Ron Noganosh

A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o
C o n t e m p o r a r y N a t i v e A r t i s t s i n C a n a d a

R o n N o g a n o s h

b. 1949, Magnetawan Reserve, Byng Inlet, Ontario
First Nations Affiliation: Ojibwa

A graphic artist, photographer, and installation artist, Ron Noganosh began his career by obtaining diplomas first in welding (1968) and then graphic design (1970). In the 1980s, Noganosh completed a B.A. at the University of Ottawa while teaching in Hull, Québec, and giving sculpture workshops. He is best known for assemblage sculptures and installations which utilize urban detritus such as beer caps, auto parts, and discarded toys in a sardonic critique of society’s excesses and errors, from pollution, to the genocide of the Indigenous inhabitants of the Americas. In the 1990s, Noganosh was honoured with several awards, including a scholarship for an artist's residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council awards.

R E C E N T E X H I B I T I O N S

1997	Transitions: Contemporary Canadian Indian and Inuit Art (travelling)
1993	Nomads: Artists in Residence. Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta
1992	Ron Noganosh: Recent Works. Ufundi Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario Summer Solstice. Galerie l'Imagier, Alymer, Québec Canada's First People (travelled across Canada and Japan) Extra-Muros: Five Artists at Jeanne d'Arc. Organized by Artscourt, Ottawa, Ontario New Territories-350 / 500 Years After. Les Maisions de la Culture, Montréal, Québec Contemporary First Nations Art. Ufundi Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1991	En Hommage a un Cadeau d'Eva Hesse. Axe-Neo 7, Hull, Québec L'Amérindienne: Regards sur l'Animal. Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Québec Strengthening the Spirit. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Visions of Power. Harbourfront/Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1990	Cardinal Points: Amerindian Art Today. La Macaza, Hautes-Laurentides, Québec Hard and Soft. University of Sherbrooke Cultural Centre, Sherbrooke, Québec

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

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

Ace, Barry, and July Papatsie. Transitions: Contemporary Canadian Indian and Inuit Art. Ottawa, Ontario: Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade; Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, 1997.

Canadian Museum of Civilization, ed. In the Shadow of the Sun: Perspectives on Contemporary Native Art. Hull, Québec: The Museum, 1993.

Duffek, Karen, and Tom Hill. Beyond History. Vancouver, British Columbia: Vancouver Art Gallery, 1989.

Duncan, Ann. "Aboriginal artists open new territory." The (Montréal) Gazette, 8 August 1992, p. 15.

En hommage a un cadeau d’Eva Hess a Sol Lewit. Hull, Québec: Axe Neo 7, 1991.

Fry, Jacqueline and Brian Maracle. De-celebration. Ottawa, Ontario: Runge Press, 1990.

Fry, Jacqueline. Hard and Soft. Sherbrooke, Québec: University of Sherbrooke Press, 1990.

Kanbara, Bryce and Alfred Young Man. Visions of Power: Contemporary Art by First Nations, Inuit and Japanese Canadians. Toronto, Ontario: Earth Spirit Festival, 1991.

Lippard, Lucy R. Mixed Blessings - Contemporary Art in a Multicultural America. New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 1990.

Mainprize, Garry. Snakes in the Garden: An Exhibition of Works . . . . Coordinated by Bruce Earl; organized by the Festival of the Arts on behalf of the Council for the Arts in Ottawa; translated by Sylvain Topping. Ottawa, Ontario: The Council, 1988.

Tétrault, Pierre-Léon, Dana Alan Williams, Guy Sioui Durand, Alfred Young Man, et al. New Territories: 350/500 Years After: An Exhibition of Contemporary Aboriginal Art of Canada. Prefaces by Robert Houle, Tom Hill. Montréal, Québec: Ateliers Vision planétaire, 1992.

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