Jeneen Frei Njootli is an interdisciplinary Vuntut Gwitchin artist known primarily for their work with sound and textiles, performance, fashion, workshops, and barbeques.

Work

Njootli is a co-creator of the ReMatriate Collective, a group working toward better representation of Indigenous women in the media. As one of the five finalist of the 2018

Sobey Art Award The Sobey Art Award is Canada's largest prize for young Canadian artists. It is named after Canadian businessperson and art collector Frank H. Sobey, who established The Sobey Art Foundation. It is an annual prize given to an artist 40 and under wh ...

, Njoottli's work, ''wind sucked in through bared teeth'' (2017) is included in an eponymous exhibition featuring the finalists at the

National Gallery of Canada The National Gallery of Canada (french: Musée des beaux-arts du Canada), located in the capital city of Ottawa, Ontario, is Canada's national art museum. The museum's building takes up , with of space used for exhibiting art. It is one of the l ...

. In 2016, Njootli completed the Media Arts Residency at the Western Front, an

artist-run centre An artist-run space or artist-run centre (Canada) is a gallery or other facility operated or directed by artists, frequently circumventing the structures of public art centers, museums, or commercial galleries and allowing for a more experimental ...

in Vancouver. Njootli has worked on several projects and presentations with artist

Olivia Whetung Olivia Whetung is a contemporary artist, printmaker, writer, and member of the Curve Lake First Nation and citizen of the Nishnaabe, Nishnaabeg Nation. Education Whetung completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a minor in Anishinaabemowin at Algoma ...

. Whetung wrote ''Fugitive Dust'' to accompany Njootli’s solo exhibition ''I Can’t Make You Those Mitts Because There Is a Hole in My Heart and My Hands Hurt'' (2018).

Education

In 2017, Njootli earned an M.F.A from the

University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university, public research university with campuses near Vancouver and in Kelowna, British Columbia. Established in 1908, it is British Columbia's oldest university. The university ranks a ...

. In 2016, Njootli completed the Earth Line Indigenous Tattoo training residency.

Performance

2018 * Sound tools,

Mercer Union Mercer Union is a Canadian artist-run centre in Toronto, Ontario, established in 1979 to exhibit contemporary art. History Mercer Union was founded in 1979 by artists Michael Balfe, Peter Blendell, Ric Evans, Peter Hill, Jamie Lyons, David MacW ...

, Toronto ON 2016 * Ishi: The Archive Performance with James Luna,

la Jolla Playhouse La Jolla Playhouse is a not-for-profit, professional theatre on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. History La Jolla Playhouse was founded in 1947 by Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and Mel Ferrer. In 1983, it was revived under ...

, San Diego CA * The language your tongue might find could be haunting, Sled Island Music Festival, Calgary AB * Melanocite, aceart, Winnipeg MB 2015 * La Pocha Nostra, Live Biennale with La Pocha Nostra at VIVO, Vancouver BC * Native Stories: Sounds, Stories & Shadows with James Luna, Live Biennale at VIVO, Vancouver BC * She Showed Me What I Had Done, or What I Had Been Doing, Macaulay Co. & Fine Art, Vancouver BC * Artist Talk and Performance at Audain Gallery, Super Cool Tuesdays, Vancouver BC 2014 * Performer: Claiming Space Exhibition Opening,

Museum of Anthropology This is a list of museums with major collections in ethnography and anthropology. It is sorted by descending number of objects listed. # Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada #: 3.75 million artifacts # Musée du quai Branly, P ...

, Vancouver BC

Awards and honours

In 2018, Njootli was the Sobey Art Award Finalist for the West Coast and Yukon categories. In 2017, Njootli was also longlisted for the

for the West Coast and Yukon categories, and in the same year, awarded the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver's Artist Prize. In 2016, Njootli was awarded the Hnatyshyn Foundation, William & Meredith Saunderson Prize for Emerging Canadian Artist Lectures, Workshops & Curating.

References

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Work

Education

Performance

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