Simone McLeod

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Cultural Background: Ojibway, Pasqua First Nation, SK

Simone McLeod, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1962, belongs to the Name doodem (Sturgeon clan) of the แ“‡แฆแ‘ฒแŒ (Nakawฤ“-Ojibwe Anishinaabeg). She is a member of Pasqua First Nation in Saskatchewan. Simone, who feels a strong spiritual kinship with her mother’s people, the Azaadiwi ziibi Nitam, or Poplar River First Nation of Manitoba, is a versatile artist: not only does she paint; she is also a talented poet, writer, and photographer. Simone McLeod descends from a long line of Ojibwe Midewiwin healers on both parental sides. Her traditional Anishinaabe name is Aki-egwaniizid, or Ahki-ekwanรฎsit, which means Earth Blanket, or All That Covers the Earth.

When asked about her painting process, Simone said, โ€œPainting was something that I often thought of when I was a small child, but I felt that it was not the right time. I believed that I had to wait until I could find something that had a lot of meaning to me. Each painting contains a piece of my soul. I have a strong faith in humankind and my paintings are silent prayers of hope for the future.โ€

Although she is considered a Medicine Painter working in the tradition of the Canadian Native School of Woodland Art, Simone definitely holds a unique place in the art heritage of her People.

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Origine Culturelle: Ojibwรฉe, Premiรจre Nation Pasqua, SK

Simone McLeod, nรฉe ร  Winnipeg (Manitoba) en 1962, appartient au clan (doodem) Sturgeon des แ“‡แฆแ‘ฒแŒ (Nakawฤ“-Ojibwรฉ Anichinabรฉ). Elle est membre de la Premiรจre Nation Pasqua, en Saskatchewan.

Simone ressent une forte parentรฉ spirituelle avec le peuple de sa mรจre, les Azaadiwi ziibi Nitam, ou Premiรจre Nation de la riviรจre Poplar, au Manitoba. Cโ€™est une artiste talentueuse et polyvalenteย : elle est peintre, mais aussi poรจte, รฉcrivaine et photographe. Simone McLeod descend d’une longue lignรฉe de guรฉrisseurs Ojibwรฉs Midewiwin en raison des lignรฉes de ses parents. Son nom traditionnel anichinabรฉ est Aki-egwaniizid, ou Ahki-ekwanรฎsit, qui signifie Couverture de la Terre, ou Tout ce qui couvre la Terre.

Interrogรฉe sur sa dรฉmarche artistique, Simone rรฉpond : “Je pensais souvent ร  peindre quand j’รฉtais petite, mais je sentais que ce n’รฉtait pas le bon moment. Je pensais que je devais attendre de trouver quelque chose qui avait beaucoup de sens pour moi. Chaque ล“uvre recรจle un morceau de mon รขme. J’ai une foi profonde en l’humanitรฉ et mes ล“uvres sont des priรจres silencieuses d’espoir pour l’avenir.”

Bien qu’elle soit considรฉrรฉe comme peintre guรฉrisseuse et quโ€™elle ล“uvre dans la tradition de l’รฉcole dโ€™art autochtone canadien des Woodlands, Simone occupe une place unique dans l’hรฉritage artistique de son peuple.

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