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DAPHNE ODJIG - ARTIST
Daphne Odjig is one of Canada's best-known Aboriginal artists. A member of the Wikwemikong Unceded First Nation, she was born in the community of Wikwemikong on Manitoulin Island in 1919. Her career began to develop in the 1960s, with the success of her works featuring the Cree people of northern Manitoba. Odjig works in many different media, including oil on masonite, pastel on paper, acrylic on paper and coloured pencils.
In her long and successful career, she has participated in over 30 solo and 50 group exhibitions of her work. Examples of her work are held in the collections of the Canada Council Art Bank, the National Gallery of Canada, the McMichael Canadian Collection and the Tom Thompson Gallery. She has received commissions from Expo '70 held in Osaka, Japan, and the Museum of Man and Nature in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Odjig was also appointed to the Order of Canada in 1986 and elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1989.
Her many awards include:
Manitoba Arts Council Bursary
Canada Silver Jubilee Medal
Ceremonial eagle feather from the Wikwemikong community
National Aboriginal Achievement Award (1998)
Honorary Doctor of Letters, Laurentian University (1982)
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Toronto (1985)
Honorary Doctor of Education, Nipissing University (1997)
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