Daphne Odjig

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Daphne Odjig was a pioneering Canadian Indigenous artist of Odawa-Potawatomi-English heritage, renowned for her influential role in the development of contemporary Indigenous art and as a founding member of the Professional Native Indian Artists Inc.

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instanceOf Canadian Indigenous artist ⓘ
artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
awardReceived Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts ⓘ
National Aboriginal Achievement Award ⓘ
Order of British Columbia ⓘ
Order of Canada ⓘ
coFounded Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1919-09-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-10-01 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
Odawa ⓘ
Potawatomi ⓘ
familyName Odjig ⓘ
fieldOfWork drawing ⓘ
murals ⓘ
painting ⓘ
printmaking ⓘ
genre figurative art ⓘ
narrative painting ⓘ
symbolic art ⓘ
givenName Daphne ⓘ
hasOccupation artist ⓘ
gallery owner ⓘ
influenced contemporary First Nations artists in Canada ⓘ
influencedBy Anishinaabe visual traditions ⓘ
European modernism ⓘ
linked to: Modernism
knownFor founding member of Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. ⓘ
pioneering contemporary Indigenous art in Canada ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. ⓘ
movement Woodland School of Art ⓘ
contemporary Indigenous art ⓘ
nativeLanguage Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe-Odawa-Potawatomi) ⓘ
linked to: Anishinaabemowin
notableFor advocacy for Indigenous artists’ rights and visibility in Canada ⓘ
notableWork Mother Earth Struggling ⓘ
Spirits of the Past ⓘ
The Indian in Transition ⓘ
opened New Warehouse Gallery ⓘ
Odjig Indian Prints of Canada ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wikwemikong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada ⓘ
placeOfDeath Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Kelowna
residence Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada ⓘ
linked to: Kelowna

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
subjectOf retrospective exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada ⓘ

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