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About Our Guest

Marianne Nicolson

The Musgamakw Dzawada鈥檈nuxw Nations are part of the Kwakwaka鈥檞akw (Kwak鈥檞ala speaking peoples) of the Pacific Northwest Coast. She is trained in both traditional Kwakwaka鈥檞akw forms and culture and contemporary gallery and museum-based practice.  

Nicolson works as a Kwakwaka鈥檞akw cultural researcher and historian, as well as an advocate for Indigenous land rights. Her practice is multi-disciplinary encompassing photography, painting, carving, video, installation, monumental public art, writing and speaking. All her work is political in nature and seeks to uphold Kwakwaka鈥檞akw traditional philosophy and worldview through contemporary mediums and technology.  Exhibitions include the 17th Biennale of Sydney, Australia; The Vancouver Art Gallery, The National Museum of the American Indian in New York, Nuit Blanche in Toronto, Ontario, Museum Arnhem, Netherlands and many others. Major monumental public artworks are situated in Vancouver International Airport, the Canadian Embassy in Amman, Jordan and the Canadian Embassy in Paris, France.