Arielle Twist

Arielle Twist is a Nehiyaw (Cree)[1] multidisciplinary artist and sex educator based in Halifax, Nova Scotia located in Canada. She is originally from George Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan.[2] and identifies as a Two-Spirit, transgender woman[1] She was mentored in her early career by writer Kai Cheng Thom[3] and has since published a collection of poems in 2019 in her book Disintegrate / Dissociate,[4] began working as a sex educator at Venus Envy[4] and become an MFA candidate at OCAD University Graduate Studies in the Interdisciplinary Art, Media and Design (IAMD) program.[5] Twist has also expanded her artistry past poetry into visual and performance art.[3] Over her time as an artist, Arielle Twist has had her work featured in Khyber Centre for the Arts, Toronto Media Arts Centre, La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, Centre for Art Tapes, Art Gallery of Mississauga, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, and Agnes Etherington Art Centre.[6] Twist has also won the Indigenous Voices Award for English poetry[7] and the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for emerging LGBTQ writers in 2020.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Arielle Twist". CBC Books. June 26, 2019.
  2. ^ van Koeverden, Jane (April 29, 2019). "Arielle Twist explores grief in her poetry and finds a home in the Indigenous arts community".
  3. ^ a b McCracken, Brennan (February 28, 2019). "Arielle Twist's becoming".
  4. ^ a b Mullin, Mogan (August 13, 2020). "Behind the verse with Arielle Twist".
  5. ^ Paglione, Joshua (October 29, 2020). "IAMD MFA student, Arielle Twist wins 10K Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LGBTQ Writers!".
  6. ^ "Arielle Twist".
  7. ^ "Winners Announced for 2020 Indigenous Voices Awards". June 22, 2020.
  8. ^ "4 emerging Canadian writers receive $10K prizes from Writers' Trust of Canada". CBC Books. October 21, 2020.