Qualification Highlights

Professional Dene Artist Specializing in:

• Commissioned Paintings, Portraits, Prints, Logos and Murals
• Workshops, Presentations and Teaching

Teacher / Instructor / Workshops

• October, 2024 Presentation, St. Brigid Catholic School, Toronto, ON
• 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)

• July 23rd-30th, Pop-Up Art Exhibition, Galleri SoHo, Yorkville, Toronto, ON
• 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

• September, 2025 In Art Show, REDefined; Voices from Turtle Island, Women Artists Association of Canada Building, Dignam Gallery, Yorkville, Toronto, Ontario
• 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

• March, 2025, Member, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Winnipeg, Manitoba
• 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)

• 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.
• January, 2020: Member, Writers Union of Canada
• 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)

• 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)

• 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)