Krista Belle Stewart

Krista Belle Stewart is a First Nations visual artist from Canada. Stewart works in a variety of formats, using archival materials, photographs, and collage.

Early life

Stewart is from the Upper Nicola Band in the British Columbia interior region. Stewart's mother Seraphine was the first First Nations public health nurse in British Columbia; she was the subject of a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary in 1967.[1]

Works

Stewart works with a combinations of archival items, such as photographs and video, and various types of collage techniques and fiber art.[2] One of her earlier projects, Self Portrait on a Canning Lid, worked with older photographic techniques, such as tintype, to create images referencing her cultural history and ethnography practices.[3]

Her 2014 installation piece, Motion and Moment Always, reproduced a historical image of chiefs from the Nisga'a First Nations on the British Columbia coast as a weaving, working with Vancouver weaver Ruth Scheuing. This piece is combined with items such as a bucket containing soil from Douglas Lake, where Stewart was raised, as well as other archival items highlighting women's roles in First Nations cultures.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Krista Belle Stewart: Seraphine, Seraphine – Canadian Art". Canadian Art. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  2. ↑ "Krista Belle Stewart: the gaps and unknowns in indigenous histories". Vancouver Sun. 2015-01-31. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
  3. ↑ The cultural work of photography in Canada. Kunard, Andrea., Payne, Carol. Montreal [Que.]: McGill-Queen's University Press. 2011. ISBN 9780773538610. OCLC 806255104.
  4. ↑ "Krista Belle Stewart - Motion and Moment Always - Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery". Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery. Retrieved 2018-03-21.
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