Joi T Arcand
Joi T Arcand, Never Surrender, 2020
Joi T. Arcand’s practice includes photography, graphic design, and is characterized by a visionary and subversive reclamation and Indigenization of public spaces through the use of Cree language and syllabics. In her recent work with neon signs, Arcand connects to her complex relationship with the language by making it highly visible to the general public. Conversations from her inner-world as a nēhiyaw iskwēsis growing up on the Prairies are translated into nēhiyawēwin and reproduced in neon lights, creating an inviting and vibrant contradiction.
Joi T. Arcand is an artist from Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Saskatchewan, Treaty 6 Territory, currently residing in Ottawa, Ontario. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with Great Distinction from the University of Saskatchewan in 2005. In 2018, Arcand was shortlisted for the prestigious Sobey Art Award. Her practice includes photography, digital collage, and graphic design and is characterized by a visionary and subversive reclamation and indigenization of public spaces through the use of Cree language and syllabics.
Recent solo exhibitions include College Art Galleries (Saskatoon, SK); ODD Gallery (Dawson City, Yukon); Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon); Wanuskewin Heritage Park (Saskatoon); Dunlop Art Gallery (Regina).
Her work has been included in numerous group exhibitions, including Àbadakone at the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON); INSURGENCE/RESURGENCE at the Winnipeg Art Gallery; McMaster Museum of Art (Hamilton, ON); The Center for Craft, Creativity and Design (Asheville, North Carolina); Woodland School at SBC Gallery of Contemporary Art (Montreal); Ottawa Art Gallery; PAVED Arts (Saskatoon); and grunt gallery (Vancouver).
Arcand has been artist-in-residence at Wanuskewin Heritage Park (Saskatoon); OCAD University; Plug-In Institute of Contemporary Art; the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity; and Klondike Institute of Art and Culture (Dawson City, Yukon) and is currently artist in residence at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
Selected Available Works
pakitinin kâîkiskwâtakik ninôhkomipanak
Screen print, edition 10 + A/P 2023, 43 X 31
(decoder lens included) $2000 (un-framed)
pôni-kipotônênin
Screen print, edition 10 + A/P 2023, 43 X 31.
(decoder lens included) $2000 (un-framed)
ᐁᑳᐏᔭ ᐸᑭᒌ (ēkāwiya pakicī /Don’t give up), 2023
Joi T Arcand
neon channel letter sign, varied edition, 1 of 3, 46” x 35” x 3”
ed: 1 yellow / pink
ed: 2 purple / pink ( SOLD)
ed:3 green / pink
Never Surrender, 2020
Joi T Arcand
Painted exterior sign, 35 ft X 4 ft
Relics For The End Of The World, 2021
Joi T Arcand
Commercial Sign, 118" X 48" X 6"
ōtē nīkānōhk, 2020
Joi T Arcand
Limited edition screen prints. Edition 1/7 each for neon orange, pink and green. 24.5” x 32.5” x 2.5” framed in maple. (SOLD OUT)