Jessica Somers

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Cultural Background:ย  Odanak Abenaki, Ontario

Jessica Somers was born in Sudbury Ontario and is currently residing in Lavigne Ontario. She is Odanak Abenaki and her grandmother is also Mรฉtis. She is greatly influenced by her grandmother who enjoyed creating scenic and wildlife paintings.ย  Her fatherโ€™s passion for carpentry and his hard work ethics and determination are what attributed to her success as an artist today.

Jessica loves creating paintings that represent knowledge of the natural world we learn and share through generations. Jessica is captivated by the teachings by elders in her community and her Nation. She creates art that connect to these teachings.ย  This honors her ancestors while also ensuring the knowledge is passed on. Jessica uses her artwork as self-reflection, a way of seeking peace, sharing knowledge, teaching moral lessons, and/or telling stories. Jessica believes that art has been survivance, a way of holding on to stories and history, embodying a way of life, and expressing and sharing Indigenous identities.

Origine culturelle: Abรฉnaquise dโ€™Odanak, Ontario

Jessica Somers est nรฉe ร  Sudbury, Ontario et rรฉside actuellement ร  Lavigne, Ontario. Elle est Abรฉnaquise dโ€™Odanak et sa grand-mรจre est รฉgalement Mรฉtisse. Elle est trรจs influencรฉe par sa grand-mรจre qui aimait peintres des paysages et des animaux sauvages. La passion de son pรจre pour la menuiserie, son รฉthique de travail et sa dรฉtermination sont ร  l’origine de son succรจs en tant qu’artiste aujourd’hui.

Jessica aime crรฉer des tableaux qui reprรฉsentent la connaissance du monde naturel qui est apprise et partagรฉe de gรฉnรฉration en gรฉnรฉration. Captivรฉe par les enseignements des aรฎnรฉs de sa communautรฉ et de sa nation, Jessica crรฉe des ล“uvres d’art qui sโ€™y rattachent. Elle honore ainsi ses ancรชtres tout en veillant ร  la transmission de leurs savoirs. Ses ล“uvres d’art lui servent ร  l’autorรฉflexion et lui servent ร  rechercher la paix, partager des connaissances, enseigner des leรงons de morale et ร  raconter des histoires. Jessica est convaincue que l’art est une survivance, un moyen de prรฉserver les histoires et l’histoire, d’incarner un mode de vie et d’exprimer et de partager les identitรฉs autochtones.

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