Nagam, Insurgence/Resurgence, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2017[14][15]
- Vernon Ah Kee: cantchant, Winnipeg Art Gallery[16]
- Curator, Border X, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2016.[17]
- Curator, We Are On Treaty Land, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2015-2016.[2]
- Quiyuktchigaewin; Making Good, Winnipeg Art Gallery[18]
- With Leah Decter, official denial (trade value in progress), travelling participatory art project, across Canada, 2011-2015.[19]
- Creator, Burning an Effigy, film, 2014.[20]
Awards and nominations
editReferences
edit- ^ "'Appropriation is theft': 3 Indigenous writers speak to CBC on 'appropriation prize' controversy". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ a b c "We Are On Treaty Land exhibition acknowledges traditional territory | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ Isaac, Jaimie Lyn (2016). Decolonizing curatorial practice : acknowledging Indigenous curatorial praxis, mapping its agency, recognizing its aesthetic within contemporary Canadian art. open.library.ubc.ca (Thesis). UBC. doi:10.14288/1.0303135. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "The Ephemerals: Trending". www.uwinnipeg.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ a b "bios". www.leahdecter.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Wood Land School | Plug In ICA". plugin.org. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Winnipeg Art Gallery gets new curator, upcoming exhibit | Metro Winnipeg". metronews.ca. Archived from the original on 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ Lizard, Visual. "WAG Hires Jaimie Isaac as Curator of Indigenous and Contemporary Art | Media Releases | Winnipeg Art Gallery". wag.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Jaimie Isaac New Chief Curator at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria". www.timescolonist.com. Times Colonist, 2021. 26 August 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
- ^ "12040, 1829-05-08, [BULGIN, BENNETT, HAWKESLEY, et a.]". Art Sales Catalogues Online. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Winnipeg Art Gallery hosts groundbreaking Indigenous exhibit - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca". CJOB. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ Dudley, Michael (2015-07-18). "Reconciliation reconsidered". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "INDIGENOUS ART: NEW MEDIA AND THE DIGITAL". www.publicjournal.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ Comments, Posted: 09/6/2017 1:20 PM | (2017-09-06). "Sagkeeng First Nation member named WAG curator of Indigenous and contemporary art". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Winnipeg Art Gallery hosts groundbreaking Indigenous exhibit". CJOB. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Boarder X & Vernon Ah Kee: cantchant". Galleries West. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "How the art of skateboarding can also be an act of empowerment | CBC Arts". CBC. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Third Annual Symposium on the Future Imaginary: Asinnajaq (Isabella Weetaluktuk), Jamie Isaac, Heather Campbell! - Initiative For Indigenous Futures". Initiative For Indigenous Futures. 2017-11-15. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ Youds, Mike (October 8, 2011). "Blanket statement". Kamloops Daily. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "Burning An Effigy". VUCAVU. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
- ^ "Trouble Me Venice: An Indigenous Curator's View of the Biennale". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
- ^ "WAC Arts Awards Nominations for 2017 | The Winnipeg Arts Council". winnipegarts.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-14.