Jamie Isaac | |
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 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]
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]
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]
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