Jamie Isaac
Jaimie Isaac and Leah Decter with '(official denial) trade value in progress' at 180 Projects
NationalitySagkeeng First Nation, Canadian
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia

Jaimie Isaac is a Winnipeg-based Anishinaabe artist and curator.[1]

Early life and education

Isaac 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

Jamie 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]

Work

Writing

  • "Reflections on Unsettling Narratives of Denial" in The Land We Are Now: Writers and Artists Unsettle the Politics of Reconciliation (Winnipeg: ARP Books, 2015).[10]
  • "In Dialogue: Scott Benesiinaabandan’s waabana’iwewin" in Public 54: Indigenous Art: New Media and the Digital, 2016.[11]
  • With Leach Decter, "(official denial) trade value in progress: Unsettling Narratives" in Reconcile This! (West Coast Line 71, no. 2, 2012).

Exhibitions

  • Curated with Julie Nagam, Insurgence/Resurgence, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2017[12][13]
  • Vernon Ah Kee: cantchant, Winnipeg Art Gallery[14]
  • Curator, Border X, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2016.[15]
  • Curator, We Are On Treaty Land, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2015-2016.[2]
  • Quiyuktchigaewin; Making Good, Winnipeg Art Gallery[16]
  • With Leah Decter, official denial (trade value in progress), travelling participatory art project, across Canada, 2011-2015.[17]
  • Creator, Burning an Effigy, film, 2014.[18]

Awards and nominations

  • Participant in Canada Council for the Art's Indigenous delegation, Venice Biennale, 2017.[19]
  • Finalist, Making a Difference Award, Winnipeg Arts Council, 2017.[20]

References

  1. ↑ "'Appropriation is theft': 3 Indigenous writers speak to CBC on 'appropriation prize' controversy". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  2. 1 2 3 "We Are On Treaty Land exhibition acknowledges traditional territory | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  3. ↑ Isaac, Jaimie Lyn. "Decolonizing curatorial practice : acknowledging Indigenous curatorial praxis, mapping its agency, recognizing its aesthetic within contemporary Canadian art". open.library.ubc.ca. UBC. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. ↑ "The Ephemerals: Trending". www.uwinnipeg.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  5. 1 2 "bios". www.leahdecter.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  6. ↑ "Wood Land School | Plug In ICA". plugin.org. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  7. ↑ "Winnipeg Art Gallery gets new curator, upcoming exhibit | Metro Winnipeg". metronews.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  8. ↑ Lizard, Visual. "WAG Hires Jaimie Isaac as Curator of Indigenous and Contemporary Art | Media Releases | Winnipeg Art Gallery". wag.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  9. ↑ "Jaimie Isaac New Chief Curator at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria". www.timescolonist.com. Times Colonist, 2021. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  10. ↑ Dudley, Michael (2015-07-18). "Reconciliation reconsidered". Winnipeg Free Press. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  11. ↑ "INDIGENOUS ART: NEW MEDIA AND THE DIGITAL". www.publicjournal.ca. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  12. ↑ 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ "Winnipeg Art Gallery hosts groundbreaking Indigenous exhibit". CJOB. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  14. ↑ "Boarder X & Vernon Ah Kee: cantchant". Galleries West. 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  15. ↑ "How the art of skateboarding can also be an act of empowerment | CBC Arts". CBC. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  16. ↑ "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.
  17. ↑ Youds, Mike (October 8, 2011). "Blanket statement". Kamloops Daily. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  18. ↑ "Burning An Effigy". VUCAVU. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  19. ↑ "Trouble Me Venice: An Indigenous Curator's View of the Biennale". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  20. ↑ "WAC Arts Awards Nominations for 2017 | The Winnipeg Arts Council". winnipegarts.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
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