Mesozoic maskisina
Mesozoic maskisina

2022
Acrylic on gypsum with poly strand fibre
16 1/2" x 14" x 2 3/8"

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Mischievite
Mischievite

2022
Sequins, iron, aluminum, resin, and UV wax
7" x 4 1/4" x 4"

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Jackson's Hole
Jackson's Hole

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
9.125” x 5.75”
Signed and dated on verso

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Milk River
Milk River

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
6.5” x 4.25”
Signed and dated on verso

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Pierre's Hole
Pierre's Hole

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
9.375” x 6.75”
Signed and dated on verso

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Johnson Peak
Johnson Peak

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
7” x 4.5”
Signed and dated on verso

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Sacred 69
Sacred 69

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
7.5” x 5.125”
Signed and dated on verso

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Ball's Falls
Ball's Falls

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
6.5” x 3.375”
Signed and dated on verso

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Spouter Geyser
Spouter Geyser

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
6.75” x 4.125”
Signed and dated on verso

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Miss Chief The Ancient One
Miss Chief The Ancient One

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

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Miss Chief Taking Down the White Man's Bull
Miss Chief Taking Down the White Man's Bull

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

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Miss Chief Decolonizing the Colonizer
Miss Chief Decolonizing the Colonizer

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

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Miss Chief 69 B.C.
Miss Chief 69 B.C.

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

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Cock Stalking
Cock Stalking

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

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Bow Down to Miss Chief
Bow Down to Miss Chief

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

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A Promise is Forever
A Promise is Forever

Kent Monkman in collaboration with Chris Chapman
2018
Edition of 100 + 5 AP

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A Promise is Forever
A Promise is Forever

Kent Monkman in collaboration with Chris Chapman
2018
Edition of 100 + 5 AP

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Resilience Plate
Resilience Plate

2018
Cobalt Transfer on Ceramic
10” x 10”
Edition of 150 + 5 AP

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Love Conquers All
Love Conquers All

2017
Gold leaf on birch and archival giclée face mounted to acrylic
12.5" x 17" x 2"
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

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Love Conquers All
Love Conquers All

2017
Gold leaf on birch and archival giclée face mounted to acrylic
12.5" x 17" x 2"
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

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Love Conquers All
Love Conquers All

2017
Gold leaf on birch and archival giclée face mounted to acrylic
12.5" x 17" x 2"
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

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Team Miss Chief Patch
Team Miss Chief Patch

2016
Embroidered patch
4.5" x 5.5"
Edition of 150
Hand signed and numbered with certificate of authenticity

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Miss Chief Tipi Pillow
Miss Chief Tipi Pillow

2016
Printed fabric and feather pillow
16" x 16"
Limited and monogrammed
Edition of 69 + 1 AP

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Berdashe Body Pillow
Berdashe Body Pillow

2016
Printed fabric and feather pillow
19" x 54"
Limited and monogrammed
Edition of 10 + 1 AP

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Berdashe Body Pillow
Berdashe Body Pillow

2016
Printed fabric and feather pillow
19" x 54"
Limited and monogrammed
Edition of 10 + 1 AP

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Beaver Rosary
Beaver Rosary

2016
Rosary with pewter crucifix
26" x 1.5"
Limited and engraved edition of 50 + 1 AP

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Beaver Rosary
Beaver Rosary

2016
Rosary with pewter crucifix
26" x 1.5"
Limited and engraved edition of 50 + 1 AP

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Beaver Rosary
Beaver Rosary

2016
Rosary with pewter crucifix
26" x 1.5"
Limited and engraved edition of 50 + 1 AP

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Beaver Rosary
Beaver Rosary

2016
Rosary with pewter crucifix
26" x 1.5"
Limited and engraved edition of 50 + 1 AP

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Miss Chief's Praying Hands (Red)
Miss Chief's Praying Hands (Red)

2016
Silicone Rubber
4.5” x 10.5”
Edition of 10 + 1 AP

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Miss Chief's Praying Hands (Black)
Miss Chief's Praying Hands (Black)

2016
Silicone Rubber
4.5” x 10.5”
Edition of 10 + 1 AP

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Bull in a China Shop
Bull in a China Shop

2015
Hand painted Earthenware
19” x 19” x 9"
Edition of 10

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Certificate of Mischief Nation
Certificate of Mischief Nation

2013
Archival Giclée Print on Parchment
8.5" x 11" & 2.75" x 6.5"
Hand signed and numbered
Unlimited edition

Certificate of Mischief and Five Dollars Treaty Money

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Modern Love
Modern Love

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
19" x 22"
Edition of 25

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Modern Love
Modern Love

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
19" x 22"
Edition of 25

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Modern Love
Modern Love

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
19" x 22"
Edition of 25

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Modern Love
Modern Love

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
19" x 22"
Edition of 25

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Modern Love
Modern Love

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
19" x 22"
Edition of 25

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Apollo and Hyacinth
Apollo and Hyacinth

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
22" x 16"
Edition of 15

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Achilles and Patroclus
Achilles and Patroclus

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
22" x 16"
Edition of 15

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Queen-Size Body Bag (view of the front)
Queen-Size Body Bag (view of the front)

2010
printed fabric / Hudson Bay blanket / fringe / sequins
110" x 74.5"

In September 2009, anticipating numerous H1N1 (Swine Flu) related deaths in Aboriginal communities, Health Canada delivered dozens of body bags to several First Nations communities. Aboriginal leaders were outraged and confused by Health Canada's response to First Nations communities who had requested resources to fight a second wave of the H1N1 outbreak. Instead of adequate preventative measures, like medicine, the disproportionate arrival of body bags sent a chilling message, with historical reverberations, to Aboriginal people across the continent.

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Queen-Size Body Bag
Queen-Size Body Bag

2010
printed fabric / Hudson Bay blanket / fringe / sequins
110" x 74.5"

Aboriginal people are too familiar with the devastation of infectious diseases and the deliberate attempts to remove them from existence. In the 18th century, British soldiers in North America concocted the diabolical scheme to decimate Aboriginal people with blankets infected with smallpox as part of a war effort.

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Queen-Size Body Bag (view of inside)
Queen-Size Body Bag (view of inside)

2010
printed fabric / Hudson Bay blanket / fringe / sequins
110" x 74.5"

George Catlin (1796–1872), in his observations of the Berdashe (Aboriginal male inhabiting the female role), wished for a selective extinction in Aboriginal America.

“This is one of the most unaccountable and disgusting customs that I ever met in Indian country... I should wish that it might be extinguished before it be more fully recorded.”

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Queen-Size Body Bag
Queen-Size Body Bag

2010
printed fabric / Hudson Bay blanket / fringe / sequins
110" x 74.5"

I drew inspiration from these contemporary and historical events to fashion a beautiful body bag, in the shape of a bison hide, from a queen-size red Hudson Bay blanket and a life-size image of myself as the Berdashe — Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. By making the body bag into an object of exquisite beauty, I give a transcendent and resilient response to a long history of violence directed toward First Nations. If Health Canada is shipping us Aboriginals body bags, then I want to design my own Queen-Size Body Bag!

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Parlour Pillow
Parlour Pillow

2007
Printed fabric and pillow insert
16" x 16" x 3"
Limited and monogrammed edition of 60

Features detail from The Impending Storm

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Dreamcatcher Bra
Dreamcatcher Bra

2007
Leather, string, beads
Approx. 13" x 10" x 6"

Also worn in performances by Miss Chief in Robin’s Hood, and Shooting Geronimo.


Photo: Brian Boyle

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Raccoon Jockstrap
Raccoon Jockstrap

2007
Raccoon fur, silk
Approx. 14" x 10" x 6"

Fashioned from a raccoon hat once belonging to the late Toronto film critic Jay Scott, this jockstrap forms the lower half of a costume worn in a performance at the Drake Hotel in 2005. The costume “Trapper’s Bride” is a peignoir worn by Miss Chief in the painting of the same name.

Photo: Brian Boyle

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Louis Vuitton Quiver
Louis Vuitton Quiver

2007
Cow leather, synthetics
Approx. 18" x 10" x 5" 

Monkman has used the Louis Vuitton brand to refer to social hierarchies and monopolies of class, power and wealth, established by trade among Europeans and Native Americans. Monkman has fashioned faux “Louis Vuitton” birch bark luggage (Boudoir de Berdashe), and an arrow quiver (Shooting Geronimo) that Miss Chief has worn in live performances and films.

Photo: Brian Boyle

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Beaded Moccasins
Beaded Moccasins

2007

These high heeled pumps were worn by Miss Chief in numerous films, videos and performances. They are also displayed as Miss Chief ’s personal effects inside Boudoir de Berdashe.

Photo: Brian Boyle

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Mesozoic maskisina
Mischievite
Jackson's Hole
Milk River
Pierre's Hole
Johnson Peak
Sacred 69
Ball's Falls
Spouter Geyser
Miss Chief The Ancient One
Miss Chief Taking Down the White Man's Bull
Miss Chief Decolonizing the Colonizer
Miss Chief 69 B.C.
Cock Stalking
Bow Down to Miss Chief
A Promise is Forever
A Promise is Forever
Resilience Plate
Love Conquers All
Love Conquers All
Love Conquers All
Team Miss Chief Patch
Miss Chief Tipi Pillow
Berdashe Body Pillow
Berdashe Body Pillow
Beaver Rosary
Beaver Rosary
Beaver Rosary
Beaver Rosary
Miss Chief's Praying Hands (Red)
Miss Chief's Praying Hands (Black)
Bull in a China Shop
Certificate of Mischief Nation
Modern Love
Modern Love
Modern Love
Modern Love
Modern Love
Apollo and Hyacinth
Achilles and Patroclus
Queen-Size Body Bag (view of the front)
Queen-Size Body Bag
Queen-Size Body Bag (view of inside)
Queen-Size Body Bag
Parlour Pillow
Dreamcatcher Bra
Raccoon Jockstrap
Louis Vuitton Quiver
Beaded Moccasins
Mesozoic maskisina

2022
Acrylic on gypsum with poly strand fibre
16 1/2" x 14" x 2 3/8"

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Mischievite

2022
Sequins, iron, aluminum, resin, and UV wax
7" x 4 1/4" x 4"

VIEW ALL

Jackson's Hole

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
9.125” x 5.75”
Signed and dated on verso

VIEW ALL

Milk River

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
6.5” x 4.25”
Signed and dated on verso

VIEW ALL

Pierre's Hole

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
9.375” x 6.75”
Signed and dated on verso

VIEW ALL

Johnson Peak

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
7” x 4.5”
Signed and dated on verso

VIEW ALL

Sacred 69

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
7.5” x 5.125”
Signed and dated on verso

VIEW ALL

Ball's Falls

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
6.5” x 3.375”
Signed and dated on verso

VIEW ALL

Spouter Geyser

2019
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient Indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
6.75” x 4.125”
Signed and dated on verso

VIEW ALL

Miss Chief The Ancient One

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

VIEW ALL

Miss Chief Taking Down the White Man's Bull

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

VIEW ALL

Miss Chief Decolonizing the Colonizer

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

VIEW ALL

Miss Chief 69 B.C.

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

VIEW ALL

Cock Stalking

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

VIEW ALL

Bow Down to Miss Chief

2018
Miss Chief’s Petroglyphs Porn
Copper leaf on hand carved lake-smoothed ancient indigenous limestone, hand picked by the artist
Signed on verso

VIEW ALL

A Promise is Forever

Kent Monkman in collaboration with Chris Chapman
2018
Edition of 100 + 5 AP

SHOP
VIEW ALL

A Promise is Forever

Kent Monkman in collaboration with Chris Chapman
2018
Edition of 100 + 5 AP

SHOP
VIEW ALL

Resilience Plate

2018
Cobalt Transfer on Ceramic
10” x 10”
Edition of 150 + 5 AP

SHOP
VIEW ALL

Love Conquers All

2017
Gold leaf on birch and archival giclée face mounted to acrylic
12.5" x 17" x 2"
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

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Love Conquers All

2017
Gold leaf on birch and archival giclée face mounted to acrylic
12.5" x 17" x 2"
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

VIEW ALL

Love Conquers All

2017
Gold leaf on birch and archival giclée face mounted to acrylic
12.5" x 17" x 2"
Edition of 3 + 1 AP

VIEW ALL

Team Miss Chief Patch

2016
Embroidered patch
4.5" x 5.5"
Edition of 150
Hand signed and numbered with certificate of authenticity

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Miss Chief Tipi Pillow

2016
Printed fabric and feather pillow
16" x 16"
Limited and monogrammed
Edition of 69 + 1 AP

SHOP
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Berdashe Body Pillow

2016
Printed fabric and feather pillow
19" x 54"
Limited and monogrammed
Edition of 10 + 1 AP

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Berdashe Body Pillow

2016
Printed fabric and feather pillow
19" x 54"
Limited and monogrammed
Edition of 10 + 1 AP

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Beaver Rosary

2016
Rosary with pewter crucifix
26" x 1.5"
Limited and engraved edition of 50 + 1 AP

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Beaver Rosary

2016
Rosary with pewter crucifix
26" x 1.5"
Limited and engraved edition of 50 + 1 AP

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Beaver Rosary

2016
Rosary with pewter crucifix
26" x 1.5"
Limited and engraved edition of 50 + 1 AP

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Beaver Rosary

2016
Rosary with pewter crucifix
26" x 1.5"
Limited and engraved edition of 50 + 1 AP

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Miss Chief's Praying Hands (Red)

2016
Silicone Rubber
4.5” x 10.5”
Edition of 10 + 1 AP

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Miss Chief's Praying Hands (Black)

2016
Silicone Rubber
4.5” x 10.5”
Edition of 10 + 1 AP

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Bull in a China Shop

2015
Hand painted Earthenware
19” x 19” x 9"
Edition of 10

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Certificate of Mischief Nation

2013
Archival Giclée Print on Parchment
8.5" x 11" & 2.75" x 6.5"
Hand signed and numbered
Unlimited edition

Certificate of Mischief and Five Dollars Treaty Money

SHOP
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Modern Love

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
19" x 22"
Edition of 25

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Modern Love

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
19" x 22"
Edition of 25

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Modern Love

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
19" x 22"
Edition of 25

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Modern Love

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
19" x 22"
Edition of 25

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Modern Love

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
19" x 22"
Edition of 25

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Apollo and Hyacinth

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
22" x 16"
Edition of 15

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Achilles and Patroclus

2012
Archival Giclée Print on Canvas with Hand Painted Acrylic Detail
22" x 16"
Edition of 15

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Queen-Size Body Bag (view of the front)

2010
printed fabric / Hudson Bay blanket / fringe / sequins
110" x 74.5"

In September 2009, anticipating numerous H1N1 (Swine Flu) related deaths in Aboriginal communities, Health Canada delivered dozens of body bags to several First Nations communities. Aboriginal leaders were outraged and confused by Health Canada's response to First Nations communities who had requested resources to fight a second wave of the H1N1 outbreak. Instead of adequate preventative measures, like medicine, the disproportionate arrival of body bags sent a chilling message, with historical reverberations, to Aboriginal people across the continent.

VIEW ALL

Queen-Size Body Bag

2010
printed fabric / Hudson Bay blanket / fringe / sequins
110" x 74.5"

Aboriginal people are too familiar with the devastation of infectious diseases and the deliberate attempts to remove them from existence. In the 18th century, British soldiers in North America concocted the diabolical scheme to decimate Aboriginal people with blankets infected with smallpox as part of a war effort.

VIEW ALL

Queen-Size Body Bag (view of inside)

2010
printed fabric / Hudson Bay blanket / fringe / sequins
110" x 74.5"

George Catlin (1796–1872), in his observations of the Berdashe (Aboriginal male inhabiting the female role), wished for a selective extinction in Aboriginal America.

“This is one of the most unaccountable and disgusting customs that I ever met in Indian country... I should wish that it might be extinguished before it be more fully recorded.”

VIEW ALL

Queen-Size Body Bag

2010
printed fabric / Hudson Bay blanket / fringe / sequins
110" x 74.5"

I drew inspiration from these contemporary and historical events to fashion a beautiful body bag, in the shape of a bison hide, from a queen-size red Hudson Bay blanket and a life-size image of myself as the Berdashe — Miss Chief Eagle Testickle. By making the body bag into an object of exquisite beauty, I give a transcendent and resilient response to a long history of violence directed toward First Nations. If Health Canada is shipping us Aboriginals body bags, then I want to design my own Queen-Size Body Bag!

VIEW ALL

Parlour Pillow

2007
Printed fabric and pillow insert
16" x 16" x 3"
Limited and monogrammed edition of 60

Features detail from The Impending Storm

VIEW ALL

Dreamcatcher Bra

2007
Leather, string, beads
Approx. 13" x 10" x 6"

Also worn in performances by Miss Chief in Robin’s Hood, and Shooting Geronimo.


Photo: Brian Boyle

VIEW ALL

Raccoon Jockstrap

2007
Raccoon fur, silk
Approx. 14" x 10" x 6"

Fashioned from a raccoon hat once belonging to the late Toronto film critic Jay Scott, this jockstrap forms the lower half of a costume worn in a performance at the Drake Hotel in 2005. The costume “Trapper’s Bride” is a peignoir worn by Miss Chief in the painting of the same name.

Photo: Brian Boyle

VIEW ALL

Louis Vuitton Quiver

2007
Cow leather, synthetics
Approx. 18" x 10" x 5" 

Monkman has used the Louis Vuitton brand to refer to social hierarchies and monopolies of class, power and wealth, established by trade among Europeans and Native Americans. Monkman has fashioned faux “Louis Vuitton” birch bark luggage (Boudoir de Berdashe), and an arrow quiver (Shooting Geronimo) that Miss Chief has worn in live performances and films.

Photo: Brian Boyle

VIEW ALL

Beaded Moccasins

2007

These high heeled pumps were worn by Miss Chief in numerous films, videos and performances. They are also displayed as Miss Chief ’s personal effects inside Boudoir de Berdashe.

Photo: Brian Boyle

VIEW ALL

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