Judy Anderson

Judy Anderson is a Cree artist from the Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Judy Anderson
Born
Gordon First Nation, Sakatchewan
Known forpainting, installation art

Career

She holds a BA and a BFA from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA from the University of Regina. Anderson was a faculty member at the First Nations University of Canada and the University of Regina. She was hired in 2017 by the University of Calgary[1] to teach Studio and Indigenous Art History.

Anderson was the Founding director of Platteforum in 2002, a non profit arts organization geared toward educating the youth[2]

Anderson works in painting, beadwork, augmented reality, and installation art.[3][4][5] She focuses on issues of spirituality, family, graffiti and popular representations of Aboriginal people, all of which are created with the purpose of honoring the people in her life.[6] Her work has been included in national projects remembering missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada.[7]

Both she and her son, Cruz Anderson, work on glass beaded graffiti art on moose hide. The pair collaborated on a piece which honored Anderson's grandmother who was murdered when Judy was 12. Her pieces shed light on murdered and missing indigenous peoples and was featured in an exhibit called "Walking with our Sisters" in 2013.[8]

In 2014, Anderson was invited to teach at The Prince's School of Traditional Arts in London, England where she taught Prince Charles how to sew beads and porcupine quills on a moose hide.[9]

Exhibitions
  • Critical Faculties (Plain Red Gallery, First Nations University of Canada) 2012[10]
  • The Synthetic Age (MacKenzie Art Gallery) 2013 [11]
  • Walking With Our Sisters (Plain Red Gallery, First Nations University of Canada) 2013 [12]
  • The Sole Project (The Art Gallery of Regina) 2016[13]
  • Bead Speak (Slate Fine Art Gallery) 2016 [14]
  • Working Mom (Last Mountain Lake Gallery) 2017

Awards

In 2016 Anderson received the Denver Art Museum Gold Key Award, awarded to only those who have made significant contributions to contemporary art in Colorado[15] In 2017, Anderson won the National Salt Spring Award[16]

References
  1. "Judy Anderson – Kwä̀n Mày Dáyè Dàátthʼi". www.kwanmaydayedaatthi.com. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  2. "About | Judy Anderson Studio". Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  3. Benjoe, Kerry (September 19, 2016). "Five Saskatchewan artists take beading to a whole new level". Leader Post. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  4. Anderson, Nourse, Paoli. "The Sole Project" (PDF). Art Gallery of Regina.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  5. Caines, Rebecca; Viader Knowles, Rachelle; Anderson, Judy. "QR Codes and Traditional Beadwork: Augmented Communities Improvising Together". M/C: Media and Culture. 16 (6).
  6. "Judy Anderson". iscp-nyc.org. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  7. Smith, Kim (November 25, 2013). "Exhibit honours missing and murdered indigenous women". Global News. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  8. Rieger, Sarah (2017-03-19). "Judy And Cruz Anderson Transform Graffiti Into Traditional Cree Beadwork". HuffPost Canada. Retrieved 2017-10-21.
  9. Allen, Bonnie (November 11, 2014). "Prince Charles gives First Nations art from Canada royal review". CBC News. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  10. Caines, Rebecca. "QR Codes and Traditional Beadwork: Augmented Communities Improvising Together". M/C: Media and Culture. 16 (6).
  11. "The Synthetic Age". MacKenzie Art Gallery. MacKenzie Art Gallery. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  12. Bird, Judy (November 26, 2013). "Powerful art installation honours missing, murdered women". Eagle Feather Newa. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  13. "Art Gallery of Regina". Exhibitions and Publications Archive. Art Gallery of Regina. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  14. Bellegarde, Brad (September 29, 2016). "Art exhibit shines light on contemporary beadwork". CBC News. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  15. "About | Judy Anderson Studio". Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  16. "Cree Artist Judy Anderson Wins Salt Spring National Art Prize". Canadian Art. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
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