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F r a n c e s   K a g i g e

b. 1929, Wikwemikong Reserve, Manitoulin Island, Ontario
First Nations Affiliation: Ojibwa

Self-trained artist Francis Kagige's first work, on the cardboard from shoeboxes and old notebooks, showed abstracted, stylized Native symbols. Fine art materials, support, and encouragement followed quickly, and Solvis Westman arranged Kagige's first solo exhibition. With its heavy formlines, sinuous, organic contours, x-ray interiors, and traditional Anishnabe symbols and interconnected forms, the artist's later work reflects the Woodland style.

 

R E C E N T   E X H I B I T I O N S

1989 Woodlands: Contemporary Art of the Anishnabe.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario (travelling)
1987 Manitoulin Island -The Third Layer.
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
1981 Indian Art '81.
Woodland Indian Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario
1979 Nishnawne Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Galerie des Schlosses Klein-Mectenlach, Fueberg, Switzerland

Malerei Kanadischer Indianer.
Gallery Prist noi, Vienna, Austria
1966 University of Windsor Art Gallery, Windsor, Ontario
1967 Indian Pavilion, Expo '67, Montréal, Québec
1964-65 New York Worlds Fair, New York, New York
1964 Toronto Central Library, Toronto, Ontario
Japanese Cultural Centre, Toronto, Ontario

O T H E R  E X H I B I T I O N   V E N U E S

Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
International Institute of Metropolitan Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

 

S E L E C T E D   C O L L E C T I O N S

Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Institute of Alaska Native Arts, Fairbanks, Alaska
McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario

 

S E L E C T E D   B I B L I O G R A P H Y

Johnston, Patronella. Tales of Nokomis. Illustrations by Francis Kagige. Don Mills, Ontario: Musson Book Co., 1975.

Manitoulin Island -The Third Layer. Thunder Bay, Ontario: Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1987.

Snake, Sam, Emerson Coatsworth, and David Coatsworth. The Adventures of Nanabush: Ojibway Indian stories. Illustrated by Francis Kagige. Toronto, Ontario: Doubleday Canada, 1979.

Southcott, Mary E. The Sound of Drum: The Sacred Art of the Anishnabec. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1984.

Woodlands: Contemporary Art of the Anishnabe. Thunder Bay, Ontario: Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1989.

 
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