b. 1954, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
First Nations Affiliation: Plains Cree

In 1983, Ruth Cuthand completed a B.F.A. at the University of Saskatchewan, and has pursued post-graduate studies there and at the University of Montana. She is known in part for her investigation of the nineteenth-century Ghost Dance Religion and the iconography of its shirts - metaphors of cultural resistance and survival in the face of tragic repression - realized upon unframed, unstretched canvases. She has also worked in installation, such as for the 1993 solo exhibition Location/Dislocation at the Mendel Art Gallery noted below.

R E C E N T   E X H I B I T I O N S

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

Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, Sudbury, Ontario
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

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

"Artist's perspective contemporary, political." Windspeaker 11, no. 9 (19 July 1993): 9.

Beatty, Greg. "Visual art: Tracing a ghostly dance." Border Crossings 10, no. 3 (Summer 1991): 30-31.

Bell, Lynne. Remembering and Telling: Stories of Identity and Location. Regina, Saskatchewan: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1991.

Beatty, Greg. "Of tragedies and vibrant culture." Regina Leader-Post, 31 January 1991, p. B-7.

Cardinal-Schubert, Joane. Mark Makers: An Exhibition of Work by Artists Who Have Lived and Worked in Saskatchewan. Regina, Saskatchewan: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1997.

Grenville, Bruce, and Ruth Cuthand. Ruth Cuthand: Location/dislocation. Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Mendel Art Gallery, 1995.

Mackay, Marilyn. "Changers: A spiritual renaissance." ARTSatlantic 11, no. 2 (Winter 1992): 34-36.

Maskegon-Iskwew, Ahasiw. "Native love: Subverting the boundaries of the heart." FUSE Magazine 19, no. 4 (Summer 1996): 24-33.

Ode'Min: Contemporary Native Art, Crafts and Photography. Sudbury, Ontario: Laurentian University Museum and Arts Centre, 1988. [Exhibition held 6 July  - 7 August 1988].

Podedworny, Carol. Eight From the Prairies: Part Two. Thunder Bay, Ontario: Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1987.

Ruth Cuthand: The Traces of the Ghost Dance. Regina, Saskatchewan: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1991.

Zepp, Norman. Two Worlds: Contemporary Canadian Indian Art From the Collection of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Regina, Saskatchewan: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1985.