Judy Anderson is a Nêhiyaw Cree artist from the Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, which is a Treaty 4 territory. Anderson is currently an Associate Professor of Canadian Indigenous Studio Art in the Department of Arts at the University of Calgary. Her artwork focuses on issues of spirituality, colonialism, family, and Indigeneity and she uses in her practice hand-made paper, beadwork, painting, and does collaborative projects, such as the ongoing collaboration with her son Cruz, where the pair combine traditional Indigenous methodologies and graffiti.[1][2][3] Anderson has also been researching traditional European methods and materials of painting.[2]
Judy Anderson | |
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| Born | Gordon First Nation, Saskatchewan |
| Known for | beadwork, painting, installation art |
Career
editShe holds a BA and a BFA from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA from the University of Regina. Anderson was a faculty member at the First Nations University of Canada and the University of Regina. She was hired in 2017 by the University of Calgary[4] to teach Studio and Indigenous Art History.
Anderson was the Founding director of Platteforum in 2002, a non profit arts organization geared toward educating the youth[5]
Anderson works in painting, beadwork, augmented reality, and installation art.[6][7][8] She focuses on issues of spirituality, family, graffiti and popular representations of Aboriginal people, all of which are created with the purpose of honoring the people in her life.[9] Her work has been included in national projects remembering missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.[10]
She and her son Cruz Anderson work on glass beaded graffiti art on moose hide.[3] The pair collaborated on a piece which honored Anderson's grandmother who was murdered when Judy was 12. Her pieces shed light on murdered and missing Indigenous peoples and was featured in an exhibit called "Walking with our Sisters" in 2013.[11]
In 2014, Anderson was invited to teach at The Prince's School of Traditional Arts in London, England where she taught Prince Charles how to sew beads and porcupine quills on a moose hide.[12]
Anderson's work is represented in the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Canada.[13]
Exhibitions
edit- Critical Faculties (Plain Red Gallery, First Nations University of Canada) 2012[14]
- The Synthetic Age (MacKenzie Art Gallery) 2013 [15]
- Walking With Our Sisters (Plain Red Gallery, First Nations University of Canada) 2013 [16]
- The Sole Project (The Art Gallery of Regina) 2016[17]
- Bead Speak (Slate Fine Art Gallery) 2016[18]
- Working Mom (Last Mountain Lake Gallery) 2017
- Beading Now (La Guilde) 2019[19]
- Bead Speak 2.0 (Slate Gallery) 2020[19]
- BACA (Biennale d’art contemporain autochtone / Contemporary Native Art Biennial): Honouring Kinship (Art Mûr) 2020[19]
- Biennial of Contemporary Art (Remai Modern) 2020[19]
- The Radical Stitch (Mackenzie Art Gallery) 2022[20][21]
Awards
editIn 2016 Anderson received the Denver Art Museum Gold Key Award, awarded to only those who have made significant contributions to contemporary art in Colorado[5]
In 2017, Anderson won the National Salt Spring Award[22]
References
edit- ^ "Department of Art". University of Calgary. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ a b "About – Judy Anderson". Retrieved 2022-03-15.
- ^ a b Robertson, Carmen (2017). "Land and Beaded Identity: Shaping Art Histories of Indigenous Women of the Flatland" (PDF). RACAR: Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review. 42 (2): 13–29. doi:10.7202/1042943ar. S2CID 165808124.
- ^ "Judy Anderson". Kwä̀n Mày Dáyè Dàátthʼi. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ a b "About | Judy Anderson Studio". Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ Benjoe, Kerry (September 19, 2016). "Five Saskatchewan artists take beading to a whole new level". Leader Post. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Anderson, Judy; Nourse, Sheila; Paoli, Loretta. "The Sole Project" (PDF). Art Gallery of Regina.
- ^ Caines, Rebecca; Viader Knowles, Rachelle; Anderson, Judy (2013). "QR Codes and Traditional Beadwork: Augmented Communities Improvising Together". M/C: Media and Culture. 16 (6). doi:10.5204/mcj.734.
- ^ "Judy Anderson". iscp-nyc.org. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ Smith, Kim (November 25, 2013). "Exhibit honours missing and murdered indigenous women". Global News. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Rieger, Sarah (2017-03-19). "Judy And Cruz Anderson Transform Graffiti Into Traditional Cree Beadwork". HuffPost Canada. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
- ^ Allen, Bonnie (November 11, 2014). "Prince Charles gives First Nations art from Canada royal review". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
- ^ "Judy Anderson, Exploit Robe (Toying Around)". National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ Caines, Rebecca (2013). "QR Codes and Traditional Beadwork: Augmented Communities Improvising Together". M/C: Media and Culture. 16 (6). doi:10.5204/mcj.734.
- ^ "The Synthetic Age". MacKenzie Art Gallery. MacKenzie Art Gallery. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Bird, Judy (November 26, 2013). "Powerful art installation honours missing, murdered women". Eagle Feather Newa. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ "Art Gallery of Regina". Exhibitions and Publications Archive. Art Gallery of Regina. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ Bellegarde, Brad (September 29, 2016). "Art exhibit shines light on contemporary beadwork". CBC News. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d "About". Judy Anderson. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ "Exhibitions: The Radical Stitch". Mackenzie Art Gallery. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ Piapot, Ntawnis (May 6, 2022). "Radical Stitch, one of the largest ever exhibitions of Indigenous beadwork, opens in Regina". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 25, 2022.
- ^ "Cree Artist Judy Anderson Wins Salt Spring National Art Prize". Canadian Art. Retrieved 25 July 2019.