EDUCATION
2011 - 15 Bachelor of Photography, Sheridan College
AWARDS & GRANTS
2024 Creating, Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples: Short-Term Projects, Canada Council for the Arts
2024 Curatorial Projects: Indigenous and Culturally Diverse Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2024 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2023 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2023 Trail Care Grant, Trans Canada Trails
2023 Visual Artists Creation Projects, Ontario Arts Council
2023 National Magazine Awards: B2B, Silver in Best Art Direction: Single Article or Opening Spread
2022 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2022 Indigenous Arts Projects, Ontario Arts Council
2022 Curatorial Projects: Indigenous and Culturally Diverse Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2020 Skills and Career Development: Indigenous Arts Professionals Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2019 Indigenous Artist Materials Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2018 Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council
2017 GAMMA Young Artist of the Year, Yonsei University
2015 Canon Award of Excellence for Storytelling
2015 Boreal Collective Scholarship
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Hamilton City Magazine, Print, September 2022, Back to their Roots, written by Stephanie Vegh
2022 PhotoEd Magazine, Print, August 2022, Home is Calling, written by Laurence Butet-Roch
2021 Hamilton Spectator, Print, June 2021, Alex Jacobs-Blum chosen as Hamilton Artists Inc.’s inaugural Indigenous curator in residence, written by Jeff Mahoney
2021 PhotoLife Magazine, Print, The Farewell Issue, March 2021, Finding Home: Learning about the Past and Caring for Future Generations, written by Laurence Butet-Roch
2020 Catchlight, Online, Behind the Lens Interview with Alex Jacobs-Blum
2016 Emboss Magazine, Online, Artist Spotlight Interview
BOARDS, COMMITTEES & JURIES
Present Vice Chair and Chair of the Capital Development Committee, De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre, Hamilton, ON
2021 - 24 Supercrawl Visual & Public Art Advisory Committee, Hamilton, ON
2022 McMaster Museum of Art Advisory Committee, Hamilton, ON
2019 - 20 Indigenous Advisory Circle Member, Indigenous Healing and Wellness Program, Guelph Community Health Centre, Guelph, ON
2020 Jury Member, Curatorial Projects: Indigenous and Culturally Diverse, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, ON
2020 Adjudicator, City Enrichment Fund - Creation & Presentation – Emerging Artists, City of Hamilton’s Arts and Culture, Hamilton, ON
2018 - 20 Board of Directors, Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice, Hamilton, ON
2019 Steering Committee Member – The Reception Conference, Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice, Hamilton, ON
COLLECTIONS
Willowbridge Community Services, Brantford, ON
Native Women's Association of Canada, Gatineau, QC
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022 Skawennati: She Falls for Ages, co-curated with Kristine Germann, Supercrawl, Hamilton, ON
2022 All Our Relations, Supercrawl, Hamilton, ON
2022 A gesture of..., Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, Toronto, ON
2022 Born Celestial, Hamilton Artist Inc., Hamilton, ON
EXHIBITIONS (SOLO)
2024 Living and Lost Connections, curated by Melissa Bennett, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, ON
2022 Home is Calling, curated by Laurence Butet-Roch, Zoom Photo Festival, Chicoutimi, QC
EXHIBITIONS (GROUP)
2023 World-builders, shapeshifters, curated by Erin Szikora, Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON
2023 A Change of Scene, curated by Lesley Loksi Chan, Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice, Hamilton, ON
2022 Urban Moorings Two, curated by Nora Hutchinson and Alexis Moline, Royal Botanical Gardens, site specific installation at Princess Point, Hamilton, ON
2022 Sense of Belonging: A Place Called Home, curated by Patricia Deadman, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, ON
2022 OUTCROPPING, curated by Jeremy Dennis, Southampton Art Center, Southampton, NY
2021 16th Annual Members Show, Factory Media Centre, Farside, Hamilton, ON
2021 Photorama 2021, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON
2021 Activations of Solidarity: Co-resistance and Care, curated by Camille Larivée and Emily Critch, Indigenous Curatorial Collective, Online Publication
2021 Indigenous Art 2021, curated by Lisa Myers, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, ON
2021 Night Lights Denver | Indigenous Photograph, Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Denver, CO
2019 Art[4]Change: Indigenous Women Speak, in collaboration with Monique Aura and Tia Cavanagh, Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice, Supercrawl public video installation, Hamilton, ON
2019 To see and see again, curated by Abedar Kamgari, Hamilton Artist Inc., Hamilton, ON
2019 Art as Activism: Truth, Survivance, and Resilience, curated by Dawn Owen, Guelph Museums, Guelph, ON
2019 An Archive, But Not An Atlas, curated by Liz Ikiriko, Critical Distance Centre for Curators, Toronto, ON
2019 INDIANIZED, curated by Naomi Smith, Guelph Museums, Guelph, ON
2019 Konnon:kwe, curated by the Council of Indigenous Women, Guelph Museums, Guelph, ON
2018 The Dis[re]placement Project, curated by Sonali Menez, Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice, Hamilton, ON
2018 Places Between, MUSE Projects, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON
2018 Indigenous Art 2018, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, ON
2017 2017 International Artists Exhibition, Muahk Rotary Exhibition Hall, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2017 ONTARIO INK 150, curated by Kiera Boult, Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice, Hamilton, ON
2017 TELL: Stories of a Girlhood, Gallery 44, Toronto, ON
2017 42nd Annual First Nations Art, Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, ON
2017 ABODE, Gallery | Galerie 115, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON
2017 Land, Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto, ON
2015 57 Degrees, curated by Clare Vander Meersch, Arta Gallery, Toronto, ON
MEMBERSHIPS & COLLECTIVES
Bawaadan Collective
Factory Media Centre
Hamilton Arts Council
Indigenous Curatorial Collective
Indigenous Photograph
Nokom's House Collective
The 400 Years Project
Women Photograph
PANELS, PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS
2024 Taking Back Control - The Importance of Indigenous Data Sovereignty, Panel discussion with Kim Anderson, moderated by Dawn Owen, Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG), Guelph Museums
2024 World-builders, shapeshifters, Panel discussion with exhibition artists, moderated by Erin Szikora, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Virtual
2023 Indigenous Cosmology and Storytelling: Methods and Praxis for Thinking, Conversation with Yuma Dean Hester, moderated by Tiara Roxanne, Data & Society, Virtual
2023 Land and Photography: Perspectives on Sovereignty and Diaspora, Panel discussion with Esmond Lee, moderated by Macy Siu, Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography, Virtual
2022 PhotoED Magazine, Discussion with Laurence Butet-Roch, Virtual
2022 Treatied Spaces Research Group, University of Hull, UK, Cultures of Indigenous Diplomacy Conference, 'Finding my way back through visual storytelling' workshop, Virtual
2022 Upper Grand District School Board, Artist talk, Orangeville, ON
2021 Women's Canadian Club of Hamilton, Artist talk, Virtual
2021 West End Phoenix & Kobo Original, Artist Talk, The Indigenous City Edit Podcast
2020 Hot Takes Series: #FreeBritney, Discussion with Kiera Boult, Art Gallery of Ontario, Virtual
2019 To see and see again, Panel discussion with Jinyoung Kim, moderated by Abedar Kamgari, Hamilton Artist Inc., Hamilton, ON
2018 My Land, My Shirt, Artist talk, Centre[3] for Artistic + Social Practice, Hamilton Regional Indian Centre, Hamilton, ON
2018 Mini University, Storytelling workshop with Indigenous youth, Western University, London, ON
2018 My Land, My Shirt, Photo-based workshop with Indigenous youth, Centre[3] for Artistic and Social Practice, Hamilton Regional Indian Centre, SHAE (Strengthening Hamilton Aboriginal Education), Hamilton, ON
PHOTO EDITING
2020 West End Phoenix, Print, March 2020, The Music Issue, Ex Marks the Spot
2019 West End Phoenix, Print, December 2019, Indigenous Voices Issue
PUBLICATIONS (ONLINE & PRINT)
BESIDE Magazine
The Ethnic Aisle
F-Stop Magazine
The Globe and Mail
HSC Review
Maclean's
The Narwhal
PhotoED Magazine
Queen's University Magazine
Ryerson University Magazine
Snapped Away
University of Toronto Magazine
West End Phoenix
RESIDENCIES
2022 - 23 BIPOC Curatorial Mentorship, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, ON
2021 - 22 Indigenous Curatorial Residency, Hamilton Artist Inc., Hamilton, ON