Professional Native Indian Artists Inc.

The Professional Native Indian Artists Incorporation (PNIAI) was a group of First Nations artists from Canada, with one from the United States.^[1] Founded in November 1973, they were Indigenous painters who exhibited in the mainstream art world.

They were informally known as the Indian Group of Seven and now the Indigenous Group of Seven.^[2] The nickname alludes to the Group of Seven, an early 20th-century Euro-Canadian group of painters.

The PNIAI were Daphne Odjig, Alex Janvier, Jackson Beardy, Eddy Cobiness, Norval Morrisseau, Carl Ray and Joseph Sanchez.

^ Nayyar, Rhea (2024-07-16). "Alex Janvier, Indigenous Painter of Evocative Abstractions, Dies at 89". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-07-19.
^ "The Indigenous Group Of Seven - Midland Cultural Centre Gallery Of Indigenous Art". MENAFN. Middle East North Africa Financial Network. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[:1-1] Nayyar, Rhea (2024-07-16). "Alex Janvier, Indigenous Painter of Evocative Abstractions, Dies at 89". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2024-07-19.

[2] "The Indigenous Group Of Seven - Midland Cultural Centre Gallery Of Indigenous Art". MENAFN. Middle East North Africa Financial Network. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

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