Jaimie Isaac

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Jamie Isaac
Jaimie Isaac and Leah Decter with '(official denial) trade value in progress' at 180 Projects.jpg
Jaimie Isaac and Leah Decter with '(official denial) trade value in progress' at 180 Projects
Nationality Sagkeeng First Nation, Canadian
Alma mater University of British Columbia

Jaimie Isaac is a Winnipeg-based Anishinaabe artist and curator. [1]

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Early life and education

Isaac is of Ojibway and British descent and is a member of Sagkeeng First Nation. [2] She holds a master's degree from the University of British Columbia and a BA in art history with an Arts and Cultural Management Certificate from the University of Winnipeg. [2] Her Masters of Arts thesis was titled, "Decolonizing curatorial practice: acknowledging Indigenous cultural praxis, mapping its agency, recognizing its aesthetic within contemporary Canadian art." [3]

Career

Jamie is a founding member of The Ephemerals Collective, an all-female Indigenous arts collective based out of Winnipeg. [4] She has sat on the boards of numerous Canadian art organizations including the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective and the Aboriginal Manitoba Music association. [5]

In 2010, Isaac was employed as the visual arts coordinator for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. [5] In 2016, Isaac was co-faculty with artist Duane Linklater at the Summer Institute of the Wood Land School at Plug In Institute. [6]

From 2015 to 2017, Isaac served as the Winnipeg Art Gallery's Aboriginal Curatorial Resident, a position funded by the Canada Council for the Arts. [7]

In 2017, Isaac was hired as Curator of Indigenous and Contemporary Art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. [8] In 2021, she was appointed chief curator at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. [9]

In 2017, she co-curated the exhibition INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE with Indigenous artist/curator Jaimie Isaac. This was the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s largest ever exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art featuring works by 29 artists. [10] [11]

Work

Writing

Exhibitions

Awards and nominations

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