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Christi Marlene Belcourt (born September 24, 1966) is a Métis visual artist and author living and working in Canada. She is best known for her acrylic paintings which depict floral patterns inspired by Métis and First Nations historical beadwork art. Belcourt's work often focuses on questions around identity, culture, place and divisions within communities.

Christi Belcourt
Christi Belcourt as an Artist in Residence at the McMichael Art Gallery, Kleinburg, ON, 2004
Born1966
Scarborough, Ontario
NationalityMétis, Canadian
OccupationPainter
Parent(s)Tony Belcourt, Judith Pierce-Martin
RelativesShane Belcourt, Suzanne Belcourt
Websitechristibelcourt.com

Biography


Born in Scarborough, Ontario, Christi Belcourt is the daughter of national Métis rights activist Tony Belcourt and Judith Pierce-Martin (née Stretch). Her family's roots are connected to Manitou Saskhigan (also known as Lac Ste. Anne), Alberta. Her brother Shane Belcourt is a writer, director, musician and cinematographer known for his feature film Tkaronto, which depicts the life of urban Métis and First Nations people. Her sister Suzanne Belcourt is a graphic designer and artist living and working in southern Ontario. In 1970, her father was elected as the founding President of the Native Council of Canada (now known as the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples) and the family relocated permanently to Ottawa, Ontario from Edmonton, Alberta.[1]

As a Métis visual artist with a deep respect for the traditions and knowledge of her people, the majority of her work explores and celebrates the beauty of the natural world. She is the author of three books and her artwork has been utilized as cover artwork for many publications. Belcourt's work has been featured in two documentary films: So Much Depends Upon Who Holds The Shovel (2008, Wayne Peltier) and A Life in Balance (2012, Kathy Browning).[2]

Her artistic work has been commissioned by the Gabriel Dumont Institute (Saskatoon, 2004), the Nature Conservancy of Canada and the Centre for Traditional Knowledge & Museum of Nature (Ottawa, 2002), and is found in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Thunder Bay Art Gallery and the Canadian Museum of Civilization, First People's Hall. Belcourt is a past recipient of awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council and the Métis Nation of Ontario.[1]


Community activism


Belcourt is the project creator and lead coordinator of the Walking With Our Sisters, a crowd-sourced commemorative art installation for the missing and murdered Indigenous women of Canada and the United States. Started in 2012 this project has toured throughout communities in North America and continues to be driven by community volunteers.[3][4]

In 2014, Belcourt founded the community based The Onaman Collective with Isaac Murdoch and Erin Konsmo. This project aims to preserve traditional knowledge, language, and teachings.[5][4] In recent years Belcourt has become a vocal advocate for the need for a Métis land base and the power of Indigenous language restoration.[6] The Onaman Collective has also worked to connect traditional knowledge keepers and elders with Indigenous youth.[7] The Collective has also engaged in advocacy around water protection and raising awareness of the need to protect the Great Lakes and other bodies of water.[8] They created a series of banners free to download on their website to use during water and land protection events.[9] These banners are act of solidarity between water, land and animals protectors from different communities across Turtle Island.[10]

In the same year, Belcourt was also involved in promoting the "blue dot" movement as a way of visually protesting government decisions around the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act.[11] The blue dots added to photographs in this movement were used as a way of identifying the marginalized people left out of the conversations by the Canadian Government.

As a form of activism in 2016, Belcourt requested the Métis Nation of Ontario remove her name from the organization's registry. Belcourt's request was in part based on her disagreement with the organization's decision to sign deals with mining companies such as Energy East and Nuclear Waste Management Organization.[12]

Beginning in 2017, Belcourt was involved in the establishment 150 Acts of Resistance project. This initiative was designed to counter the Canadian government narrative around the "Canada 150" sesquicentennial celebration and to promote a discussion of the realities of colonialism and Indigenous resistance in Canada.[13]


Artwork



Painting


Belcourt has created large, mural-sized acrylic paintings that resemble the beadwork of her ancestors and community, by using her brush to make tiny dots that resemble beadwork. Her paintings are filled with floral designs that include insects, birds and other animals, spread out across the canvas. These are not just floral patterns or illustrations, but Belcourt has created stories for each work.[14]

In 2014, Christi Belcourt was inspired to make an acrylic on canvas painting with measurements of 36 by 48 inches and named, Offerings and Prayers for Genebek Ziibing. According to Belcourt, “between 1955 to 1978, there were over 30 tailings dumps and spills from uranium mines at Elliot Lake into the 10 lakes and Serpent River. The radiation from uranium dumps completely killed the life in the waters and the people of Genaabaajing are still living with the devastating environmental effects today.”[15] According to a case study on Elliot Lake written in 1982, by nuclear analyst Ralph Torrie, “At Elliot Lake, Ontario, tailings were dumped into various lakes in the Serpent River watershed throughout the 1950s and 1960s.”[16] This painting was created because of the inspiration received from the stories and teachings of Isaac Murdoch a Indigenous artist and environmentalist.[17]


Exhibitions



Individual



Group



Permanent installations



Other artistic works



Publications



Awards


Belcourt is the recipient of numerous awards and grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Chalmers Family Fund and the Métis Nation of Ontario, including:[28]


See also



References


  1. "Christi Belcourt turned an act of discrimination into a work of art". CBC Radio. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  2. "CV". Christi Belcourt. 2015. Archived from the original on May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  3. Porter, Jody (October 10, 2014). "Walking With Our Sisters installation 'more than beautiful artwork'". CBC News, Thunder Bay. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  4. Merz-Edwards, Jean (Winter 2017). "Christi Belcourt: Michif Painter". First American Art. 17: 50–55.
  5. McMahon, Ryan (September 7, 2015). "Red Man Laughing (S.5) - The Onaman Collective Interview". Red Man Laughting. Archived from the original on May 13, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  6. "Christi Belcourt: Reclaiming ourselves one name at a time". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  7. "Teaching tradition: Bringing youth and elders together to learn from each other". CBC Radio. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  8. Brown, Lynne. "The Great Lakes Gathering. For the Water. Ojibway Park. | SaultOnline.com". saultonline.com. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  9. Collective, Onaman. "Onaman Collective". Onaman Collective.
  10. Awasis, Sakihitowin. "Keep in the ground". Canadian Art.
  11. Sterritt, Angela (February 12, 2014). "Blue dots becoming symbol for First Nations Education Act resistance". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  12. "Prominent Métis artist wants name removed from Métis Nation registry". Up North. CBC News. November 4, 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  13. Sandals, Leah (January 17, 2017). "Artists and Allies Resist #Canada150 Push on Social Media". Canadian Art. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  14. Penney, David (2013). Before and After the Horizon - Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes. Smithsonian Institution: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian. pp. 24–25, 92–93. ISBN 978-1-58834-452-6.
  15. "Recent Work | Christi Belcourt". christibelcourt.com. Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  16. Torrie, Ralph (1982). "What the Record Shows: Uranium Mine Tailings". Alternatives. 10 (2/3): 15–31. ISSN 0002-6638.
  17. "Who We Are | Onaman Collective". Retrieved 2021-04-09.
  18. Yohe, Jill Ahlberg; Greeves, Teri. (2019). Hearts of Our People: Native Women Artists, Minneapolis: Minneapolis Institute of Art. ISBN 9780295745794.
  19. "Art to 'save the world': Uprising comes to Thunder Bay art gallery". CBC. July 2, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  20. "National art project showcasing Indigenous resilience". APTN. June 7, 2018. Retrieved 2018-07-06.
  21. Santos, Joshua (April 19, 2018). "AGGP to host Indigenous art exhibition". Daily Herald Tribune. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  22. "Stained Glass Window in Parliament Commemorating the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools". Indigenous And Northern Affairs Canada. December 12, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  23. "The Medals Story: Pan Am and Parapan Am competition medals". 2015. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  24. Everett-Green, Robert (August 4, 2015). "Métis artist Christi Belcourt inspires Valentino fashion line". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  25. "Christi Belcourt brings traditional Métis beadwork to this artistic fashion collab | CBC Life". CBC. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  26. "Métis Artist Christi Belcourt". First Nations Drum Newspaper. 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2018-05-15.
  27. Hurst, Allison (2021-06-06). "Church bells chime 215 times for children found buried at Kamloops residential school". British Columbia. Archived from the original on 2021-06-06. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  28. Hunnie, C (2007–2008). "Christi Belcourt Expression of Nature". Aboriginal Boreal Conservation Leaders. Archived from the original on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2009-10-05.
  29. Alex, Cathy (October 9, 2016). "Northern Ontario Indigenous artists recognized with Premier's awards for excellence". CBC News. Retrieved February 10, 2017.
  30. "Christi Belcourt receives Governor General Award for Innovation". CBC News. May 19, 2016. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  31. Hosein, Lise (July 20, 2015). "Medals artist Christi Belcourt owns the Pan Am podium | CBC Arts". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  32. "2014 ABORIGINAL ARTS LAUREATE: CHRISTI BELCOURT". MUSKRAT Magazine. 2014-08-06. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  33. "Christi Belcourt receives Influential Women of Northern Ontario award". Métis Nation of Ontario. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  34. "Raising awareness and creating momentum for indigenous culture". Governor General’s Innovation Awards. Retrieved 2022-01-19.
  35. "Christi Belcourt receives 2014 Ontario Arts Council Aboriginal Arts Award". Ontario Arts Council. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 2018-03-19.



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Christi Marlene Belcourt (née le 24 septembre 1966) est une artiste et écrivaine métisse qui habite et travaille au Canada. Elle est surtout connue pour ses peintures à l'acrylique représentant des motifs floraux inspirés de l'art du perlage historique des peuples métis et des Premières Nations. Belcourt est reconnue au sein de la communauté métis comme l'une des artistes métis les plus prééminentes du Canada. L'œuvre de Belcourt porte souvent sur des questions d'identité, de culture, de lieu et de divisions au sein de communautés.



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