Janice Toulouse Paintings

Janice Toulouse paintings and art history All rights reserved 2012

Janice Toulouse, artist and instructor. Anishinabe Kwe born and raised in Serpent River, Ontario, lives in BC and France. An artist who 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 Smithsonian NMAI Residency in New York in 2002 exhibited in 2006. Teaches Contemporary Aboriginal 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

"Jeu d'enfant" Mediatheque, Lauzerte, France Aug 2015. Thanks for curatorial advice, Lea Toulouse and Kathleen Imbert.

"Jeu d'enfant" Installation Mediatheque, Lauzerte, France August 2015. Challenging stereotypes by questioning the childhood game of "Cowboy and Indians".

Pushing Boundaries, Contemporary First Nations Art, CityScape North Vancouver Arts Council Oct 8 to Nov 14 2015.

June marks National Aboriginal History Month in Canada, we’re celebrating by featuring Janice Toulouse’s lithograph That We Might Be the Living Voice (below) from the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection. http://burnabyartgallery.tumblr.com/post/120541170665/whats-in-the-bag-june-edition

Winter Forest acrylic on canvas 24x36 2014

How many times do you get to walk the red carpet?

National Crossing Boundaries Exhibition, Vancouver Federation of Canadian Artists, till June 5, 2015.

THE MASSACRE PAINTING 54x72 First Nations Art 2015, Now in Collection of Woodland Cultural Centre, Branford ON

"Impressions de la Terre", La Mediatheque Lauzerte France, 3 - 16 Juillet 2014 (click enlarge images)

And it's true that this painting, her painting, leaves no one indifferent and invites the imagination of visitors: this is not abstract painting, this is not the neo-realist painting, everyone is invited to get an idea for themself; Pierre Sourbié médiathèque of Lauzerte. LaPetiteJournal2014

"Indiginesse" Exhibition by Contemporary Native Women, Aurora Cultural Centre, Ontario May 2014. Best moments was with my family at the opening, sharing a laugh with Shelly Niro. The Massacre Painting was noticed by a government official, this work has affected change for Native people. Sept 2015, "The Massacre Painting" is now in the permanent collection of Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford Ontario. *Highlighted in review First Nations Art 2015 > https://www.tworowtimes.com/news/40th-annual-first-nations-art-exhibit-opens/

Former Prime Minister of Canada: Honourable Paul Martin having a quiet moment with the Massacre Painting by Janice Toulouse. " I cannot tell you how impressed I was with Indiginesse and the artistic quality demonstrated in the exhibition. It would be impossible for anyone to spend even a short time looking at the art on display not to realize how talented the artists are. What also touched me deeply was how much your initiative will go towards making Canadians aware of the true depth of First Nations, Metis and Inuit culture. The more this awareness grows, the stronger Canada will be. Sincerely, Paul Martin"

Nathalie Bertin,Lee Claremont, Raven Davis, Maria Hupfield, Lita Fontaine, Nadya Kwandibens, Kayeri Akweks, Lee Deranger, LauraLee K. Harris, Maria Hupfield, Tanya Lukin-Linklater, Shelley Niro, Janice Toulouse

Walking With Our Sisters

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

Walking With Our Sisters Shingwauk Auditorium, Algoma University Sault Ste. Marie, ON May 4 - 18, 2014

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

AHIS Aboriginal Art History Class winter 2015 and Lea Toulouse curator talk at Emily Carr University, North Island College, Comox spring 2015

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!

Ojibwe Red acrylic on linen 8x10" 2012

The opening night of Salon des Artistes Indépendants.

ART en CAPITAL au Grand Palais

"The Lay of the Land" Thunder Bay Art Gallery April - May 2012 from the collection, curator Suzanne Morrissette

The Lay of the Land, works by Carl Beam, Henry Beaudry, Bob Boyer, Julius Cook, Greg Hill, Robert Houle, Gerald McMaster, Margaret Mitchell, and Janice Toulouse March 30 – May 27 , 2012

Healing the Earth 2001, mixed media painting based on the Anishinabek history, collection Thunder Bay Art Gallery

The Lay of the Land Thunder Bay Art Gallery April 2012 Curator Suzanne Morrisette photo Klaus Rossler

Inspired, Woodland Cultural Centre, May 2012. Works inspired by tradition from the Museum's collection, curator Naomi Johnson.

"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.

For the Indigenous people of the Americas the Taking Stick is used as a means of communication at ceremonies and important meetings. The Talking Stick holds a power that calls up the spirit of our ancestors to guide the holder to speak the truth. I asked 9 Indigenous artists to exhibit their own version of the Talking Stick in a venue I designed as a giant circle (3000 sq ft).

Rebecca Belmore, Anishinabe kwe: Concise, Webster Dictionary 32" / Peter Morin, Tahltan: "Portraits of the Tahltan Land Story" / Charlene Vickers, Anishinabe kwe: Pomo Girl

Merritt Johnson, Mohawk, Blackfoot, non-Native: "HIgh Winds" / Janice Toulouse, Anishinabe kwe: "The Massacre Painting"

Xwalacktun Rick Harry, Salish,Kw’kwa k’wakw: "The Wild Woman talking stick" / Michelle Sylliboy, Mi’kmaq: 'Working through inner truth dimensions' / Lance Cardinal, Cree: "Deerskin Sculpture / Dionne Paul, Nuxalk, Sechelt: "This is My Talking Stick" "Untitled”

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.

Aanikoobijigani Gikinoohamaagewinan: Noonkom ishinamowinan-Ancestral Teachings Gladstone Gallery, Toronto October 2011. "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.