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1919 Wikiwemikong, Manitoulin Island, Canada - 2016. Known for: Woodland style drawings, illustrations, prints, women, children.
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
Daphne Odjig - Artist Info
About Daphne Odjig: Keywords
Keywords (28)
Art Method
- •Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Abstract Figurative, Human Figure
- •Woodland School of Art, Canada
Art Subject
- •Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
- •Female Face and Figure
- •Feminist Themes, Women's Equality, Feminism
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •History: Historical Figures, Sites, Buildings, Events
- •Indians, Native Americans
- •Sexual Orientation Themes
Art Association
- •Indian Group of Seven, Canada
- •Professional Native Indian Artists Association
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, Elected Member
Awards/Recognition
- •Governor General's Award for Arts, Canada
- •Order of Canada, Elected Member
Added Description
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Cree First Nation Indian
- •Ojibwa Indian, Native American
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Expo 70, Osaka, Japan
Exhibition of Art Association
- •Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
Exhibition of Museum
- •Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
- •Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada