James Monkman is a Cree visual artist and art director and the co-founder of James Monkman Studio Inc. He resides in Toronto, Ontario with his wife (the other co-founder of the Studio) and their children.
Growing up in Winnipeg, Manitoba, James, often, found himself operating in two cultures, simultaneously: Western and Indigenous. In each piece he creates, he brings an Indigenous process and perspective that remains an important point of emphasis.
James’ work is diverse and covers a breadth of digital and tactile mediums where he explores concepts in traditional Indigenous thought, language, and cosmology in his pursuit of an aesthetic with an eye towards Indigenous futurism. The goal of this unique perspective illustrates how imperative the Indigenous perspective is in our rapidly evolving North American culture.
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