Home: (Re)Created is a place where voices lay silent; where words do not touch the surface of what is felt. It is the story in which we share our experience of displacement in many forms while enduring violence of colonialism.
Home is no longer only a place; a physical structure in which we find ourselves in. It is in the corners where we meet our kin, it’s in the boundaries we have held ourselves to – it’s in the undoing of shame and insecurity that we have been subjected to feel about our queer and trans bodies.
Home: (Re)Created are the spaces, places, and feelings that 2SQTBIPOC have found safety in.
Eli Bird | Made to be Adorned, 2024 | Compression vest, fabric dye, beads, zipper, thread, acrylic paint
Artist Bio: Eli Bird is an Inninew and Anishinaabe artist from Selkirk, MB, currently residing on Treaty 1, Winnipeg, MB. He is a proud trans and Two-Spirit man, who strongly identifies as Indigiqueer. A descendant of the prairies, his art is fueled by love, joy, rage, and healing. In many mediums, including fibre arts, acrylic painting, photography, beadwork, and many more; he aims to represent joy as resistance and intergenerational resilience.
Eli Bird | Made to be Adorned, 2024 | Compression vest, fabric dye, beads, zipper, thread, acrylic paint
Artist Statement: This piece was inspired from the Anishinaabe teaching gifted to me from Hailey Bird, that we were created to be adorned. As a trans individual, gender affirming care and how I have adorned my body has been instrumental to my wellness and this teaching resonated heavily. If you have any questions for Hailey about the teachings, please refrain from asking without offering tobacco first, as that is protocol.
Muyi Eboigbe | The First Time…, 2024 | Acrylic | 12″ x 14″
Artist Bio: My name is Muyi, I am an Nigerian international student at the University of Winnipeg completing a bachelors in psychology. I also do work in harm reduction and community support at sunshine house. I started doing art as a teen in Nigeria but, i started working with acrylic paint shortly after I moved to Canada at 17 for university and I have been doing it ever since. I love art, I love learning, I love community and I’m grateful to be able to share a little bit of myself with people.
Muyi Eboigbe | The First Time…, 2024 | Acrylic | 12″ x 14″
Artist Statement: The pieces shown here are probably the most emotional pieces I have made so far, it is crazy that they are the first ones i show to the public. My relationship with emotions and self expression has been tumultuous so, I am insanely proud to have been able to express a bit of my internal world in these pieces. I hope to have been able to invoke some emotion and inspire thought and I above all hope that you like them. Thank you for this opportunity and hopefully this is the first of many.
Muyi Eboigbe | The State of Her, 2022 | Acrylic | 16″ x 18″
Artist Bio: My name is Muyi, I am an Nigerian international student at the University of Winnipeg completing a bachelors in psychology. I also do work in harm reduction and community support at sunshine house. I started doing art as a teen in Nigeria but, i started working with acrylic paint shortly after I moved to Canada at 17 for university and I have been doing it ever since. I love art, I love learning, I love community and I’m grateful to be able to share a little bit of myself with people.
Muyi Eboigbe | The State of Her, 2022 | Acrylic | 16″ x 18″
Artist Statement: The pieces shown here are probably the most emotional pieces I have made so far, it is crazy that they are the first ones i show to the public. My relationship with emotions and self expression has been tumultuous so, I am insanely proud to have been able to express a bit of my internal world in these pieces. I hope to have been able to invoke some emotion and inspire thought and I above all hope that you like them. Thank you for this opportunity and hopefully this is the first of many.
Moses Bor | This is What I Mean When I say “I got you”, 2022 | Mixed media on paper | 11″ x 14″
Artist Bio: My name is Moses Bor, I am a queer artist from Kenya residing in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I
have always loved drawing and was inspired by my uncle at a young age to draw. Over the years my passion for art birthed my love for creating pieces as a way to explore my imaginative psyche. The pieces you see are but a few in my first series called ‘Awakening’. The eyes in all these pieces are void symbolic of a dawn of higher consciousness.
Moses Bor | This is What I Mean When I say “I got you”, 2022 | Mixed media on paper | 11″ x 14″
Artist Statement: Art and creation is a spiritual practice. Every piece I complete teaches me something about myself and my creative process while reflecting where I am at in life. I like to use my beloved friends as references in my pieces because I think there is something beautiful about immortalizing the people you love. Black and Queer culture- especially the joy of both also play a big role in terms of influence when it comes to my work. Something as simple as
a lyric to a song also welcomes a wave of mental images of inspiration to play with.
Moses Bor | Eshu and the Frequency of Love, 2023 | Mixed media on paper | 11″ x 14″
Artist Bio: My name is Moses Bor, I am a queer artist from Kenya residing in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I
have always loved drawing and was inspired by my uncle at a young age to draw. Over the years my passion for art birthed my love for creating pieces as a way to explore my imaginative psyche. The pieces you see are but a few in my first series called ‘Awakening’. The eyes in all these pieces are void symbolic of a dawn of higher consciousness.
Moses Bor | Eshu and the Frequency of Love, 2023 | Mixed media on paper | 11″ x 14″
Artist Statement: Art and creation is a spiritual practice. Every piece I complete teaches me something about myself and my creative process while reflecting where I am at in life. I like to use my beloved friends as references in my pieces because I think there is something beautiful about immortalizing the people you love. Black and Queer culture- especially the joy of both also play a big role in terms of influence when it comes to my work. Something as simple as
a lyric to a song also welcomes a wave of mental images of inspiration to play with.
Moses Bor | From the River to the Sea, 2024 | Mixed media on paper | 11″ x 14″
Artist Bio: My name is Moses Bor, I am a queer artist from Kenya residing in Winnipeg, Manitoba. I
have always loved drawing and was inspired by my uncle at a young age to draw. Over the years my passion for art birthed my love for creating pieces as a way to explore my imaginative psyche. The pieces you see are but a few in my first series called ‘Awakening’. The eyes in all these pieces are void symbolic of a dawn of higher consciousness.
Moses Bor | From the River to the Sea, 2024 | Mixed media on paper | 11″ x 14″
Artist Statement: Art and creation is a spiritual practice. Every piece I complete teaches me something about myself and my creative process while reflecting where I am at in life. I like to use my beloved friends as references in my pieces because I think there is something beautiful about immortalizing the people you love. Black and Queer culture- especially the joy of both also play a big role in terms of influence when it comes to my work. Something as simple as
a lyric to a song also welcomes a wave of mental images of inspiration to play with.
Vee Hues | Up in the Trees, 2025 | Acrylic on canvas | 8″ x 10″
Artist Bio: Vee Hues (They/He) is a 13-year-old artist with a passion for creating across multiple mediums, including drawing, painting, and sculpting with clay and paper. They also enjoy experimenting with digital painting techniques, constantly exploring new ways to bring their ideas to life. When not making art, Vee loves reading, crocheting, playing video games, and watching anime. They also have a deep fascination with frogs and spiders and dream of one day having a pet White’s tree frog.
Vee Hues | Up in the Trees, 2025 | Acrylic on canvas | 8″ x 10″
Artist Statement: Vee primarily works with acrylics, beginning their creative process by sketching ideas in a sketchbook or directly onto the canvas. Their approach to colour is intuitive, blending and mixing hues to bring their visions to life. Currently, their work explores original characters that embody a range of emotions, capturing expressive moments through bold compositions. Inspired by manga and anime, Vee is constantly evolving their style—experimenting with dynamic poses, intricate backgrounds, and the interplay of light and shadow to add depth and movement to their pieces.
Jess Jannuska | Nimashkawizii, 2021 | Acrylic and beadwork on board | 24″ x 18 1/2″
Artist Bio: Jess Jannuska (she/her) is a Winnipeg-based multidisciplinary Indigenous artist and art workshop facilitator. She is mixed Dakota, Ojibway, and settler and is a band member of Canupawakpa Dakota Nation. She graduated with a BFA with honors from Brandon University IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art in 2018. Jannuska primarily works in mixed media, beadwork, comics, acrylic, crankies, and murals.
She uses a cathartic lens when storytelling to explore her Indigenous culture and share other Indigenous peoples’ stories of healing to try to create change. Jannuska utilizes portraiture, contemporary beadwork style, and mixed media to create the visual language that represents her Indigenous spirituality and that of others.
Jess Jannuska | Nimashkawizii, 2021 | Acrylic and beadwork on board | 24″ x 18 1/2″
Artist Statement: These two pieces are from an older body of work titled, ‘Love Letter to Myself.’ In this work I am exploring the female Indigenous form. I am utilizing sexuality, female empowerment, and Indigenous feminism to take back control. I hope to de-eroticize the female Indigenous form and re-establish respect.
Jess Jannuska | Gidapiitendaagoz, 2021 | Acrylic on board | 24″ x 18 1/2″
Artist Bio: Jess Jannuska (she/her) is a Winnipeg-based multidisciplinary Indigenous artist and art workshop facilitator. She is mixed Dakota, Ojibway, and settler and is a band member of Canupawakpa Dakota Nation. She graduated with a BFA with honors from Brandon University IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art in 2018. Jannuska primarily works in mixed media, beadwork, comics, acrylic, crankies, and murals.
She uses a cathartic lens when storytelling to explore her Indigenous culture and share other Indigenous peoples’ stories of healing to try to create change. Jannuska utilizes portraiture, contemporary beadwork style, and mixed media to create the visual language that represents her Indigenous spirituality and that of others.
Jess Jannuska | Gidapiitendaagoz, 2021 | Acrylic on board | 24″ x 18 1/2″
Artist Statement: These two pieces are from an older body of work titled, ‘Love Letter to Myself.’ In this work I am exploring the female Indigenous form. I am utilizing sexuality, female empowerment, and Indigenous feminism to take back control. I hope to de-eroticize the female Indigenous form and re-establish respect.
Q Hewitt | Scarred, 2024 | Acrylic on canvas | 14″ x 14″
Artist Bio: Q is a queer artist born and raised in Winnipeg. Their work focuses mainly on creating abstract paintings with bold colours. The pieces in this exhibition reflects the beauty and pain that comes with transitioning. It also reflects the vulnerability and risks that come with being a queer trans person in society.
Q Hewitt | Scarred, 2024 | Acrylic on canvas | 14″ x 14″
Artist Statement: I feel ones art is a reflection of themselves. Whether that is their emotional self, physical self or intellectual self. Many of my pieces are a reflection of what I find satisfying, colours, repetitive patterns, and different shapes. I don’t often paint with emotion as the driving force, however for these two pieces that is exactly what I did. I painted these as a reflection of the pain I felt for people who are being hurt for just existing as they are. I painted these as a reminder that there is pain in every stage there is growth, and that it is worth it.
Q Hewitt | Risk of Violence, 2024 | Acrylic on canvas | 40 cm diameter
Artist Bio: Q is a queer artist born and raised in Winnipeg. Their work focuses mainly on creating abstract paintings with bold colours. The pieces in this exhibition reflects the beauty and pain that comes with transitioning. It also reflects the vulnerability and risks that come with being a queer trans person in society.
Q Hewitt | Risk of Violence, 2024 | Acrylic on canvas | 40 cm diameter
Artist Statement: I feel ones art is a reflection of themselves. Whether that is their emotional self, physical self or intellectual self. Many of my pieces are a reflection of what I find satisfying, colours, repetitive patterns, and different shapes. I don’t often paint with emotion as the driving force, however for these two pieces that is exactly what I did. I painted these as a reflection of the pain I felt for people who are being hurt for just existing as they are. I painted these as a reminder that there is pain in every stage there is growth, and that it is worth it.
Amber Dawn Clark (Wesley) | Layered Roots, 2022 | Film photograph on foam-core | 8″ x 12″
Artist Bio: Amber is a self-taught photographer whose work is deeply personal, capturing moments of beauty, connection, and curiosity. Born in Saskatoon and raised in Mohkinstsis (Calgary), Amber spent summers and long weekends in Manitoba, where her mother’s journey to reconnect with family and culture became a formative experience throughout her youth. Inspired by these roots, Amber’s photography reflects themes of identity, memory, and place. Amber is a proud member of Berens River First Nation in Treaty 5 and is of mixed Scottish, Anishinini, and Kanyen’keha:ka heritage. With no formal training, her process is intuitive; she sees what resonates, shoots instinctively, and awaits what emerges in development. Now based in Winnipeg, Amber’s photography reflects her journey to honour family, culture, and the places that have shaped her story.
Amber Dawn Clark (Wesley) | Layered Roots, 2022 | Film photograph on foam-core | 8″ x 12″
Artist Statement: Although I have always known my Indigenous roots and grown up immersed in culture, it wasn’t until the past five years that I visited Obizhigokaang, the home of my nookomis, and began building relationships with my extended Wesley family. Returning to Obizhigokaang has been a powerful experience, connecting me to the beauty and strength of the lands, waters, and skies of my ancestors. This journey has been deeply meaningful, guided by my first cousin, Lara Kramer, with her children. Together, we’ve explored spaces rich with generations of stories. This exploration of home is reflected in my photography, especially in moments captured during a boat trip to our family’s trap-line at Camp 19. Through my work, I aim to honor these connections, the places, people, and histories that shape my sense of belonging. I invite viewers to reflect on their own ties to home.
Amber Dawn Clark (Wesley) | Camp 19, 2022 | Film photograph on foam-core | 8″ x 12″
Artist Bio: Amber is a self-taught photographer whose work is deeply personal, capturing moments of beauty, connection, and curiosity. Born in Saskatoon and raised in Mohkinstsis (Calgary), Amber spent summers and long weekends in Manitoba, where her mother’s journey to reconnect with family and culture became a formative experience throughout her youth. Inspired by these roots, Amber’s photography reflects themes of identity, memory, and place. Amber is a proud member of Berens River First Nation in Treaty 5 and is of mixed Scottish, Anishinini, and Kanyen’keha:ka heritage. With no formal training, her process is intuitive; she sees what resonates, shoots instinctively, and awaits what emerges in development. Now based in Winnipeg, Amber’s photography reflects her journey to honour family, culture, and the places that have shaped her story.
Amber Dawn Clark (Wesley) | Camp 19, 2022 | Film photograph on foam-core | 8″ x 12″
Artist Statement: Although I have always known my Indigenous roots and grown up immersed in culture, it wasn’t until the past five years that I visited Obizhigokaang, the home of my nookomis, and began building relationships with my extended Wesley family. Returning to Obizhigokaang has been a powerful experience, connecting me to the beauty and strength of the lands, waters, and skies of my ancestors. This journey has been deeply meaningful, guided by my first cousin, Lara Kramer, with her children. Together, we’ve explored spaces rich with generations of stories. This exploration of home is reflected in my photography, especially in moments captured during a boat trip to our family’s trap-line at Camp 19. Through my work, I aim to honor these connections, the places, people, and histories that shape my sense of belonging. I invite viewers to reflect on their own ties to home.
Amber Dawn Clark (Wesley) | I see you in the Water, 2022 | Film photograph on foam-core | 8″ x 12″
Artist Bio: Amber is a self-taught photographer whose work is deeply personal, capturing moments of beauty, connection, and curiosity. Born in Saskatoon and raised in Mohkinstsis (Calgary), Amber spent summers and long weekends in Manitoba, where her mother’s journey to reconnect with family and culture became a formative experience throughout her youth. Inspired by these roots, Amber’s photography reflects themes of identity, memory, and place. Amber is a proud member of Berens River First Nation in Treaty 5 and is of mixed Scottish, Anishinini, and Kanyen’keha:ka heritage. With no formal training, her process is intuitive; she sees what resonates, shoots instinctively, and awaits what emerges in development. Now based in Winnipeg, Amber’s photography reflects her journey to honour family, culture, and the places that have shaped her story.
Amber Dawn Clark (Wesley) | I see you in the Water, 2022 | Film photograph on foam-core | 8″ x 12″
Artist Statement: Although I have always known my Indigenous roots and grown up immersed in culture, it wasn’t until the past five years that I visited Obizhigokaang, the home of my nookomis, and began building relationships with my extended Wesley family. Returning to Obizhigokaang has been a powerful experience, connecting me to the beauty and strength of the lands, waters, and skies of my ancestors. This journey has been deeply meaningful, guided by my first cousin, Lara Kramer, with her children. Together, we’ve explored spaces rich with generations of stories. This exploration of home is reflected in my photography, especially in moments captured during a boat trip to our family’s trap-line at Camp 19. Through my work, I aim to honor these connections, the places, people, and histories that shape my sense of belonging. I invite viewers to reflect on their own ties to home.
Lucy Lindell | Before we had to Learn to Hold Ourselves, 2023 | Glass beads on felt
Artist Bio: Lucy Lindell is a Metis beadworker born and raised in the Interlake. Her beading journey began mid-2019 when she allowed herself to struggle with finding what her prefered beadwork style was. For much of her time beading, Lucy has done free-hand beadwork and has gifed over 500 hours of beadwork to individuals. Her work focuses on connecting to culture, identity, and listening to one’s spirit or intuition. She trusts the teachings that each bead is alive and has goodness to share. She has found great freedom with beading and all forms of creativity.
Lucy Lindell | Before we had to Learn to Hold Ourselves, 2023 | Glass beads on felt
Artist Statement: Here, a grandmother sits with a safe tree. Her dress is the water, a form of life, and she acts as a natural vase to us, the beautiful flowers of all different shapes and sizes. It is effortless for her to give us life and there is no question of worthiness of life. She is able to help us receive all that we need to thrive.
This is a form of zhawenim (unconditional love) that was easily known prior to colonization and prior to believing that life could be gained by taking from others.
To me, giving and receiving zhawenim is the home we are working on getting back to.
Therese Reyes | Circulate, 2025 | Digital art (Procreate) | 18″ x 24″
Artist Bio: Therese Reyes is from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She immigrated to Canada with her family when she was 8 years old from the Philippines. She has always been drawn to art even at a young age. Their love and interest for painting with acrylics grew in high school. Creating art allows her to process and decipher her thoughts and emotions. Along with drawing and painting she also takes pleasure in reading and writing short stories and poems.
Therese Reyes | Circulate, 2025 | Digital art (Procreate) | 18″ x 24″
Artist Statement: My work’s vision is to recreate memories through colours and figures of our experiences. My paintings allow me to admire moments in my life and how my perspective changes throughout time.
Therese Reyes | Chosen Family (Piniling Pamilya), 2025 | Acrylic on canvas | 18″ x 24″
Artist Bio: Therese Reyes is from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She immigrated to Canada with her family when she was 8 years old from the Philippines. She has always been drawn to art even at a young age. Their love and interest for painting with acrylics grew in high school. Creating art allows her to process and decipher her thoughts and emotions. Along with drawing and painting she also takes pleasure in reading and writing short stories and poems.
Therese Reyes | Chosen Family (Piniling Pamilya), 2025 | Acrylic on canvas | 18″ x 24″
Artist Statement: My work’s vision is to recreate memories through colours and figures of our experiences. My paintings allow me to admire moments in my life and how my perspective changes throughout time.
