Charlene Vickers | |
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Born | 1970 (age 53–54) Kenora, Ontario, Canada |
Nationality | Anishnabe (Ojibwa) |
Education | Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and Simon Fraser University |
Known for | Artist |
Website | http://charlenevickersvisualartist.blogspot.ca/ |
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She graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and received an MFA from Simon Fraser University. She is on the board of directors at grunt gallery in Vancouver, BC. [3] Her work Sleeman Makazin [4] is in the permanent collections at the Museum of Anthropology at University of British Columbia (UBC) in Vancouver, BC.
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