• Shelley Niro: Why it’s time for new images of Indigenous womanhood

  • Nov 29 2024
  • Length: 31 mins
  • Podcast

Shelley Niro: Why it’s time for new images of Indigenous womanhood

  • Summary

  • The Mohawk artist Shelley Niro was inspired to professionally pursue art after seeing prints of Norval Morrisseau's work on the wall at her dentist’s office. Now, she has two prestigious Canadian contemporary art awards under her belt (the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts and the Scotiabank Photography Award) and she’s celebrating her first major career retrospective, “500 Year Itch,” at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Shelley joins Tom Power to talk about the show, how her work uses pop culture and satire to puncture stereotypes about Indigenous people, and how she developed her unique sense of humour.

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