Artist Curriculum Vitae
Sheldon Pierre Louis
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Director, Arts Council of the North Okanagan 2016 - 2020
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Director, Greater Vernon Museum & Archives
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Lead Visual Artist, Kama? Creative Aboriginal Arts Collective
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Artist, Re-Think 150: Indigenous Truth Collective
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Artist, Route Blue Collective
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Training
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Traditional Indigenous Hand Poke Tattoo Practitioner - Dion Kaszas
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Loughery Mural Artworks Foundation/WayFinder Project – Community Arts Instructor.
Traditional/Land based materials - Barb Marchand
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Youth Facilitation Through the Arts - IndigenEyez
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From Proposal to Exhibition workshop training - CARFAC
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Teaching/Mentoring Experience
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"UBC Okanagan Indigenous Summer Arts Intensive"- 2019 Artist Residency, UBC Okanagan.
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"Save the Salmon" stencil workshop - Kootenay Learning Centre, Castlegar BC.
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"Squilxw Resilience" 8' x 24' mural - Re-Think 150: Indigenous Truth/Kelowna Secondary School.
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"Seeking Our Snaqsilxw" - Youth Workshop Co-Facilitated w/ Csetkwe Fortier.
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“Our Native Voice” - Youth Workshop Co-Facilitator.
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“Kwri? pack - Yellow Leaf” - Youth artist acrylic painting workshop.
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“pax? - to spark so as to cause light” - Emerging artist encaustic workshop.
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“Nk’mápÉ™lks Mural Project 2016”- Youth Mentor/Mural Instructor.
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Visual Arts Exhibitions
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"Studio 9 Mural" - 2021, 8' x 24' mural, Studio 9 School, Rutland, BC.
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"puti kÊ·u_ala" - 2020, 6 - 4' x4' acrylic on canvas, YLW Kelowna International Airport, Kelowna, BC.
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"cxlusa diggin" - 2020, 4' x4' acrylic on canvas, First Peoples Cultural Council, Vancouver, BC.
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"Spitlem Sisters" - 2020, 10' x 50' mural, Uptown Rutland Association, Rutland, BC.
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"Turtle & Muskrat" - 2020, 4' x 6' acrylic on canvas, ROGERS Downiest-Wenjack Legacy Project, Kelowna, BC.
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"SYILX 2.0" - 2020, 10' x 40' Leon & Water St. mural, Downtown Kelowna Association, Kelowna, BC
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"MMIW2" - 2020, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC.
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"SenPokChin captikʷɬ" - 2020, 10' x 30' mural, Sen Pok Chin Osooyoos Indian Band School, Osooyoos, BC.
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"TimxÊ· Pillars" - 2020, 4 - 3' x 10' mural, Const. Neil Bruce Middle School, Westbank, BC.
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"Front Lines" - 2019, 10' x 30' mural & 5' x 10' vinyl on glass, The Alternator Gallery, Kelowna, BC.
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"N'tyxtix Camo" - 2019, spray paint on vinyl panel, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC.
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"kn̓ q̓ilt - I'm sick" - 2019, 4' x6' acrylic on canvas, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country BC.
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"Water Protector" - 2019, mural, Lake Country Art Gallery, Lake Country, BC.
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"Sustenance Festival: Feast for Change" - 2019, Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre, Vancouver, BC.
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"Love, Peace, Unity" - 2019, 3' x 5' canvas, Community Futures, Vernon, BC.
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"U-Haul WFN Mural" - 2019, 5' x 30' mural, Westbank First Nation, BC.
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"Nkwʔast - Deep Water" - 2019,, 30' x 60' mural, Nelson International Mural Festival, Nelson, BC.
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"Tuma" - 2019 First Nations Health Authority Boardroom, Vancouver & Westbank, BC.
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"enTitled: Our home and Native Land/Our home on Native Land" - 2019, Penticton Art Gallery
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"Ki-Low-na Friendship Society Mural" - 2019
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“Government Rations: Decolonizing Our Table” - 2019 Kama? Creative Aboriginal Arts Collective, Vernon Public Art Gallery
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"DetermiNation" - 2018 Kootenay Gallery of Art, Castlegar, B.C. collaborative exhibition w/ Csetkwe Fortier.
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"Route Blue: Buoy Art" - 2018 Greater Vernon Museum and Archives.
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"Route Blue: Buoy Art" - 2018 The Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, B.C.
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" Appropriation" - 2018 Kama? Creative Aboriginal Arts Collective, Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, B.C., "Resistance & Resilience: Razor Wire & Eagles Feathers" acrylic on canvas.
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"Re-Think 150: Indigenous Truth" - 2017 The Rotary Centre of the Arts, Kelowna, B.C.
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“Ancestors of the Columbia” - 2017 Vernon Public Art Gallery solo exhibition.
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“Re:claming the Taken” - 2016 Penticton Public Art Gallery, “Xwlal – come alive” acrylic on canvas, “Ke'wa'p – become quiet” acrylic on canvas, “Cy?ap – they arrived here” encaustic panel, “Knknaxwa - Hereditary Responsibilities” acrylic on canvas, “N’tyxtix’s Journey”moose hide sculpture w/ alder wood & encaustic base.
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“Water: The Sacred Relationship” - 2017 Kama? Creative Aboriginal Arts Collective, Vernon Public Art Gallery, “pekwentim - we spilled”, 4’ x 4’ acrylic on canvas.
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“Sncewips Heritage Museum” - 2016 permanent public installation, “See-pays & Knknaxwa - Instilling Responsibilties” 4’ x 4’ moose hide canvas.
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“Nk’mápÉ™lks Mural” - 2016 Okanagan Indian Band Health Department, “Aɬi kÊ·u suknaquinx”, 10’ x 55’ mural.
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“Legends” - 2015 “Knknaxwa - Hereditary Responsibilities” acrylic on canvas, “See-pays & Knknaxwa: Instilling Responsibility” 4’ x4’ acrylic on moose hide canvas, “N’tyxtix’s Journey”moose hide sculpture w/ alder wood & encaustic base.
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“Celebrating First Nations Art & Culture at the RCA” - 2015 “Swkincut – Seeing of Ones Self” series, acrylic on canvas, “Cy?ap – they arrived here” encaustic panel.
“Kelowna General Hospital/Interior Health/Okanagan Nation Alliance” - 2015 permanent public installation, “paxÊ” - digging stick”, acrylic on canvas.
“Legends” - 2015 Kama? Creative Aboriginal Arts Collective/Gallery Vertigo. “Knknaxwa - Hereditary Responsibilities” acrylic on canvas.
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“First Nations Friendship Centre” - Vernon, BC, permanent art installation, 4’ x 4’ acrylic on canvas.
“Aboriginal Celebration” - 2015 Allan Brooks Nature Centre, “I Am Beautiful Because I Am Okanagan” mixed media on wood cradle panels.
“PUTI KwALA Okanagan – We Are Still Here” - 2014 Kama? Creative Aboriginal Arts Collective/Vernon Public Art Gallery. “Xwlal – come alive” acrylic on canvas, “Ke'wa'p – become quiet” acrylic on canvas, “Cy?ap – they arrived here” encaustic panel.
“k'wansxixmentem i?sck'lq'aq'y'tet – Showing Our Artwork” - 2014 Ullus Collective/Enowkin Centre. “Swkincut – Seeing of Ones Self” series, acrylic on canvas.
“Flights of Fancy” - 2014 Allan Brooks Nature Centre Dinner & Art Auction. “Shadows of Senklip” acrylic on canvas.
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“United Nations Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination” - 2014 Loughery Mural Artworks Foundation/WayFinder Project/Embrace BC/Nicola Valley Institute of Technology. “k'im' pulx – dark camp” encaustic panel series.
“Transformations” - 2014 Kama? Creative Aboriginal Arts Collective/Vernon Public Art Gallery. “Swkincut – Seeing of Ones Self” series, acrylic on canvas.
“Eco tone Festival of the Arts” - 2014 Kelowna Rotary Centre for the Arts/Ullus Collective. “Medicine Family” acrylic on canvas, “Shadows of Senklip” acrylic on canvas.
“Okanagan Salmon Feast” - 2010 Okanagan Nation Alliance. “cax kilx – red hand” acrylic on canvas.
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“UBCO Mace” - 2007 University of British Columbia Okanagan. “Suknaquinx – the ones who stand on a hill & are seen & heard from far away”, Alder wood carving inlaid with sterling silver.
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“UBCO Aboriginal Student Services” - 2008 University of British Columbia/Aboriginal Student Services, “Encroachment of Senklip's Territory” - logo design, acrylic on canvas.
“Roads of Indigenous Journey Art Festival” - 2006 Vernon Public Art Gallery/Senklip Native Theatre/Sookinchoot Youth Centre. “Reflections” acrylic on canvas.
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Community Works
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Westbank First Nation, BC - WFN/U-Haul Mural
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Kootenay Learning Centre, Castlegar BC - "Save the Salmon" stencil workshop
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Re-Think 150: Indigenous Truth/Kelowna Secondary School - "Squilxw Resilience" 8' x 24' mural
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Glenmore Elementary School - “How Names Were Given” 6 - 2’ x 2’ acrylic on canvas
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OKIB Health Centre - “Aɬi kÊ·u suknaquinx”, 10’ x 55’ mural
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Sn-qt-pas-xn-c’utn - Adult Education Centre - logo design
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Snq’sptantent Cultural Camp - logo design
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Okanagan Nation Alliance Salmon Ceremonies - logo design
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Okanagan Indian Band Student Celebrations - logo designs
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Okanagan Indian Band Youth Group - logo design
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Private Collections
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Works held in private collections in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
Awards
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2019 Multicultural Community Champion
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Arts Grants
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2016 First Peoples Cultural Council, Emerging Artist Development
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2020 First Peoples Cultural Council, Sharing Across Generations.
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