Glenna Matoush Explained

Glenna Matoush
Birth Date:1946
Birth Place:Rama Reserve
Education:Quetico Park Centre, Quetico, Ontario, 1964; School of Fine Arts, Elliot Lake, Quebec, 1965; Museum of Fine Arts and Design, Montreal, Quebec, 1966-68; University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Guilde graphique de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, 1976-80

Glenna Matoush (born 1946) is a visual artist from Canada.Many of her early works were depictions of daily activities of members from the Cree community of Lake Mistassini, where she lived. Her more recent work addresses the social and political realities of Aboriginal people, including environmental issues, the impact of AIDs, and the recovery of indigenous languages and cultures.[1]

Early life and education

Matoush was born in 1946 in on the Rama Reserve, Ontario, Canada. She was the ninth of thirteen children.[2] Her tribal affiliation is Ojibway.[3] She moved to the Cree community of Lake Mistassini in 1971 and began raising a family. In 1992 she moved to Montreal, Quebec.

Her education includes Quetico Park Centre, Quetico, Ontario, 1964; School of Fine Arts, Elliot Lake, Quebec, 1965; Museum of Fine Arts and Design, Montreal, Quebec, 1966–68; University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta; Guilde graphique de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, 1976-80.[4]

Artistic career

Matoush began her artistic career as a printmaker. She turned to painting, collage, and mixed media starting in the 1990s.[3] Matoush's work has been compared to that of Jackson Pollock. She uses bright colors in works that are abstract, but based on careful design. Thematically, she addresses memory, spirituality, and the power of the land through a Cree and Anishnaabe lens. Much of her work has a social commentary component, such as her series Shaman Transporting Souls to the Heavens, in which she rebuts the idea that the petroglyphs in Ontario's Petroglyphs Provincial Park were made by vikings and not First Nations people. In Not an Act of God, her subject is the devastating drowning of twelve thousand caribou caused by a dam opening. The work's title references the statement of former Quebec premier Robert Bourassa, who called the incident an "act of God."

Exhibitions

Selected Individual Exhibitions

Selected Group Exhibitions

Works

Some of her works are:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mamawo Payiwak: They Gather Together in One Place. Canada. Government of Canada; Indigenous and Northern Affairs. Aadnc-aandc.gc.ca. en. 2018-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20170729053929/http://www.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/eng/1460134358656/1460134378435#img3. 2017-07-29. dead.
  2. Web site: Witness. 2007. Aboriginal Curatorial Collective. February 25, 2018. February 18, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180218024030/https://www.acc-cca.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ACC-witness.pdf. dead.
  3. Web site: Glenna Matoush | Creeculture.ca . 2018-02-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180218014428/http://creeculture.ca/content/glenna-matoush . 2018-02-18 . dead .
  4. Book: Matuz, Roger. St. James Guide to Native North American Artists. St. James Press. 1998. 1558622217. United States of America. 364-365.
  5. Book: Rice, Ryan. Requicken : Glenna Matoush. Carleton University Art Gallery. 2006. 0770905102. Ottawa, Ontario.
  6. Web site: Glenna Matoush Creeculture.ca. https://web.archive.org/web/20171220002912/http://creeculture.ca/gallery/3/image?page=0. dead. 2017-12-20. 2017-12-20. 2020-04-03.
  7. Web site: Glenna Matoush Creeculture.ca. https://web.archive.org/web/20171219211717/http://creeculture.ca/gallery/3/image?page=1. dead. 2017-12-19. 2017-12-19. 2020-04-03.

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