Amy Malbeuf Explained

Amy Malbeuf is a Canadian-Métis visual artist, educator, and cultural tattoo practitioner born in Rich Lake, Alberta.[1] [2]

Malbeuf examines notions of language, territory, nature and identity through a multidisciplinary approach.[3] Alongside her artistic practice, Malbeuf teaches the skills and traditions of caribou and moose hair tufting and embroidery.

Education

Malbeuf received her BFA from the Alberta College of Art + Design in Calgary and an MFA in Visual Art from the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna.[4] She has participated in numerous international artist residencies, including programs at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, The Banff Centre, The Labrador Research Institute, and Santa Fe Art Institute.[5] She is also certified as a Native Cultural Arts Instructor by Portage College in Lac La Biche.[6] [7]

Art

Caribou hair tufting, beadwork, installation, performance, and video are prominent in Malbeuf's work. Her practice examines the relationships between humanity and nature by deconstructing misunderstandings of Native culture and exploring intersections between culture and race.[8]

Works such as Iskotew (2018), a sculpture of the Cree word for "Fire" described as ᐃᐢᑯᑌᐤ in Nēhiyawēwin, look at Native heritage through landscape and language.[9]

As a cultural tattoo practitioner, Malbeuf practices skin stitch, an indigenous tattoo process that sews thread dipped in ink into the skin.[10]

Selected exhibitions

Malbeuf has exhibited her works at national and international venues including the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Alberta, Contemporary Calgary, and Stride Gallery.[11]

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Public art commissions

Awards

Malbeuf has received awards such as the 2016 Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award, the 2016 William and Meredith Saunderson Prize for Emerging Artists in Canada from the Hnatyshyn Foundation, a 2017 REVEAL award from the Hnatyshyn Foundation and was long listed for the 2017 Sobey Art Award.[27]

References

  1. Web site: Amy Malbeuf. Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective. en-US. 2019-03-21.
  2. Web site: May 2 2018 – Métis Visual Arts Faculty of Native Studies. www.ualberta.ca. 2019-03-21.
  3. Web site: Tensions Artspace. artspace-arc.org. 2019-03-21.
  4. Web site: About. Amy Malbeuf. en-CA. 2019-03-21.
  5. Web site: Amy Malbeuf Art Gallery of Alberta. www.youraga.ca. 2019-03-21.
  6. Web site: Amy Malbeuf – Emnowaangosjig Coming Out: The Shifting and Multiple Self. cargocollective.com. 2019-03-21.
  7. Web site: Amy Malbeuf OpenStudios at Athabasca University. openstudios.athabascau.ca. 2019-03-21.
  8. Web site: ART NOW – Amy Malbeuf Speaks February 29th, 2016 at Noon in the Recital Hall. www.uleth.ca. en. 2019-03-21.
  9. Web site: City of Edmonton Public Art Collection. edmontonpublicart.ca. 2019-03-25.
  10. Web site: Skin stitch tattoos are exactly what they sound like – and for Amy Malbeuf, they embody culture. Lise. Hosein . March 21, 2019. CBC. en. 2019-03-25.
  11. Web site: 2016 – Amy Malbeuf. LG Arts Awards. en-CA. 2019-03-21.
  12. Web site: Amy Malbeuf – Illingworth Kerr Gallery. en-CA. 2019-03-21.
  13. Web site: The Length of Grief: The daughters of Métis Mothers. en-US. 2019-03-21.
  14. Web site: Inheritance: Amy Malbeuf Curated by Cathy Mattes. en-US. 2019-03-21.
  15. Web site: In Dialogue. Art Museum at the University of Toronto. en-CA. 2019-03-25.
  16. Web site: Entering the Landscape September 30 to December 31, 2017. 2017-09-30. Plug In ICA. en-US. 2019-03-25.
  17. Web site: Connective Tissue: New Approaches to Fiber in Contemporary Native Art > Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA). Institute of American Indian Arts. en-US. 2019-03-25.
  18. Web site: No Visible Horizon. www.banffcentre.ca. en. 2019-03-25.
  19. Web site: If we never met. 2014-08-27. Pataka. en-US. 2019-03-25.
  20. Web site: Exhibition "Material Girls" at the Dunlop Art Gallery. Dominique Rey. en-US. 2019-03-25.
  21. Web site: Dunlop Art Gallery – Material Girls. Issuu. en. 2019-03-26.
  22. Web site: Material Girls. Foundation. The Magenta. 2016-05-19. Magenta Magazine. en. 2019-03-26.
  23. Web site: Exhibition The 2015 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, AGA, January 24 to May 3, 2015. en-US. 2019-03-25.
  24. Web site: Work of the Week: 2 artworks from the exhibition The Art of Truth and Reconciliation. 2018-04-04. Alberta Foundation for the Arts. en. 2019-03-25.
  25. Web site: Gashka'oode: Tangled Forest City Gallery – London Ontario. forestcitygallery.com. 2019-03-25.
  26. Web site: Indigenous Art Park to open in September. Edmonton Journal. August 13, 2018. Clare. Clancy. en. 2019-03-25.
  27. Web site: Malbeuf in the running for $50,000 prize. Windspeaker.com. en. 2019-03-26.

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