Daina Warren (born 1974) is a

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and

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. She is a member of the Montana Akamihk Cree Nation in

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(Bear Hills),

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. Her interest in curating Aboriginal art and work with Indigenous artists is at the forefront of her research.

Biography

Daina graduated with a

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degree from

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(ECUAD) in 2003 and gained an MA Critical and Curatorial Studies from the

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in 2012. After receiving an Aboriginal Curatorial Collective Residency to work with

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in 2000, Daina remained at the gallery as associate curator and administrator until 2009. She curated numerous shows at grunt gallery, including a performance titled ''Taking Stick Cabaret'', a collaboration with Lisa C. Ravensbergen. Warren served as curator and director of Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art in

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from 2011 to 2022. Warren was elected as one of four Indigenous women curators as part of 2015 Asia-Pacific Visual Arts Delegation to participate in the First Nations Curators Exchange an International Visitors Program of the 8th Asia-Pacific Trienniale (APT8) in Brisbane, Australia. In April 2022, Warren moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico to become the Program Manager for the

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Research Center for Contemporary Native American Arts. She was awarded the 2022 Manitoba Arts Award of Distinction. The prize is awarded every other year" to a professional artist or arts/cultural professional in recognition of the highest level of artistic excellence and contribution to the development of the arts in Manitoba".

Awards and residencies

* Canada Council for the Arts’ Aboriginal Curatorial Collective Residency,

(2000-2001) * Canada Council for the Arts’ Aboriginal Curatorial Collective Residency,

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(2010-2011) *Emily Award from Emily Carr University (2015) * Hnatyshyn Foundation Award for Curatorial Excellency (2018) * Manitoba Arts Award of Distinction (2022)

Group and solo exhibitions

* Or Gallery,

* Campbell River Public Gallery, Campbell River * Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art,

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Curated exhibitions

* ''Deconstructing the FirstNationsAboriginalNativeIndian'', 2000'','' Emily Carr University * ''Don’t Stop Me Now'',

* ''Cosmologies: anything that exists has a beginning,'' 2009, Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Art * ''If These Walls Could Talk'',

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Screen

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* ''Contains Animal Byproducts!—Pet Food for the Brain'',

Screen

* ''âkâm’askîhk ᐋᑳᒼ’ᐊᐢᑮ'' (''Across the land),'' 2017,

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* ''Transformative Power: Indigenous Feminism,'' Vicki Myhren Gallery,

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9/15/-11/22/2022

References

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