Joi Arcand

Joi Arcand
Born Joi T. Arcand
1965 (age 50–51)
Hafford, Saskatchewan
Alma mater University of Saskatchewan
Known for photography
Website joitarcand.com

Joi T. Arcand (born Hafford, Saskatchewan) is a photo-based artist from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, who currently resides in Ottawa, Ontario.

She grew up at Muskeg Lake Cree Nation and later attended the University of Saskatchewan. Arcand received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan in 2006. She spent many summers working in the Muskeg Lake Archives which gave Arcand her love of old photographs and history.[1]

She has served as chair of the board of directors for Paved Art and New Media in Saskatoon, and was the co-founder of the Red Shift Gallery, a contemporary aboriginal art gallery also in Saskatoon.[2] Arcand's photographic works explore personal and political experiences through the lens of her mixed-race identity.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Budney, Vincent J. (2008). Flatlanders: Saskatchewan Artists on the Horizon. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Mendel Art Gallery. p. 9.
  2. ↑ http://contemporarynativeartists.tumblr.com/post/19129465319/joi-arcand-plains-cree
  3. ↑ Macaulay, Patrick. "Combine (main gallery)". harbourfrontcentre. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  4. ↑ Gay, Felicia Deirdre. "The red shift : a contemporary Aboriginal curatorial praxis". University of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
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