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lisa walker (she/her/hers) x̄á’isla nation
based in unceded stolen kʷikʷəƛ̓əm territories, so called bc canada
b.1984
overview: mixed Indigenous artist with a BFA in Photography currently practicing beading as a full time career
@lisa.beading
juried beadwork events:
Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week, Nov 2022
McMaster Museum of Art - Cosmos Concert and Moon Market, Oct 2022
Toronto Indigenous Fashion Arts Week, June 2022
Indigenous Pop Up Shop YYJ, Victoria BC, Dec 2021
Talking Stick Pow Wow, Feb 2020
HELISET TŦE SḰÁL - 'Let the Languages Live' FPCC Indigenous Peoples Language Conference, June 2019
selected artist talks:
CARFAC Indigenous Protocols - Protection & Considerations for Indigenous Artists - Workshop Speaker, Sept 2022
Shopify Small Business Artist Talk, March 2022
Kanaka Bar Indian Band - Entrepreneurship Program Speaker, Jan 2022
Beading as Advocacy, canadian Roots Exchange, Aug 2021
BC Campus, Indigenous Speaker Series, June 2020
artist/cultural mentorship roles:
Our World: Indigenous Community and youth driven film workshops that foster creative expression in themes of Indigenous culture, language and life, 2018-present
Vancouver Stories 125: a city-wide digital storytelling project, 2012
Carnegie Art Room facilitator, 2012
Riley Park Stories: a community based digital storytelling project, 2009
“reconciliation” work for the city of Vancouver (on and off from 2010-2019)
solo shows:
Spanning Time: Coinciding Self Portraits, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver BC, 2013
taking a vacation, The Beehive, Vancouver BC, 2011
Migration Patterns, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver BC, 2010
Sight-Seeing, Re-entry Espresso and Wicked Cafe, Vancouver BC, 2009
selected group shows:
Bill Reid Gallery - Beaded Nostalgia Show, Vancouver BC 2022
Carnegie Art Room Swarm Show, Carnegie Centre, Vancouver BC, 2012
Space Invaders, Red Gate, Vancouver BC, 2010
581, Goonies, Vancouver BC, 2009
Emily Carr Undergraduate Exhibition, Vancouver BC, 2008
We are Collective, Gallery Gachet, Vancouver BC, 2008
Fractured, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver BC, 2007
publications:
Beading as Medicine Zine, July 2020
“Framed: Self portraiture in Canada" Geist Magazine, 2015
Other Tongues: Mixed Race Women Speak Out, Inanna Publications & Education Inc, 2011
University of Alberta, Sociology Department Website, 2008
Redwire Magazine, June 2008