Well Isuma VIewers, thank you forALL the visits over the years, viewing of my work, Here is my latest diploma secured in October 2019, plus a poem by Robert Frost. Frost was a fave poet of late foster mother Annie BIlan, who encouraged me to continue in the arts and I am forever grateful to the grace of God and her in supporting me to achieve this milestone
Image: An artist response to One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk
As an artist response to One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk, it was hard to wrap my head around how to approach these works. I wanted to make my best effort, and for me that usually means taking risks. My work is not focused on details, but rather I work quickly and try to feel my way into the subject matter, capturing emotion through gesture, mark making and areas of detail. After much deliberation I ended up jumping in, working from a still photograph of Noah Piugattuk, against a snowy horizon line, gazing into the distance towards some unknown point, as small figures behind him walk away.
My research into the Inuit relocations and Noah’s story inspired me to paint a number of works exploring themes that arose from this journey and really impacted me.
Graphics contain latest bio info on Internationally known Indigenous artist Donald Morin, who has worked as a musician, songwriter. playwright, adtor, modern dancer, writer, guitarist, director, cinematographer, and Filmmaker. Did work as graphc design as people at times ignore PDF file due to limited time
a introductory volume of a short bio of my backstory as a 60s scoop survivor leading me into my desire to start writing poems and songs before my SFU university years,
^5 pages in firtst volume
volume I: Once I was Nothing. Poems from May, 1980 to Fall 1983
In the spirit of media democracy, Isuma's exhibition at the 58th Biennale di Venezia has a parallel exhibition accessible to anyone with an Internet connection through www.isuma.tv and The Isuma Book. These are the installation photos of Isuma's work at the Canada Pavilion.
