Michelle Sound

On October 16, 2021, please join us at CAG for a watercolour workshop with artist Michelle Sound. Using mark-making and tape resist techniques, Michelle will lead the group in creating their own unique painting inspired by Charlene Vickers’s zig-zag paintings. 

Michelle Sound is a Cree and Métis artist and mother. She is a member of Wapsewsipi/Swan River First Nation in Northern Alberta and was born and raised on the unceded and ancestral home territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. She holds a BFA from SFU, School for the Contemporary Arts, and a Master of Applied Arts from Emily Carr University. Michelle is currently an Indigenous Advisor at Douglas College and has taught workshops as a guest artist at the Richmond Art Gallery and Bill Reid Gallery. Michelle is a 2021 Salt Spring National Art Award Finalist and has upcoming solo exhibitions at the Art Gallery of St Albert and Daphne Art Centre, Montreal. Michelle is a multidisciplinary visual artist and her art practice includes a variety of mediums including photo based work, textiles, painting and Indigenous material practices. Her artwork often explores her Cree and Métis identity from a personal experience rooted in family, place and history.


A portrait photograph of Michelle Sound. Michelle wears a pair of pink glasses and beaded earrings. The photograph is framed by a detail of her rabbit-hair drum. 

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Watercolours and Mark-making with Michelle Sound

Open Studio

Join us for an artist talk with our current WEDGE resident, Michelle Sound. Michelle will provide an overview of her recent work, including the projects she’s been working on during her time in residence at the gallery.

### Biography 

Michelle Sound is a Cree and Métis interdisciplinary artist, educator and mother. She is a member of Wapsewsipi/Swan River First Nation in Northern Alberta and was born and raised on the unceded and ancestral home territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Simon Fraser University, School for the Contemporary Arts, and a Master of Applied Arts from Emily Carr University Art + Design.



A photograph of Michelle Sound standing and smiling outside by the water. Michelle is wearing a pair of black glasses, beaded earrings, and a wine-red shirt. 

Michelle Sound

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