Jaimie Isaac is a Winnipeg-based

Anishinaabe The Anishinaabe (alternatively spelled Anishinabe, Anicinape, Nishnaabe, Neshnabé, Anishinaabeg, Anishinabek, Aanishnaabe) are a group of culturally related Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples in the Great Lakes region of C ...

artist and curator.

Early life and education

Isaac is of Ojibway and British descent and is a member of

Sagkeeng First Nation The Sagkeeng First Nation (also known as Sagkeeng Anicinabe) is a Treaty-1 First Nation in the Eastman Region of Manitoba, Canada, that is composed of the Anishinaabe people indigenous to the area at or near the Fort Alexander Indian Reserve #3 ...

. She holds a master's degree from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Public university, public research university with campuses near University of British Columbia Vancouver, Vancouver and University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, in British Columbia, Canada ...

and a BA in art history with an Arts and Cultural Management Certificate from the

University of Winnipeg The University of Winnipeg (UWinnipeg, UW, or U of W) is a public research university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It offers undergraduate programs in art, business, economics, education, science and applied health as well as graduate progra ...

. Her Masters of Arts thesis was titled, "Decolonizing curatorial practice: acknowledging Indigenous cultural praxis, mapping its agency, recognizing its aesthetic within contemporary Canadian art."

Career

Jamie is a founding member of The Ephemerals Collective, an all-female Indigenous arts collective based out of Winnipeg. She has sat on the boards of numerous Canadian art organizations including the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective and the Aboriginal Manitoba Music association. In 2010, Isaac was employed as the visual arts coordinator for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. In 2016, Isaac was co-faculty with artist

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at the Summer Institute of the Wood Land School at Plug In Institute. 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 The Canada Council for the Arts (), commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown corporation established in 1957 as an arts council of the Government of Canada. It is Canada's public arts funder, with a mandate to foster and promote the study a ...

. In 2017, Isaac was hired as Curator of Indigenous and Contemporary Art at the

Winnipeg Art Gallery The Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) is an art museum in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Its permanent collection includes over 24,000 works from Canadian, Indigenous Canadian, and international artists. The museum also holds the world's largest collect ...

. In 2021, she was appointed chief curator at the

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. In 2017, she co-curated the exhibition INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE with Indigenous artist/curator Jaimie Isaac. This was the

’s largest ever exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art featuring works by 29 artists.

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). * "In Dialogue: Scott Benesiinaabandan's waabana’iwewin" in Public 54: Indigenous Art: New Media and the Digital, 2016. * 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 * ''Vernon Ah Kee: cantchant'', Winnipeg Art Gallery * Curator, Border X, Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2016. * Curator, ''We Are On Treaty Land,'' Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2015-2016. * ''Quiyuktchigaewin; Making Good'', Winnipeg Art Gallery * With Leah Decter, official denial (trade value in progress), travelling participatory art project, across Canada, 2011-2015. * Creator, ''Burning an Effigy,'' film, 2014.

Awards and nominations

* Participant in Canada Council for the Art's Indigenous delegation, Venice Biennale, 2017. * Finalist, Making a Difference Award, Winnipeg Arts Council, 2017.

References

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