Patricia Deadman

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

P a t r i c i a D e a d m a n

b. 1961, Oshweken, Ontario
First Nations Affiliation: Tuscarora; Mohawk

Exhibiting professionally since the mid 1980s, Patricia Deadman has a diploma in fine art from Fanshawe College (1986), and a B.F.A from the University of Windsor (1988). As a member of the Native Indian/Inuit Photographers Association, Deadman is known for both her black and white prints and experimental colour image manipulations, such as the vibrant photocollages of her Pow Wow series. The 1994 Serve series incorporates text to produce more overt inquiries into politics, history, and representation, and continues her transformation of the politically-charged historic relationship between First Nations people and photography.

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

1998	Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices. Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta
1996	AlterNative. Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Ontario London Life Young Contemporaries '96. London Regional Art Gallery, London, Ontario
1994	From Icebergs to Iced Tea. Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Ontario; Carleton University Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario
1993	Contemporary Camera. Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
1992	Rephotographing the Land. Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia If the Spirit Moves You. SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario New Territories: 350/500 Years After. Les Maisons de la Culture, Montréal, Québec
1991	No Borders. Native Indian/Inuit Photographer's Association (NIIPA), Hamilton, Ontario Visions of Power. Harbourfront/Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto, Ontario Through an Eagle's Eye. Gallery Lambton, Sarnia, Ontario
1990	Fringe Momentum. Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario A Moment in Time. Native Indian/Inuit Photographer's Association (NIIPA), Hamilton, Ontario Art of the First Nations. Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario Through the Lens. Compas Gallery, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona Telling Pictures. Kingston Artist Association, Inc., Kingston, Ontario

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

Artists Book Collection, Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montréal, Québec
Artists Book Collection, National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Banff Centre for the Arts, Alberta
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay, Ontario
Woodland Cultural Centre, Brantford, Ontario

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

Deadman, Patricia. Fringe Momentum: The Photocollages of Patricia Deadman. Essay by Janet Clark. Thunder Bay, Ontario: Thunder Bay Art Gallery, 1990.

Deadman, Patricia. Reproduction: Beyond Saddlleback series [untitled]. Aperture 2, no. 139 (Summer 1995): 66-67.

Gibson-Garvey, Susan. Rephotographing the Land: Marlene Creates, Patricia Deadman, Lorraine Gilbert, Ernie Kroeger, Sylvie Readman, Sandra Semchuk. Halifax, Nova Scotia: Dalhousie Art Gallery, Dalhousie University, 1992.

Henry, Victoria, and Shelley Niro. From Icebergs to Iced Tea. Thunder Bay, Ontario: Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario; Carleton University Art Gallery, 1994.

Hogan, Linda. "Carry." Aperture no. 139 (Spring 1995): 64 -67.

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

Richardson, Joan, Robin Metcalfe, and Charlotte Townsend-Gault. "Full houses." Canadian Art 14, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 62-71. [Reviews of: Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art '96, London Life Young Contemporaries '96, and Topographies: Aspects of Recent BC Art]

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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