Crane at Pine Tree
Janice Toulouse
Painting - 31 x 31 x 1.4 cm Painting - 12.2 x 12.2 x 0.6 inch
$577
Music of the Countryside
Janice Toulouse
Painting - 40 x 55.5 x 2.5 cm Painting - 15.7 x 21.9 x 1 inch
$577
Cezanne's Mont Saint Victoire
Janice Toulouse
Painting - 48 x 55 x 2 cm Painting - 18.9 x 21.7 x 0.8 inch
$923
Chieftain Meeting in Blue Mountains
Janice Toulouse
Painting - 41 x 50 x 2 cm Painting - 16.1 x 19.7 x 0.8 inch
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Biography
Janice Toulouse is a senior Ojibwe artist, a member of Garden River First Nation, born and raised in Serpent River and Toronto. She lives in Paris, France. She was the first in history Indigenous graduate and earned a Master of Fine Arts from Concordia University in Montreal in 1985. She taught Painting and Indigenous Art History at Emily Carr University in Vancouver for twenty years until retiring teaching in 2017. Her art practice is to share her life experience as a Anishinaabe Kwe painter and storyteller. Her artworks investigate the respect of nature, land rights and traditional spiritual beliefs. She pursues her artistic work to create paintings and installations that honor her Anishinaabe ancestry. Her work is in public collections in North America. She has exhibited widely internationally, in Canada, U.S.A, and Europe. Toulouse is an awards recipient, including: 2019 Ontario Arts Council Indigenous Arts Award, 2017 Canada 150 Reveal Indigenous Arts Award, and 2009 Canada Council of the Arts, International Travel Grant.