Shane Koyczan is a Cree writer, poet and spoken-word artist who has performed around the globe. His writing and performance are vital, witty and sincere: he reaches the hearts of his audiences with his powerful verse and has brought the Canadian spoken-word movement to the international stage. He is the subject of Shut Up and Say Something, a documentary about his journey to reconnect with his estranged father, who is a residential school Survivor.

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Joseph M. Sánchez, a leader in Indigenous and Chicano arts since the 1970s, has worked with hundreds of artists creating work, developing exhibitions and advocating for the rights of minority artists, most importantly with the Professional Native Indian Artists (Native Group of Seven). A spiritual surrealist, Joseph’s work is sensual and dreamlike, provocative and thought-inducing.

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Jim Logan studied at the Kootenay School of Art in Nelson, British Columbia. Much of his oeuvre is characterized by his novel approaches to the narrative of Native life from folksy, illustrative work to his current use of erudite parody.

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Kent Monkman is a Canadian artist of Cree ancestry who is well known for his provocative reinterpretations of romantic North American landscapes in a variety of mediums, including painting, film/video, performance and installation. His glamorous gender fluid alter-ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle reverses the colonial gaze, upending received notions of history and Indigenous people.

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Nadya Kwandibens is Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) from the Animakee Wa Zhing #37 First Nation in northwestern Ontario. She is a self-taught portrait and events photographer and has travelled extensively across Canada for over 10 years. Nadya’s photography has been exhibited in group and solo shows across Canada and the United States.

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