Curriculum Vitae
I’m an aspiring Mi’gmaq designer, from Listuguj - Quebec. I specialize in working with leather and various metal materials. My designs are mostly influence by traditional artifacts, as well as Mi’gmaq Petroglyphs (Rock drawing). I’m specialized in traditional Mi’gmaq embellishment techniques such as: Beadwork, Quillwork and moose hair tufting.
Historical Reproduction of O’Halloran Coat — Project Manager — 2021 - Present
- Replicating historical artifacts
- Managing and Organizing project goals
- Working with a team
Sole Proprietorship, Gigpesan; Listuguj, Quebec – 2020 - Present
- Starting up
New Brunswick College of Craft and Design – Aboriginal Visual Arts diploma — 2017 - 2019
New Brunswick College of Craft and Design – Fashion Design diploma — 2019 - 2021
New Brunswick College of Craft and Design – Advanced Studio Practice— 2021 - Present
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Watercolour Painting, Fashion Illustration, Final Cut Pro X, Basic Photography, Basic Cinematography, Beadwork, Porcupine Quillwork, Cosmetics.
Mi’gmaq - Nnui'si (Intermediate)
English - Fluent
Français - Intermédiaire (Intermediate)
-United Colours of Fashion Show — 2021
Imperial Theatre — Saint John, New Brunswick
- “Ink & Blood” Created Here Magazine Article — 2021
Written by Jerry-Faye Flatt - Photographed by Hailey Fayle
https://www.createdhere.ca/stories/free-preview-indigenous-artist-new-brunswick
- “NBCCD Fashion Look Book” Fashion Look Book — 2021
- “NBCCD Annual Fashion Event” Online Fashion Show — 2021-Present
https://nbccd.ca/nbccd-fashion-week/collections/oakley-rain-gray/
- “Survivance Of Indigenous Art: 2020 Pandemic” Online Exhibition — 2020-Present
https://www.mawiart.org/online-gallery
- “Pivot” Fashion Design Exhibition — 2019-2020
The George Fry Gallery - Fredericton, NB
- “One on One” — 2019 (Curated by Brigitte Clavette)
The George Fry Gallery - Fredericton, NB
- “Keeper of the light”— 2019 (Curated by Emma Hassencahl Perley)
Eastern Edge Gallery - Saint-John’s New, Newfoundland
- NBCCD Grad Show (Representing Aboriginal Visual Arts) — 2019
Beaver Brook Art Gallery - Fredericton, NB
- “Earth and Light” Photo Exhibit — 2019
Fredericton Play House Gallery - Fredericton, NB
- Aboriginal Visual Arts Exhibition — 2019
The George Fry Gallery - Fredericton, NB
- Aboriginal Affairs Award — Pi’gun — Custom Logo for Award Plaque - 2019
- McGill University — Faculty of Medicine — Beaded Stethoscope - 2018
- Atlantic Ballet of Canada — Ghost of violence — Custom point shoes - 2016
Press - CBC New Brunswick — “N.B. fashion group hopes to weave a future for designers of colour” — 2021
- CBC New Brunswick — “Mi'kmaw artists recreating 180-year-old regalia” — 2021
- “Best in show” — United Colours of Fashion Show — 2021