Jordan Bennett (artist)

Jordan Bennett (born 1986) is a multi-disciplinary artist of Mi'kmaq descent[1] from Stephen Crossing, Newfoundland,[2] also known as Ktaqamkuk. He is married to Métis visual artist Amy Malbeuf.

Bennett works predominantly with painting, silkscreening,[3] sculpture, video, installation and sound.[1] Since 2008, Bennett has shown his work both nationally and internationally in over 75 exhibitions. Bennett is most notable for his involvement with Beat Nation: Art, Hip Hop and Aboriginal Culture,[4] an exhibition that toured nationally in Canada from 2012–2014.[5]

Education

Bennett earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Grenfell Campus in Corner Brook, Newfoundland in 2008. He then went on to receive a Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) Degree at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna, British Columbia in 2016.[6] The focus of Bennett's MFA was to "re-imagin[e] the traditional art forms of the Beothuk and Mi’kmaq into a contemporary art discourse.[7]" Bennett was also a participant at the Earthline Tattoo Training Residency in 2016.[5]

Themes

Bennett's work tends towards interactive and multi-sensory as he incorporates multiple forms of media into his work to create immersive environments for the viewer. These interactive works incorporate a broad range of materials. Main sources of inspiration come from his interactions with Mi'kmaq and Beothuk porcupine quill designs, baskets, beadwork, clothing, and petroglyphs.[5] Bennett's work engages with themes of land, language, family history, and colonial misinterpretations of Indigenous history and stereotypes in Canada.[1]

Bennett's focus within his MFA looked at Mi’kmaq and Beothuk visual culture of Ktaqamkuk, which drew inspiration from the drawings of Shanawdithit, the last known living member of the Beothuk peoples.[3]

He also participates in a collaboration with Amy Malbeuf under the moniker, Neon Kokhom, which is meant to "poke fun at indigenous stereotyping and its role in Canada's lucrative souvenir industry[8]". This collaboration uses humour to address Indigenous misrepresentation[9]

Career

After completing a tattoo apprenticeship with Nlaka'pamux artist Dion Kaszas, he, Métis visual artist Amy Malbeuf and Kaszas[10] co-founded an Indigenous tattoo collective and residency called Earthline Tattoo, which focusses on the resurgence of Indigenous cultural tattoo practices in Canada.[11]

Solo exhibitions

Source[6]

2012–2018

  • Wije'wi (Come with me), Estevan Art Gallery, Estevan SK (2018)
  • Titled to be determined, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax, NS (forthcoming)
  • Wije'wi (Come with me), Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook, NL (2017)
  • Herd:Heard, Regart, Manif 8-La Biennale Quebec, Quebec City. (2017)
  • Mniku, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC (2016)
  • Billy Jacking, Gallery 2, Grand Forks, BC (2015)
  • Ice Fishing, Trinity Square Video, Toronto, ON (2014)
  • Guidelines-The Basket Ladies, Sir Wilfred Grenfell Art Gallery, Corner Brook, NL (2014)
  • Horseback or Foot: Flattened and Confused, Project Space Gallery, RMIT, Melbourne, AUS. (As Neon Kohkom, with Amy Malbeuf) (2014)
  • Jordan Bennett- Shamans and Superheros, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB (2013)
  • A Glimpse into the World of Neon Kohkom, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, AB (As Neon Kohkom) (2013)
  • Skull Stories, Transmissions Symposium, Concordia University, Montreal, QC (2013)
  • Status, Performance, Eastern Edge Art Gallery, St.Johns, NL (2012)
  • Skull Stories, Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg, MB (2012)
  • aboDIGITAL, Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC (2012)
  • How Funny Was it When.., Aboriginal Performance Art Symposium- Nippising University, North Bay, Ontario (2012)

Selected group exhibitions

2010–2017

  • Sans reserve, Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Paris, FR (2017)
  • A Going Concern: Contemporary Textiles And Everyday Politics In Newfoundland And Labrador, The Rooms, St.Johns, NL (2017)
  • Mi’kmaq Word of the Day, Eastern Edge Art Gallery, St.John’s, NL (2017)
  • Transformer: Native art in light and sound, National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian, NYC (2017)
  • ArtSci, Cape Breton University Art Gallery, Sydney, NS (2017)
  • Art in the Tunnels-From here to there: then and now, Ottawa, ON (2017)
  • Coyote School, The McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON (2017)
  • Insurgence/Resurgence, Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB (2017)
  • Insurgence/Resurgence, Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB (As Earthline Tattoo Collective) (2017)
  • Samqwan-Nipiy (with Lori Blondeau), Charlottetown, PEI Flotilla presented by AKA Artist Run Centre (2017)
  • Museum of Capitalism, Oakland, California (2017)
  • Canadian Imago Mundi, Palazzo Loredan, Campo Santo Stefano, Venice Italy (2017)
  • Shared Lands, Action Art Actuel, Musée des Abénakis,Odanak, QC. (2017)
  • Boarder X, The Winnipeg Art Gallery, MB (2016)
  • If We Never Met, Pataka Museum, Porirua City, NZ (2016)
  • Convergence: space and time in contemporary Indigenous art in Canada, Canadian Embassy, Ottawa, ON (2016)
  • Aja-sit, Campbell River Art Gallery, BC (2016)
  • With Secrecy and Despatch, Campbelltown Art Centre, Campbelltown, NSW, AUS (2016)
  • Culture Shift- Aboriginal Art Biennale, Art Mur, Montreal, QC (As Neon Kohkom) (2016)
  • The Fifth World, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Kitchener, ON (2016)
  • Shared Lands, Toured Nationally (2013-2016)
  • Under the Surface: 2015 Venice Biennale, Galleria Ca’ Rezzonico, Venice, Italy (2015)
  • Hip-Hop: From the Bronx to the Arab Streets, Arab World Institute, Paris, France (2015)
  • The Fifth World- TRIBE Inc, Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, SK (2015)
  • Atlantic Canada Biennale, McCain Art Gallery, Florenceville-Bristol, NB (2015)
  • Decolonize Me- Toured Nationally (2011-2015)
  • Noongwa (Now/Today), Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON (2014)
  • Storytelling: The Contemporary Native Art Biennial, 2nd Edition: Art Mur, Montreal, QC (2014)
  • Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation Toured Nationally (2012-2014)
  • Changing Tides: Contemporary Art in Newfoundland and Labrador, McMichael Art Gallery. Kleinburg, ON (2014)
  • Beat Nation: Art, Hip-Hop and Aboriginal Culture, Dalhousie Art Gallery and St. Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS; Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK (2012- 2014)
  • Bury My Art, Wounded Knee-Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR (2013)
  • Aboriginal Voice, Galerie d'art Louise et Reuben-Cohen, Moncton, NB (2013)
  • WANDERLUST, Textile Museum of Canada, Toronto, ON (2012)
  • 25 for 25, The Rooms, St.Johns, NL (2012)
  • L’nuk (with Ursula A. Johnson): Anna Leonowens Art Gallery, Halifax, NS (2010-2012)
  • Landwash Exhibition-Contemporary Newfoundland Art- Esplande Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, AB (2012)
  • Contrary Projects in Venice: An Aboriginal Art Intervention at the Venice Biennale 2011, Venice, Italy (2011)
  • 50-500 Members Show, Urban Shaman Gallery, Winnipeg, MB (2011)
  • Problem Child -Group Exhibition, The Rooms, St.Johns, NL (2011)
  • ACTING-out, Claiming Space: Aboriginal Performance Art Series, Modern Fuel Artist Run Centre, Kingston, OM. (2011)
  • RE:counting coup, A Space Gallery, Toronto, On (2010)
  • Red Runners, The new objectification of Native Art and Identity- Group Exhibition, Well and Good Gallery, Toronto, ON (2010)
  • Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, TRC, The Forks Plaza, Winnipeg, MB (2010)
  • The 1 of 1 Project, Sk8 Skates, Winnipeg, MB (2010)

2006–2009

  • Vancouver 2010 Aboriginal Art Exhibition, Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, BC
  • All Nighters, Graduate Show, Sir Wilfred Grenfell College Art Gallery, Corner Brook, NL
  • Defining Moments, Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon.
  • Art in a Suitcase, Relais de la Baie, Noyelle, France.
  • Harlow Campus Exhibition, Harlow Campus Trust, Old Harlow, Essex, England.

Selected screenings

  • Ice Fishing, (Film World premiere) imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival- Toronto, ON (2015)
  • Guidelines, The Basket Ladies (Film World premiere) imagineNATIVE Film and Media Arts Festival- Toronto, ON (2013)

Selected awards and grants

  • Reveal Award, Hnatyshan Foundation, 2017
  • Aboriginal Peoples Collaborative Exchange, Canada Council for the Arts, 2017
  • Aboriginal/Inuit Traditional Visual Art Forms Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2017
  • Sobey Art Award- Long list, 2016
  • Canada Graduate Scholarships, Master’s (CGS M) SSHRC, 2015
  • Aboriginal Graduate Scholarship, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 2015
  • Sobey Art Award, Long list, 2015
  • Aboriginal Graduate Scholarship, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 2014
  • Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Graduate Scholarship, 2014
  • University of BC Okanagan Graduate Fellowship, 2014
  • Indspire Award, Graduate Studies, 2014
  • ARTINFO 30 under 30, Blouin Artinfo Canada, 2014
  • Artist of the Year Award, Newfoundland And Labrador Arts Council, 2014
  • National Film Board of Canada/imagineNATIVE Interactive Digital Project 2014
  • Hnatyshyn Foundation: Charles Pacther Prize for Emerging Artists, 2012
  • Emerging Artist of the Year Award, Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, 2012
  • Large Year Award, Excellence in Visual Arts Newfoundland, 2012
  • Production Grant, Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council., 2014, 2011, 2009
  • Professional Artist Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2011
  • Emerging Artist of the Year Award, Corner Brook Sustainability Awards, 2011
  • Memorial University Medallion for Academic Excellence in Visual Arts, 2008

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Jordan Bennett". indigenousfoundations.web.arts.ubc.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  2. ↑ "ARTINFO Canada's 30 Under 30 2014 | Artinfo". Artinfo. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  3. 1 2 "Jordan Bennett". IOTA. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  4. ↑ gallery, grunt. "Jordan bennett | Artists | Beat Nation – Hip Hop as Indigenous Culture". www.beatnation.org. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  5. 1 2 3 "Remembering The Remembered: In Conversation With Jordan Bennett | BlackFlash Magazine". blackflash.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  6. 1 2 "Bio". JORDAN BENNETT. Retrieved 2018-03-12.
  7. ↑ "Q + A: Jordan Bennett – visual arts news". visualartsnews.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  8. ↑ "A Glimpse into the World of Neon Kohkom | Vue Weekly". www.vueweekly.com. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  9. ↑ "Amy Malbeuf Q&A: My References, My Self – Canadian Art". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  10. ↑ "2016 – Amy Malbeuf | LG Arts Awards". www.artsawards.ca. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
  11. ↑ "Sticking to tradition: Indigenous tattoo revival". CBC News. Retrieved 2018-03-14.
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