Peter Brass, Terrance Houle, Jackson 2bears
November 24 – December 19, 2009
REZIDENTS
An exhibition of recent works by Peter Brass, Terrance Houle and Jackson 2bears
Presented by Sâkêwêwak Artists’ Collective
November 24 – December 19, 2009
Exhibiting at:
Neutral Ground
#203-1856 Scarth Street
Regina, Saskatchewan
Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Saturday
11:00 am – 5:00 pm
CLOSING RECEPTION/CHRISTMAS PARTY – DECEMBER 12TH, 2009 – 8 PM
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Jackson 2bears is a Kanien’kehaka (Mohawk) multimedia artist
currently based in Victoria B.C. Canada. 2bears’ has exhibited his
multimedia works in solo and group exhibitions across Canada, most
recently at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (Victoria B.C),
ImagineNative Film + Media Arts Festival (Toronto O.N.), Video In
Video Out (Vancouver B.C.), and at the Visual Eyez Festival (Edmonton
A.B.) He has also been exhibited internationally in media arts
festivals and group exhibitions, most recently at Digital Art Weeks
(Zurich, Switzerland). He has also released several recordings and
live performances on CD and DVD in both solo and collaborative
contexts. 2bears is currently a Ph.D. student at the University of
Victoria, and recent recipient of the Victor Martyn Lynch – Staunton
Award for media art, an annual award recognizing outstanding
mid-career artists in the seven disciplines funded by the Canada
Council for the Arts
Terrance Houle (Blood) is an interdisciplinary media artist whose
work ranges from painting to drawing, video/film, mixed media,
performance, and installation. He is also a powwow dancer. He works
as a youth mentor teaching video production and art at Metis Calgary
Family Services in Calgary, Alberta. Houle is the recipient of the
Enbridge Emerging Artist Award given during the Mayor’s Luncheon of
the City of Calgary in 2006. He performed in the improv series
“Diplomatic Immunities” during the 2006 Enbridge play Rites Festival
of New Canadian Plays in Calgary, Alberta. In 2004, his short The
Wagon Burner won the Best Experimental Film Award at the imagine
NATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival in Toronto, Ontario. Houle was a
resident at the Banff Centre for the Arts in 2003, producing work
about colonization and communion with thirty-three other indigenous
artists from Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand, and the United
States. He received a BFA in Fibre from Alberta College of Art &
Design in Calgary.
Image credit
Terrance Houle
Pray for Me
2008
