Catherine Blackburn BIOGRAPHY

atherine Blackburn was born in Patuanak Saskatchewan and is a member of the English River First Nation (Denesųłiné). She is a multidisciplinary artist and jeweller, whose common themes address Canada's colonial past that are often prompted by personal narratives. Her work grounds itself in the Indigenous feminine and is bound through the ancestral love that stitching suggests. Through stitchwork, she explores Indigenous sovereignty, decolonization and representation. Her work has exhibited in notable national and international exhibitions including: Radical Stitch, Àbadakone, Santa Fe Haute Couture Fashion Show and Toronto Indigenous Fashion Week. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Sobey Art Award longlist (2019/2023), a Forge Residency Fellowship(2022), and an Eiteljorg Fellowship (2021).

Links:

• Artist website: Catherine Blackburn

REVIEWS:

• Catherine Blackburn Jewellery: Contemporary Artistry Embracing Indigenous Stories – IndigenousSME Small Business Magazine (indigenous-sme.ca), IndigenousSME Magazine, 2024.

• Sponsor Content with National Gallery of Canada: Poking needles through images of tongues, Catherine Blackburn mourns language loss — and celebrates resiliency | CBC, CBC, 2020.

• Catherine Blackburn Is Taking Traditional Indigenous Beadwork to New Places - FASHION Magazine, FASHION Magazine, 2019.

• New Age Warriors - Galleries West, Galleries West, 2019.