Chief Lady Bird

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Chief Lady Bird
Born
Nancy King

1993
NationalityAnishinaabe, Potawatomi
Alma materOCAD University
Known forArtist, Illustrator, Activist
Websitehttps://www.instagram.com/chiefladybird

Chief Lady Bird (also known as Nancy King) is a Chippewa and Potawatomi artist, illustrator, educator and community activist from Rama First Nation and Moosedeer Point First Nation, who currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.[1] Chief Lady Bird (Ogimaakwebnes) is her spirit name, which she uses professionally as an artist.[2][3] Her art is focused on foregrounding the experiences of Indigenous women.[4]

Career[]

Chief Lady Bird is well known for her collaborative murals, digital illustrations, children's book illustrations and contributions of Indigenous art to local spaces in Toronto. Chief Lady Bird often collaborates with fellow Indigenous (Oneida) artist Aura and examples of their collaborative work can be found around Toronto including murals on Queen Street West,[5] Beverley and D'Arcy Street,[6] Ravina Gardens,[7] ,[8] Ryerson University and Underpass Park under the Don Valley Parkway.[9]

Chief Lady Bird created the Turtle Island emoji for Twitter on National Indigenous Peoples Day.[10] She is "part of an informal digital network of activists, organizing their social media communities around Indigenous issues".[11]

In 2019, Chief Lady Bird illustrated the children's book Nibi's Water Song, written by [12] and published by Scholastic Canada.[13] This book features her dog Ludo as a character.[14] A review of the book in Quill & Quire called Chief Lady Bird's work "colourful and expressive".[15] Chief Lady Bird's work has been featured in Chirp Magazine.[16] Her work was also featured on the cover of the United Kingdom release for The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline.[17] In addition to this, Chief Lady Bird's work has appeared in solo or group exhibitions at Twist Gallery, the Gladstone Hotel, Gallery of Northumberland, Arts Square, the Lieutenant Governor's Suite, Yorkville Village, Super Wonder Gallery, the Carlu, Harbourfront Centre, Summer in the City Gallery and the Woodland Cultural Centre.[18]

Education[]

Chief Lady Bird holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from OCAD University, where she studied drawing and painting and minored in Indigenous Visual Culture.[4] She notes that "my art practice was about bringing experience from my major into my minor and vice versa."[19]

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Name Nomination Status
2017 Leading Women Building Communities Recognition Award Awarded[20]
2016 Ontario Arts Council Aboriginal Arts Award Nominated
2014 Indspire Undergraduate Fine Arts Award Awarded

References[]

  1. ^ "Chief Lady Bird". chiefladybirdart.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. ^ "Introducing Chief Lady Bird". MUSKRAT Magazine. 2016-09-23. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  3. ^ Camille Georgeson-Usher (15 June 2017). "Ogimaakwebnes (Chief Lady Bird) / Nancy King". Canadian Art.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Chief Lady Bird: How I Made It as an Artist". Flare. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  5. ^ "Women Paint Mural Artwork | Toronto Street Art & Graffiti". bretkelly.com. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  6. ^ WIKI