Greg A. Hill is a Canadian-born
First Nations artist and curator. He is
Kanyen'kehà:ka Mohawk, from
Six Nations of the Grand River Territory
Six Nations (or Six Nations of the Grand River, french: Réserve des Six Nations, see, Ye:i’ Níónöëdzage:h) is demographically the largest First Nations reserve in Canada. As of the end of 2017, it has a total of 27,276 members, 12,848 of w ...
, Ontario.
Early life
Hill was born and raised in Fort Erie, Ontario.
Art career
His work as a multidisciplinary artist focuses primarily on installation, performance and digital imaging and explores issues of his
Mohawk and
French-Canadian
French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the twentieth century; french: Canadiens français, ; feminine form: , ), or Franco-Canadians (french: Franco-Canadiens), refers to either an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to Fr ...
identity through the prism of colonialism, nationalism and concepts of place and community.
Hill has been exhibiting his work since 1989, with solo exhibitions and performance works across Canada as well as group exhibitions in North America and abroad. His work can be found in the collections of the Canada Council, the Indian Art Centre, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, the Canadian Native Arts Foundation (now
Indspire), the Woodland Cultural Center, the City of Ottawa, the Ottawa Art Gallery and the International Museum of Electrography.
Curatorial career
Hill serves as the Audain Senior Curator of Indigenous Art at the
National Gallery of Canada.
Awards and honours
In 2018, Hill received the Indspire Award for Arts.
References
External links
Official website
Canadian installation artists
Canadian performance artists
First Nations installation artists
First Nations performance artists
Canadian Mohawk people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Six Nations of the Grand River
Franco-Ontarian people
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