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    • OZHICHIGE
    • ARTIST
    • ART
    • PUBLIC ART
    • CONCEPT ART
    • PLAY
    • MULTIDISCIPLINARY
      • FOUND OBJECT
      • TEXTILES
      • JEWELLERY
      • NCCT
      • BRANDING
      • SCULPTURE
    • MIIGWECH
    • CONNECT
  • OZHICHIGE
  • ARTIST
  • ART
  • PUBLIC ART
  • CONCEPT ART
  • PLAY
  • MULTIDISCIPLINARY
    • FOUND OBJECT
    • TEXTILES
    • JEWELLERY
    • NCCT
    • BRANDING
    • SCULPTURE
  • MIIGWECH
  • CONNECT

Tessa Shank

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FOUND OBJECT


Blanketed

Toronto Star Articles & Found Objects

2025



Tchotchke Nation

Found Object

2024




Oh You Injun!

Toronto Star Articles & Found Objects

2023


This is a digital collage made up of found objects, set to the backdrop of articles from the Toronto Star Archives from 1909-1980. Each highlights the stereotypes and negative imagery of Indigenous peoples which was widely depicted. This imagining of the “Indian” was a powerful tool used in the disenfranchisement and dehumanization of Indigenous peoples across North America. 






Injun-uity

2023



Stay Away From Our Children!

2023





Test Screen Ceremony

2023



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FOUND OBJECT


But, You Don't Look Indian

Found Objects & Digital

2023



Inner Medicine, Outer Medicine

Found Objects & Digital

2024


This piece is part of an ongoing series and is an exploration of material, medium and self.


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