Selected Written Publications
2022 “The Routledge Companion to Indigenous Art Histories in the United States and Canada; Chapter 20.A Braided Process: Decolonizing, Indigenizing and Self-Determination.”
2022 “Introduction to Determinants of First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Peoples’ Health in Canada,” Chapter 13 Taking Care:nIndigenous Peoples’ Art, Resurgence, and Wellness
June 2020 “Maureen Gruben; Breathing Hole,” Inuit Art Quarterly: Issue 33.2 Water
March 2020 “Becoming Our Future: Global Indigenous Curatorial Practice,” ARP Books (2 chapters)
Winter 2019 “Reformed?,” Feature, C Magazine: Issue 143
Dec., 2018 “Navigating The Land On and Off The Board,” Boarder X Catalogue, Winnipeg Art Gallery
Summer 2018 “Dee Barsey,” essay, Art + Wonder, Issue 5 Summer 2018 – What is called Abstract?
July 2018 “Woven Together,” essay, Kelowna Art Gallery exhibition website
May 2018 “generation future,” essay, Tsēmā Igharas’ future generations catalogue ,Artspace, ONT
March 2018 “Shards,” exhibition review, Border Crossings Magazine: Issue 145
Dec. 2017 “Reverberations, Vibrations, Echoes that Invigorate the Stone Fortress,”co-written Insurgence Resurgence catalogue
Winter 2018 “On the land, on the body, on and off the walls,” Cmagazine 136: Contemporary Art and Criticism: Inventory
May 2017 “The story of Canada told by the ever-irreverent Miss Chief Eagle Testickle,” WIOT Magazine website, Montreal, QC
Nov.,2016 “In Dialogue. Scott Benesiinaabandan’s waabana’iwewin (exhibition),” PUBLIC Art Culture +Ideas Indigenous Art New Media and the Digital Journal: Issue 54
July 2015 “Billy Jacking: Jordan Bennett,” catalogue essay, Galley 2 Folio, Grand Forks, BC
May 2015 “Reflections on Unsettling Narratives of Denial,” The Land We Are Now: Writers and Artists Unsettle the Politics of Reconciliation, Arbeiter Ring Press, MB (with Leah Decter)
Sept., 2012 “(Official Denial) Trade Value in Progress: Unsettling Narratives,” essay, West Coast Line 74, Reconcile This!, Vancouver, BC (with Leah Decter)
Jan., 2011 “On The Contrary,” essay, UnSacred Catalogue, University of Winnipeg Gallery 1C03
Jan., 2011 “Woods’ Close Encounters,” essay, Close Encounters Catalogue, Plug In Editions
Selected Public Presentations
March 2024 Auntie Up Podcast Political Art with Christi Belbourt, produced by Kim Wheeler
Oct. 2023 #wip Podcast, Symbiosis Exhibition in conversation with Rande Cook, Diane Borstao, AGGV
April 2022 38th Annual Marjorie Ward Lecture, “Inherited Legacies,” St John’s College, MB
April 2022 Visiting Artist Lecture, Department of Visual Arts, University of Victoria, BC
April 2021 Indigenizing the (Art) Museum: Gerald McMaster in Conversation Onsite Gallery and Wapatah Center for Indigenous Visual Knowledge
March 2020 Panelist, AABAAKWAD, 2020 NIIRIN, Biennale of Sydney, AUS (canceled covid pandemic)
Sept.2019 Speaker, International Curator Exchange, Decolonial Methods, Chicago Institute of Art, IL
June 2019 Panelist, Distinctive Features in Arctic Art, Arctic Arts Summit, Finland, EU
May 2019 Keynote Speaker, Emerging Arts Professionals Conference, New Zealand
May 2019 Plenary Speaker, International Indigenous Curators, Museums Conference, New Zealand
May 2019 Panelist, Decolonizing Technologies, Reprogramming Education, HASTAC 2019, BC
April 2019 Moderator, After Art School, Now What?, UBCO, BC
Jan.,2019 Panelist, Indigenous Birthing Screening, MacEwan University, Ociciwan Collective, AB
Jan.,2019 Panelist, Mothering Spaces symposium, Mitchell art Gallery, MacEwan University, AB
Mar.2018 Panelist, Fulbright Canada, Canada, the United States, and Indigenous Peoples: Sovereignty, Sustainability, and Reconciliation,” University of Hawaii at Manoa Canada Colloquium
Nov.2018 Presenter, Nature It’s Complicated, Nature Talks, Nature Conservatory of Canada, AB & MB
Oct.,2018 Guest Lecturer, Approaches to Indigenous Art Histories, OCAD, ONT
Sept.,2018 Panelist, Street Art Activism, Synonym Art Consultation, Wall-to-Wall Mural, MB
July 2018 Moderator, Woven Together panel, Kelowna Art Gallery, BC
July 2018 Presenter, Indigenous Curatorial Practice, UBCO Summer Institute Residency, Kelowna, BC
June 2018 Panelist, Listen Witness Transmit, Independent Media Arts Alliance and NIMAC
May 2018 Panelist, Knowledge & Networks II, Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art
April 2018 Crits, Tough Love, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art
Feb. 2018 Panelist, Indigenous Curation Now, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective gathering, Brandon, MB
Feb. 2018 Presenter, 10x10x20 Winnipeg Design Community, Nejmark Architect, WPG, MB
Feb. 2018 Panelist, Decolonizing Institutions, New Music Festival, MB
Dec.,2017 Panelist, IndigeFem and The Future, The Future Imaginary Symposium, WPG
Nov., 2017 Panelist, Cultural Appropriation and the Arts, Manitoba Opera
Oct. 2017 Moderator, Building Resilient Communities through the Arts, National Arts Center, WPG
Sept., 2017 Facilitator, Indigenous Curation; For Whom, By Whom; Primary Colours, Victoria BC
May 2017 Panelist, Indigenous Writers Discuss Cultural Appropriation with Rosanna Deerchild, CBC
April 2017 Guest lecturer, Indigenous Curatorial Practice, University of Manitoba, Arch./Faculty
March 2017 Guest lecturer, Indigenizing and Decolonizing, University of Manitoba School of Art
Feb. 2017 Panelist, Unraveling the braids of colonialism, gender and the body, University of Winnipeg
Nov. 2016 Spotlight Presenter: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc., The Winnipeg Effect Symposium, The Center for Contemporary Canadian Art
Oct. 2016 Panelist, Seeds of Reconciliation, GenNext: Our City Summit!, United Way, MB
May 2016 Panelist, Boarder X, NAISA Annual Conference, University of Hawai’i, USA
May 2016 Presenter, Affirming Our Presence, Walrus Talks, Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB
April 2016 Presenter, Platform Active Research Lecture Series, Platform Gallery, MB
Oct. 2014 Moderator, Mentorship: Role and Responsibilities, Aboriginal Curatorial Collective IAKWE:IAHRE Colloquium, University of Concordia, Montreal, PQ
Oct. 2013. Panelist, In the Balance: Indigeneity, Performance, Globalization conference,” London, UK
July 2013 Presenter, Indigenous Artists in 100 Masters, Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB
May 2012 Panelist, Objects of Affections: Towards a Materiology of Emotions, Conference, Princeton University New Jersey , USA
Mar., 2012 Presenter, CBC Scene and Heard event, Park Theatre, Winnipeg, MB
Selected Press | Critical Writing
Jan. 30, 2023 Galleries West “Jaimie Isaac, Brings to Light” by Lindsay Inglis
Apr 20, 2023 Capital Daily AGGV newest exhibition on mushrooms includes a slice of Fairy Creek, Symbiosis
Oct.,13 2022 Times Colonist “Art Gallery of Greater Victoria hosts exhibition for Governor General Awards”
Dec.,27 2021 Galleries West, “Decolonizing the Art Museum,” Interview with Melanie Scott
Aug., 2021 Times Colonist “New Chief Curator at the AGGV”
Dec.,2019 CBC Exhibtionists, Boarder X at The Rooms, with Amanda Paris
Sept.,2019 CBC Unreserved, “Uncovering the complicated history of blankets in Indigenous communities,” with Rosanna Deerchild
June 18, 2019 Canadian Art Magazine, “Reflections on an Art Project about Indigenous Mothering,” by Franchesca Hebert-Spence
Nov,.2019 Globe and Mail, “Winnipeg Art Gallery reveals plans for inaugural Indigenous biennial.”
January 2019 Mothering Spaces, exhibition catalogue, Curated by Becca Taylor, Mitchell Art Gallery
Winter 2018 Bordercrossings Magazine, “Woven Together,” by Gary Pearson
2018 Exhibition Notes: Entering the Landscape, Texts by Jenifer Papararo, Sarah Nesbitt, Sherry Farrell Racette, Plug In ICA
2018 Isolated Landscapes: Video by Prairie Women (1984-2009), Curated by Kathy Rae Huffman, Video Pool media art center
Summer 2018 Canadian Art, “Our Languages Live Within Us,” by Lindsay Nixon
Spring 2018 Inuit Art Quarterly, “Insurgence/Resurgence,” by Krista Ulujuk Zawadski
Spring 2018 Bordercrossings Magazine, “Insurgence/Resurgence,” by Alison Gillmor
Dec.,2017 “Isolating Landscapes,” catalogue Video Pool, “The Ephemerals,” by Jennifer Smith
Sept.2017 CBC Unreserved, “Insurgence resurgence challenges conception…,” with Rosanna Deerchild
Sept. 22, 2017 Winnipeg Free Press, “Shaking the foundations,” review by Jen Zoratti
Summer 2017 Inuit Art Quarterly, Boarder X review by Jenny Western
Jan. 2017 CBC Q, Boarder X explores the intersections between Indigenous culture and boarding culture
Feb.2017 The Kit Magazine, “Women We Love: Jaimie Isaac Turns Boarding Into High Art,” by Veronica Saroli
Dec.2016 Winnipeg Free Press, “Secrets, skating and sharing; Top exhibitions of 2016 made emotional mark,” by Steven Leyden Cochrane
Dec.2016 Metro News, “#94, Manitoba’s 100 most fascinating people,” Ace Burpee
Dec.2016 Border Crossings Magazine, “Stoke Signals,” by Robert Enright
Dec.2016 Canadian Art, “Art in 2016: A View From Winnipeg,” by Alexsis Kinloch
Nov.24 2016 Winnipeg Free Press, “Knocking it out of the (skate) park,” by Steven Leyden Cochrane
Nov.24 2016 Canadian Art Feature, “On Board Culture and Rule Breaking,” by Bryne McLaughlin
Nov.21 2016 Galleries West, “Boarder Art catches a Wave in Winnipeg,” by Sarah Swan
Aug.4, 2016 Uptown, “Seeing the Good,” Winnipeg Free Press, Steven Leyden Cochrane
Nov 2015 Uptown, “Summing up 2015’s Most Striking Exhibitions: The Bold and Beautiful,”
Winnipeg Free Press, Steven Leyden Cochrane
Dec.1 2015 The Winnipeg Free Press front page, “Redefining Boundries,” by Alan Small
Nov. 2015 Uptown, “Sideshows play to WAG Strengths”, Winnipeg Free Press, Steven Leyden Cochrane
June 30,2015 Akimbo – Akimblog: “Mammo’wiiang to Make Change at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon,” by Steven Leyden Cochrane
2014 Journal of Art History, vol. XXXV:1, “official denial; trade value in progress,’ cover art.
F/W 2014 Studio: Craft and Design in Canada, “Embroidered in Controversy,” by Melanie Urau
Dec.2011 Fuse Magazine, “(Official Denial) Trade Value in Progress,” by Nahed Mansour