Daphne Odjig
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Daphne Odjig 🇨🇦

Daphne Odjig (Known as "Picasso of First Nations Art")
Potawatomi-Odawa Painter, Co-founder of the Indian Group of Seven
Born Sep 11, 1919 🇨🇦 Wiikwemkoong (Manitoulin Island, Ontario), Canada
Passed Away Oct 01, 2016 Kelowna (British Columbia), Canada
Lifespan 97 years old
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"If my work has helped my people regain their pride and dignity, then my life has been blessed."

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Pioneering Potawatomi-Odawa artist who co-founded the Indian Group of Seven in 1973, blending cubist and Indigenous woodland styles, and became the first Indigenous woman admitted to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Biographical Record

Born on the Wikwemikong Unceded Reserve on Manitoulin Island, Odjig was taught drawing by her artistic grandfather. Moving to Manitoba, she founded the New Nation Artists gallery in Winnipeg in 1974, the first Indigenous-owned art gallery in Canada.

In 1973, she co-founded the Professional Native Indian Artists Association (the 'Indian Group of Seven') with Norval Morrisseau, Alex Janvier, and Jackson Beardy. Her dynamic, swirling murals celebrated matriarchal love and First Nations resilience, acclaimed by collectors from Prince Charles to the National Gallery.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Wiikwemkoong Reserve Memorial Grounds
Manitoulin Island (Ontario), Canada
GPS: 45.8000, -81.7167
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