Born and raised in the village of Wikwemikong, on Manitoulin Island, Daphne Odjig has strong traditional roots in her Native culture (she is Potawatomi, Odawa, and English) and is proud of the... Read full biography
Born and raised in the village of Wikwemikong, on Manitoulin Island, Daphne Odjig has strong traditional roots in her Native culture (she is Potawatomi, Odawa, and English) and is proud of the artistic tradition of her ancestors. Her grandfather, Jonas Odjig, carved tombstones for the nearby church... Read full biography
Born and raised in the village of Wikwemikong, on Manitoulin Island, Daphne Odjig has strong traditional roots in her Native culture (she is Potawatomi, Odawa, and English) and is proud of the artistic tradition of her ancestors. Her grandfather, Jonas Odjig, carved tombstones for the nearby church and later sketched and painted church landscapes. Her father painted war scenes and portraits of soldiers from the Great War, and was a talented musician. Growing up on a dairy farm, Daphne was no... Read full biography
Born and raised in the village of Wikwemikong, on Manitoulin Island, Daphne Odjig has strong traditional roots in her Native culture (she is Potawatomi, Odawa, and English) and is proud of the artistic tradition of her ancestors. Her grandfather, Jonas Odjig, carved tombstones for the nearby church and later sketched and painted church landscapes. Her father painted war scenes and portraits of soldiers from the Great War, and was a talented musician. Growing up on a dairy farm, Daphne was no stranger to hard work. Nevertheless, she and her three siblings found time to enjoy the local swimming hole in the summers and local storytelling in the winters. Unfortunately, at age 13, a bout of rheumatic fever cut short her school attendance, an... Read full biography
Born and raised in the village of Wikwemikong, on Manitoulin Island, Daphne Odjig has strong traditional roots in her Native culture (she is Potawatomi, Odawa, and English) and is proud of the artistic tradition of her ancestors. Her grandfather, Jonas Odjig, carved tombstones for the nearby church and later sketched and painted church landscapes. Her father painted war scenes and portraits of soldiers from the Great War, and was a talented musician. Growing up on a dairy farm, Daphne was no stranger to hard work. Nevertheless, she and her three siblings found time to enjoy the local swimming hole in the summers and local storytelling in the winters. Unfortunately, at age 13, a bout of rheumatic fever cut short her school attendance, an event that frustrated her because she had plans of becoming a schoolteacher. Later, Daphne treasured the convalescent time she spent... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (38)
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Mythologizing Norval Morrisseau: Art and the Colonial Narrative in the Canadian Media
2016
Robertson, Carmen L.
221 pages
The Artist Herself: Self-Portraits by Canadian Historical Women Artists (Agnes Etherington Art Centre and the Art Gallery of Hamilton)
2015
Boutilier, Alicia and Tobi Bruce
173 pages (color)
"7: Professional Native Indian Artists Inc." (MacKenzie Art Gallery
2014
Lavallee, Michele
359 pages (color)
Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing into Thunderbird
2014
Ruffo, Armand
312 pages (color)
Before and After the Horizon: Anishinaabe Artists of the Great Lakes (Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian)
2013
Penney, David W. and Gerald McMaster (General Editors)
128 pages (color)
Meditation and the Evolution of Cosmic Consciousness
2011
Ayre, Don
308 pages (color)
The Visual Arts in Canada: The Twentieth Century (Dedicated to the memory of John Fox, Painter and Teacher)
2010
Foss, Brian; Anne Whitelaw and Sandra Paikowsky
480 pages (color)
Restoring the Balance: First Nations Women, Community, and Culture
2009
Valaskakis, Gail Guthrie; Madeleine Dion Stout
379 pages (color)
Daphne Odjig
2007
Devine, Bonnie; Duke Redbird, Robert Houle
144 pages (color)
Canadian Paintings, Prints and Drawings
2007
Newlands, Anne
366 pages (color)
Hidden in Plain Sight: Contributions of Aboriginal Peoples To Canadian Identity and Culture, Volume 1
2005
Beavon, Daniel J.K.; Cora Jane Voyageur; David Newhouse
458 pages (color)
Aboriginality: The Literary Origins of British Columbia, Volume 2
2005
Twigg, Alan
259 pages
Daphne Odjig: 4 Decades of Prints
2005
Wood, Bailey
64 pages (color)
Hiding the Audience: Viewing Arts and Arts Institutions on the Prairies
2003
Kaye, Frances W.
301 pages
Canadian Art: From its Beginnings to 2000
2002
Newlands, Anne
355 pages (color)
Odjig: The Art of Daphne Odjig, 1960-2000
2001
Odjig, Daphne; Bob Boyer, Carol Podeworny, Phillip Gevik
128 pages (color)
The Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction
2001
Westbridge, Anthony R. and Diana L. Bodnar
622 pages
The Powwow: An Art History (Mackenzie Art Gallery) (Exhibition catalog)
2000
Martin, Lee-Ann, Bob Boyer, Bob and Edward Goodbird
75 pages (color)
Native American Art in the Twentieth Century: Makers, Meanings, Histories
1999
Rushing, W. Jackson
214 pages (color)
The Helen E. Band Collection of First Nations Art: From the Permanent Collection of the Thunder Bay Art Gallery
1998
Clark, Janet
48 pages (color)
Home Base: Notes to an Installation (Kamloops Art Gallery)
1998
Hunter, Andrew
36 pages (color)
Female Gazes: Seventy-Five Women Artists
1997
Martin, Elizabeth; Vivian Meyer
176 pages (color)
Aboriginal Ontario: Historical Perspectives on the First Nations
1994
Rogers, Edward S. and Donald B. Smith
448 pages
In the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art (Canadian Museum of Civilization) (Exhibition catalog)
1993
McMaster, Gerald et al
538 pages
The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop: Printing, People and History (MacKenzie Art Gallery)
1992
Davis, Angela E.
88 pages (color)
A Paintbrush in My Hand
1992
Odjig, Daphne; Rosamond M. Vanderburgh; Beth Southcott
174 pages (color)
Canada's First People: A Celebration of Contemporary Native Visual Arts
1992
Williams, Dana
67 pages (color)
Art and Architecture in Canada: A Bibliography and Guide to the Literature to 1981
1991
Lerner, Loren R; Mary F. Williamson
1,557 pages (color)
Woodlands: Contemporary Art of the Anishnabe (Thunder Bay Gallery)
1989
Podedworny, Carol
47 pages (color)
The Christmas Stocking (Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre)
1988
Krueber, Pamela
16 pages
Norval Morrisseau and the Emergence of the Image Makers (Art Gallery of Ontario)
1984
McLuhan, Elizabeth and Tom Hill
118 pages (color)
The Sound of the Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec
1984
Southcott, Beth
222 pages (color)
The Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop, A Print Legend A Fifteen Year Survey, 1968-1983 (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Finn, Chris, Philip Fry and Sarah Yates-Howorth
54 pages
Contemporary Indian Art at Rideau Hall
1983
Munro, John C., Preface
32 pages
Paper Tomahawks: From Red Tape to Red Power
1976
Burke, James
406 pages (color)
From Women's Eyes: Women Painters in Canada Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Exhibition catalog)