Darla Fisher Odjig
D. Fisher-Odjig
CAREER SYNOPSIS
Group Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions,
Collections, Commissions, Illustrations
and Publications
GROUP EXHIBITION
1982 Queen Elizabeth Building,
CNE, Toronto, ON., CA
Dalhousie University, Halifax
MacDonald Hotel, Edmonton
Mississauga Mcinnes-Nixon Gallery,
Mississauga, ON., CA
Air Canada, Sault Ste. Marie, ON
Sault Ste. Marie Art Gallery, Sault Ste. Marie, ON., CA
1983 Holiday Inn, Toronto, ON., CA
University of Kitchener, Kitchener, ON., CA University of Guelph, Guelph, ON., CA
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON., CA
Festival of Arts, Brantford, ON., CA
Westin Hotel, Hungers End, Toronto, ON., CA
Sheraton Northwood Hotel, Ft. McMurray,
Alberta
Library, Ft. McMurray, Alberta
McDonald Island Trades Fair, Ft. McMurray,
Alberta
O.M.N.S.I.A. Conference, White River, ON., CA
1984 Native Canadian Centre, ON., CA
(Ontario Native Artists) by Helen Wilson, Spadina Ave. Toronto, ON., CA
1988-89 Nimkis Gallery, Toronto, ON., CA
1993 Native Canadian Center, Toronto, ON., CA
1993 Brave Gallery, Toronto, ON., CA
1994 Touch The Earth Gallery, London, ON., CA, Sept. 29-Oct. 9
1996 MIZIWE BIIK Aboriginal Employment, Toronto, ON., CA
1997 Artemis Gallery, Parry Sound, ON., CA Festival of Sound
1998 Sky Dome Pow Wow, Toronto, ON., CA A.N.D.V.P.
2000 Two Woman Show, Woolfits Gallery, ON., CA, Oct. 1-29/2000
2001 Neekawnisidok - (All Our Relations) Toronto, ON, CA, City Hall (Tundra) A.N.D.V.P. Association For Native Development In The Performing & Visual Arts, ON., CA
2002 Two Woman Show, (Sweet Medicine Woman) Acme Gallery, Toronto, ON., CA
2003 Tundra Showing of Native Aboriginal Art Festival, Toronto, ON, CA
2004 Group Showing, Streetsville Gallery, Aboriginal Treasures, Mississauga, ON., CA
2006 Aboriginal Treasures Exhibit, Mississauga, ON., CA, Streetsville Gallery
2006 Halton Hills Arts Week, Halton Hills, ON., CA
2007 Aboriginal Treasures Exhibit, Mississauga, ON, Streetsville Gallery, ON., CA
2007 FASM, 10th. Anniversary Celebration, Milton, ON., CA, 1997-2007
2007 Streetsfest Arts Festival, Streetsville Gallery, Streetsville, ON., CA
2008 FASM, From Heart to Hand, Milton, ON., CA
2009 Métis Arts Festival July 11
2009 Sheridan College, Symbols & Desensitization of First Nations People, Presentation Workshop
2010 Through the Eyes of an Artist, Crawford Lake, Milton, ON, Group Exhibition, Tiny Object
Teachings, Program Workshop on gifts from mother earth.
2010 DARLA FISHER-ODJIG, November 22, FASM, Milton, ON Teaching Workshop.
How To Get Rid of the Block.
2011 Through Women’s Hands, Art Gala & Sale, March 8, Tammy Foster @ Chatham
Kent Women’s Centre, Chatham, ON
2011-12 Group showing at Artspace Gallery, Chatham, ON
2013 Solo Show "CLOAKED" ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2016 Cowboys & Indians, Artspace, Chatham, ON
2020- Group Showing ongoing, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
SOLO EXHIBITION
1986 Ontario North Now, Artist of the Week, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON
1987 Ontario North Now, Artist of the Week, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON
1991 Ontario North Now, Artist of the Week, Exhibition Place, Toronto, ON
1988-89 Nimkis Gallery, Toronto, ON
1993 Native Canadian Center, Toronto, ON
1993 Brave Gallery, Toronto, ON
1994 Touch The Earth Gallery, London, ON
2013 CLOAKED, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
2016 Cowboys & Indians, ARTspace, Chatham, ON
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ILLUSTRATIONS & PUBLICATIONS
1995 Book Steel My Rage, Poetry & Art
Douglas & McIntyre, Joel Maki editor, Toronto, ON, Na-Me-Rez (Native Men’s Residence)
1995 Keeshig-Tobias, Lenore (Ojibwe), ed., Into the Moon: Heart, Mind, Body, Soul, Cover Art & Illustrations by Darla Fisher- Odjig (Ojibwe/Potawatomi).
1995 Book Cover “In A Vast Dreaming” Art and poetry, Native Women In The Arts,
1996 Book Art & Poetry, “Let the Drum Be Your Heart”, Douglas & McIntyre,
Warrior Cry, artwork & poetry New Native Voices, Joel Maki, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Book Cover for “Aboriginal Women’s Studies” University of Sudbury- Kevin Fitzmaurice
2009 Anthology,25 yr. struggle of a First Nations woman, Completed and Published book, by Xlibris, My Healing Journey, A Walk In Two Worlds, Poetry & Prose by D. Fisher-Odjig
2020 The Literary Connection Volume V, An anthology of poems and stories, My Father/My Mother=Myslelf, In Our Words Inc. inourwords2008@gmail.com
BIBLIOGRAPHY
1992 CCNB Showcase– Original works of art by Roy Thomas, Mishibigima-James A. Simon and Darla Fisher-Odjig display, Toronto Ontario, Canadian Council for Native Business
1997 Urban Mozaik Magazine 1997 -- Article on D. Fisher Odjig, SPIRITUALITY BELONGING,
By Jennifer Lambert, Toronto, ON, CA
1998 Illustrations Art for Native Women In The Arts, Women's Free Press --Diary Day Calendar, Toronto, Ontario
1999 Magazine Aboriginal Voices, Article on Daphne Odjig, Notification of recognition
to D. Fisher Odjig by Daphne Odjig.
2000 TANSI Newspaper, ACME Gallery “The Healing Journey Continues”, By Dennis Stark, editor.
Duke Redbird-City TV, Toronto Star.
2003 Celebration Donation to AGO Art Auction. Toronto, ON.
2008 Interviewed and included in The Life and Work of Daphne Odjig Video, by Raoul McKay, First Voice Multimedia
2011 Through Women’s Hands, Art Gala & sale,
2011 Group showings at Artspace Gallery, Chatham, ON
-2020
COLLECTIONS
2003 Silent auctions for charitable causes “Gardener Museum of Ceramic Art “Fiesta Picasso Gala” Toronto
1996 Private Collection, Mrs. R. Vandenburg, Oakville, ON, Canada
1996 Odawa Native Friendship Center, First Annual Art Auction, fundraising for Odawa Native
Friendship Centre, cultural, social and family services programs, Ottawa, Ontario
1997 Canadian Native Arts Foundation, Visual Arts, Toronto, Ontario
1997 Friends of the Lubicon, Art Auction, Daishowa boycott Land Clear Cutting
of northern Alberta Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
1998 Friends of the Lubicon, Art Auction, Spirits of Power, 98 Benefit Art Show and Auction
1999 Private Collection, Dr. Goldfarb, Etobicoke, On, Canada
1999 Homewood Health Centre Trauma division.
2000 Private Collection, Mr. Duke Redbird, The Coloured Stone, Toronto, ON, Canada
2003 A.N.D.V.P., Association For Native Development In The Performing & Visual Arts
AWARDS
1995 Indian and Inuit Art Collection at Indian and Northern Affairs Canada,
ON, Canada,) “He Sheds A Tear”, (Pun Geh Geh Waazeeben Gwah)
2006 Aboriginal Treasures Exhibit, Mississauga, ON, Streetsville Gallery Artist Award for painting “Sweet Medicine Woman.”
2009 My Healing Journey, A Walk In Two Worlds, Poetry & Prose, D. Fisher-Odjig, awarded grant by
Ontario Arts Council, An anthology of poetry and prose regarding struggles of a First Nations woman.
2013 CLOAKED, OAC, Ontario Arts Council award for solo show assistance. ARTspace, Chatham, ON
PUBLICATIONS of Art & Poetry
VANISHING POINT
Her breath glides silent
grounds unkempt
A mist of breathless tide
And distant drums through hearts
That wept
For warriors that have died
Her tears that wash the mud away.....
D. Fisher-Odjig 94 ©
Native Women In The Arts, “in a vast dreaming”, edited by Beth Brant 1998
BROTHER
You are my brother fox
And like the wind your scent deceives
Just as I your predators seek....
D. Fisher-Odjig 95
Na-Me-Rez, (Native Men’s Residence), “Steel My Rage”, Edited by Joel Maki, Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver, Toronto, ON, Canada 1995
BATTLE CRY
When dust it settles there you sit
Amongst the broken hearts
Above the rays of golden blitz
Adorn the rubble parts
The winds it carries warrior chants
Of chieftains long ago
And broken promises enhance
The life of picture show.....
D. Fisher-Odjig 95
New Native Voices, “Let the Drums Be Your Heart”, Edited Joel T. Maki, Douglas & McIntyre