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[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image media=”87855″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”650070″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”138377″]Michael Patten (Cree)
\nDirector General and President<\/p>\n

Michael Patten (b. 1977) is a contemporary visual artist based in Montreal and a member of the Zagime Anishinabek First Nation in Saskatchewan. He holds a B.F.A. in painting and a B.F.A. in drawing with a minor in art history from the University of Regina and he has participated in solo and group exhibitions internationally and nationally in museums, artist run centers, commercial spaces, and university galleries. In 2017, he was one of the Laureates for the Hnatyshyn Foundation’s REVEAL- Indigenous Art Awards. And he is presently the Director of the Contemporary Native Art Biennial in Montreal – a nonprofit organization with a mandate to recognize and support contemporary Indigenous art and artists.<\/p>\n

www.mikepatten.ca<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator sep_color=”” uncode_shortcode_id=”192340″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image media=”80835″ media_width_percent=”100″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”104451″]Nico Williams (Anishinaabe)
\nAdministrator<\/p>\n

Nico Williams, \u1405\u144c\u14a5\u1423 (b. 1989) is a member of Aamjiwnaang First Nation (Anishinaabe), currently living and working in Tiohti\u00e0:ke\/Montr\u00e9al. In 2021, he graduated with a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Concordia University. He has a multidisciplinary and, often collaborative, practice that is centred around sculptural beadwork. Williams is active within the urban Indigenous Montr\u00e9al Arts community and a member of the Contemporary Geometric Beadwork research team. He has taught workshops at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the McCord Stewart Museum, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, and the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.nicowilliams.com\/<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator sep_color=”” uncode_shortcode_id=”858489″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image media=”80822″ media_width_percent=”100″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”425259″]Eruoma Awashish (Atikamekw)
\nAdministrator<\/p>\n

The Atikamekw artist Eruoma Awashish holds a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary arts from the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Chicoutimi. Her artistic approach aims to create spaces for dialogue to facilitate the understanding of First Nations culture. Having lived in the communities of Opitciwan, Wemotaci and Mashteuiatsh, Awashish has a strong sense of belonging to her culture. Her work speaks of \u201cm\u00e9tissage\u201d and metamorphosis, and is imbued with spirituality, symbolism and syncretism. In 2018, she participated in BACA (Contemporary Native Art Biennial) and presented an installation at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.<\/p>\n

www.facebook.com\/EruomaAwashishArtiste<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator sep_color=”” uncode_shortcode_id=”914191″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image media=”88446″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”188440″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”158155″]MC Snow (Kanien\u2019keh\u00e0:ka)
\nAdministrator<\/p>\n

MC Snow (1965-) is a Kanienkehaka artist living in Kahnawake near Montreal, QC. As part of her contribution to native arts, she belives it\u2019s important to leave a legacy and teachings of our traditional crafts and methods to the next generation so that they will not be lost. Marian continues to learn, practice and pass on the skills of beadwork and craftwork and incorporates these skills into her contemporary pieces. The installations combine elements and techniques that culminate in a visual poetry evocative of the natural world and the socio-political adventures of trying to be heard from within the collective of the reservation.<\/p>\n

www.instagram.com\/atehawi<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator sep_color=”” uncode_shortcode_id=”129284″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image media=”80826″ media_width_percent=”100″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”876443″]Meky Ottawa (Atikamekw)
\nAdministrator<\/p>\n

Originally from Manawan, Quebec, Meky Ottawa is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal. She draws on her Atikamekw origins, feminist perspective, and urban life in her work, whether it be video, illustration, or immersive installations, to create engaged and often political works. The creative process allows her to discover herself, to know herself better, but also to make part of her cultural heritage known to others.<\/p>\n

www.instagram.com\/meky.ottawa<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator sep_color=”” uncode_shortcode_id=”121152″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image media=”80830″ media_width_percent=”100″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”533421″]Rh\u00e9al Olivier Lanthier
\nTreasurer<\/p>\n

Rh\u00e9al Olivier Lanthier is co-director and co-founder of the Art M\u00fbr gallery (founded in 1996). He is also founder of \u00c9ditions Art M\u00fbr, Encadrements Art M\u00fbr and the Biennale d’art contemporain autochtone. Rh\u00e9al Olivier Lanthier holds a bachelor’s degree in social sciences from the University of Ottawa (major in political science) and completed two years of study in business administration. He was president of the Association des galeries d’art contemporain (AGAC) from 2008 to 2013.<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator sep_color=”” uncode_shortcode_id=”273963″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image media=”88439″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”261296″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”205374″]Renee Condo (Mi\u2019gmaw)
\nAdministrator<\/p>\n

Renee Condo (b.1979) is a contemporary visual artist of Mi\u2019gmaw First Nation ancestry from the community of Gesgapegiag. She is currently working in Tiohti\u00e0:ke | Montr\u00e9al. Condo\u2019s work is a practice-based investigation into the power of the bead to communicate ideas derived from the reflection on and application of a Mi\u2019kmaw worldview. Condo holds a BFA in studio arts (with Distinction), and an MFA in sculpture from Concordia University. She is the recipient of several bursaries and scholarships, some of which include Concordia Merit Scholarship, Concordia University Indigenous Graduate Scholarship, Indspire Building Brighter Futures: Bursaries and Scholarships. Condo has received support by way of grants from the Conseil des art de Montr\u00e9al and the Canada Council for the Arts. She has participated in group exhibitions including the 5th edition of the Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA), and in both Art Toronto and PAPIER art fairs with gallery Laroche\/Joncas. Condo exhibited her first solo show in 2021, followed by a solo exhibition as part of the 6th edition of BACA in 2022. She completed her first public artwork in 2021, installed in Laval, Quebec.<\/p>\n

www.instagram.com\/condorenee<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator sep_color=”” uncode_shortcode_id=”117382″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image media=”88443″ media_width_percent=”100″ uncode_shortcode_id=”667799″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”822300″]Craig Commanda (Anishinaabe)
\nAdministrator<\/p>\n

Multidisciplinary Anishinaabe artist from Kitigan Zibi, Craig Commanda works with still and moving images, poetry, music, beadwork and sound composition. His practice seeks resurgence by contributing to cultural preservation and revitalization for and by Indigenous peoples.<\/p>\n

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