ODJIG, Daphne 1919-

PERSONAL: Born 1919, on Wikwemikong Indian Reserve, Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada.

ADDRESSES: Agent—Phillip Gevic, c/o Author Mail, Key Porter Books, 70 The Esplanade, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1R2 Canada.

CAREER: Painter, with work commissioned by Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature and National Museum of Man Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Indian Prints of Canada Ltd., founder and member, 1970; Manitou Arts Foundation, teacher, early 1970s; Professional Native Indian Artists, Inc. (also known as Indian Group of Seven), cofounder, 1973; Warehouse Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, founder, 1974. Society of Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry, resource person, 1985; Native Arts Foundation, member of board of directors, 1986. Exhibitions: Work represented in many solo and group shows, including exhibitions at Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Canadian Guild of Crafts, Canadian Pavilion at Osaka, Japan, Royal Ontario Museum, General Assembly Building of the United Nations, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, CA, Oklahoma Museum of Art, and exhibitions in Yugoslavia, France, England, the Netherlands, and Belgium; work collected widely throughout Canada, including representation at Prince Edward Island Museum and Heritage Foundation, Ojibway Cultural Foundation, several Canadian provincial government agencies, Canadian Museum of Civilization, and Canada Council Art Bank.

MEMBER: Royal Canadian Academy of Art, Society of Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry (elder).

AWARDS, HONORS: Eagle Feather from Chief Wakageshigon of the Wikwemikong Reserve, 1978; member, Order of Canada, 1986; Eagle Feather from Society of Canadian Artists of Native Ancestry, 1993; honorary degrees from Laurentian University, University of Toronto, and Nipissing University.

WRITINGS:

Tales of the Nanabush: Books of Indian Legends forChildren, ten volumes, [Toronto, Ontario, Canada], 1971.

(With R. M. Vanderburgh and M. E. Southcott) APaintbrush in My Hand, [Toronto, Ontario, Canada], 1992.

Odjig: The Art of Daphne Odjig, 1966-2000, text by Bob Boyer and Carol Podedworny, foreword by Phillip Gevik, Key Porter Books (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2001.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

books

Boyer, Bob, and Carol Podedworny, Odjig: The Art ofDaphne Odjig, 1966-2000, foreword by Phillip Gevik, Key Porter Books (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2001.

McLuhan, Elizabeth, and R. M. Vanderburgh, DaphneOdjig: A Retrospective, 1946-1985, Thunder Bay National Exhibition Centre and Centre for Indian Art (Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada), 1985.

St. James Guide to Native North American Artists, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1998, pp. 421-424.

periodicals

Wind Speaker, September, 2001, Jolene Davis, review of Odjig: The Art of Daphne Odjig, 1966-2000, p. A15.

other

The Colours of Pride (documentary film), National Film Board of Canada, 1973.

"Spirits Speaking Through" (documentary film), broadcast on television series Spectrum, Canadian Broadcasting Co., 1981.

Three Artists Three Styles (documentary film), Henning Jacobsen Productions, 1973.

Window on Canada: Daphne Odjig/Painter (documentary film), broadcast by Tokyo Television, 1989.