Skawennati

Skawennati
EducationConcordia University
Known forNew Media artist
AwardsimagineNATIVE Best New Media (2009) Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellow (2011)
Websitewww.skawennati.com

Skawennati is a Kahnawakeronon multimedia artist, best known for her online works as well as Machinima that explore contemporary Indigenous cultures, and what Indigenous life might look like in futures inspired by science fiction.[1][2] She served as the 2019 Indigenous Knowledge Holder at McGill University.[3] In 2011, she was awarded an Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship which recognized her as one of "the best and most relevant native artists."[4]

Skawennati is the co-founder of Nation to Nation and Co-Director with Jason Edward Lewis of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace, AbTeC, a research network of artists and academics who investigate and create Indigenous virtual environments.[5] AbTeC, whose goal is to ensure Indigenous presence in the web pages, online environments, video games and virtual worlds that comprise cyberspace, is based at the Milieux Institute for Arts, Culture and Technology at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec.[5][6][7]

She is one of the co-founders of daphne, the first Indigenous artist-run centre in Québec, along with Caroline Monnet, Hannah Claus, and Nadia Myre.[8]

  1. ^ Network, Government of Canada, Canadian Heritage, Canadian Heritage Information. "Artists in Canada". app.pch.gc.ca. Retrieved October 27, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ "Skawennati". www.centrevox.ca. Retrieved October 27, 2018.
  3. ^ "Indigenous Knowledge Holder Series 2019". Indigenous Studies Program. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  4. ^ Leizens, Tish (May 26, 2012). "Must See: NMAI in New York's 'We Are Here! The Eiteljorg Contemporary Art Fellowship' Exhibit – Indian Country Media Network". indiancountrymedianetwork.com. Retrieved March 18, 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Skawennati: for the ages". imagineNATIVE Film & Media Arts Festival. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Two Row was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace". Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  8. ^ T'Cha, Dunlevy (November 19, 2020). "Introducing daphne, Montreal's first Indigenous artist-run centre". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved February 4, 2021.