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Janice Toulouse, artist and instructor. Ojibwe born and raised in Serpent River, Ontario. She has maintained a dedicated painting practice, exhibition and teaching work for over 30 years. MFA, 1985, Concordia University, Montreal. Recipient of several awards and a prestigious NMAI Residency, recently 2017 won a REVEAL Indigenous Art Award. Teaches Painting & Contemporary Indigenous Art at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
“My art is my statement on my life as an Anishinabe Kwe through the language of contemporary art. My research is revising history from an Indigenous perspective, to respect and connect all life. As an artist and teacher, during my lifetime I have worked to bring Indigenous art to the world." Collaborations : “From Manhattan to Menatay” , AICH Gallery, 2006 New York. “Traveling Alter Native Medicine Show” 1999 Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, Aboriginal Art Centre, 1999, Ottawa, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Ontario, Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle 2001. New website 2016: janicetoulouse.ca
“My art is my statement on my life as an Anishinabe Kwe through the language of contemporary art. My research is revising history from an Indigenous perspective, to respect and connect all life. As an artist and teacher, during my lifetime I have worked to bring Indigenous art to the world." Collaborations : “From Manhattan to Menatay” , AICH Gallery, 2006 New York. “Traveling Alter Native Medicine Show” 1999 Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, Aboriginal Art Centre, 1999, Ottawa, Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Ontario, Sacred Circle Gallery, Seattle 2001. New website 2016: janicetoulouse.ca

Imago Mundi is honoured to present to you the exhibition "Great and North", that will be displayed at Palazzo Loredan in Venice from 29th August to 29th October. traveling to Toronto OCAD Gallery Oct 24 2018. i plan to be in attendance!
"Jeu d'enfant" Mediatheque, Lauzerte, France Aug 2015. Thanks for curatorial advice, Lea Toulouse and Kathleen Imbert.
"Impressions de la Terre", La Mediatheque Lauzerte France, 3 - 16 Juillet 2014 (click enlarge images)
"Indiginesse" Exhibition by Contemporary Native Women, Aurora Cultural Centre, Ontario May 2014. Best moments was with my family at the opening. The Massacre Painting was noticed by a government official, this work has affected change for Native people. "The Massacre Painting" is now in the permanent collection of Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford Ontario. https://www.tworowtimes.com/news/40th-annual-first-nations-art-exhibit-opens/

Walking With Our Sisters 1,600+ moccasin tops dedicated to the missing and murdered Indigenous women. "These moccasin vamps are made to honour a Native woman’s daughter who never lived long enough to dance in her moccasins. May they help her to walk her path in the spirit world. I made the ones in red on the poster, a simple process yet so hard due to the sadness you feel for these native women and their families. JT
Recent Exhibitions:
Upcoming to be announced: a ground breaking group exhibition in March 2016 in Vancouver
>Pushing Boundaries, Contemporary First Nations Art, CityScape North Vancouver Arts Council Oct 8 to Nov 14 2015
>Teaching Contemporary Aboriginal Art with Emily Carr University at NIC, Comox BC 2015. Ecuad Faculty Show 2015.
>Jeu d'enfant, Installation art, La Mediatheque, Lauzerte, France Aug 2015.
>National Crossing Boundaries Exhibition, Federation of Canadian Artists, May 16 -June 7 2015.
>The Massacre Painting, exhibited at First Nations Art 2015, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford ON. Now in the permanent collection.
>Imago Mundi, Native American media works will be shown in Venice during the 2015 Venice Biennale.
>Teaching Senior Studio, Emily Carr University of Art+Design, North Island College, Spring Term 2015.
>Impressions de la Terre, Médiathèque July 2014 Lauzerte, France. How land is cared for environmentally. I raised my child near a15th century village.
>"Indiginesse" Aurora Cultural Centre, May 7 -June 28 2014. The Massacre Painting shown with contemporary Native women artists
>Walking With Our Sisters October 2, 2013 1,600+ moccasin tops dedicated to the missing and murdered Indigenous women, to 2020.
>"Concrete Canyon" Phoenix Gallery. Painting created in New York "From Manhattan to Menatay" at AICH
> "Les Peintures Abstraites" Expo Solo - La Médiathèque Pierre Sourbie May 16 - June 5, Lauzerte, France
Lea Toulouse curator talk at Emily Carr University, North Island College, Comox spring 2015. Proud of my daughter, a young curator.
Salon des Artistes Indépendants au Grand Palais, Paris
ART en CAPITAL au Grand Palais, Paris, Nov 27 - Dec 2 2012. SOCIÉTÉ DES ARTISTES INDÉPENDANTS, Historical Salon of Painters. In a sphere of uprising, the painters néo - impressionnistes such as Cézanne, Gauguin, Van Gogh, tired of being refused by the jury of the Official Salon created their own Salon in 1884. This is what Indigenous artists have had to do!
"The Lay of the Land" Thunder Bay Art Gallery April - May 2012 from the collection, curator Suzanne Morrissette
"Nay' -chem Was, The Talking Stick Exhibition", February 2012 Roundhouse, Vancouver. I curated an exhibition of 9 Indigenous artists originating from across Canada, creating a contemporary version of a talking stick. I designed the work to be installed in a giant circle in a 3,000 ft space.

Nay'-chem Was “The Talking Stick” Exhibition at the Roundhouse for Full Circle's Stick Festival.
The artists are Rebecca Belmore, Lance Cardinal, Merritt Johnson, Peter Morin, Dionne Paul, Michelle Sylliboy, Janice Toulouse, Charlene Vickers, and Xwalacktun (Rick Harry)
55 meter space / photo C.Randle
"Aanikoobijigani Gikinoohamaagewinan: Noonkom ishinamowinan-Ancestral Teachings" Gladstone Gallery Oct 2011. One of 10 Indigenous artists selected from across Canada for a group show in Toronto. "THE THUNDERBIRD CENTRE SELECTS 10 ARTISTS TO PARTAKE IN ANCESTRAL TEACHINGS: CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES curated by: Vanessa Dion Fletcher http://www.thunderbirdcentre.ca/

Ancestral Teachings Gladstone Gallery Toronto 2011. I lived my youth in TO, my family went to the Galdstone Hotel. A spirit is shining on the Ancestors braids, nice to know they still visit. I had to move so often a lot of my art got lost, damaged, destroyed, even stolen along the road. These two did not survive.