"avaan, ala ooma, ka payhyamakuhk - Before, Now, Forever" - 2 1/2 ft x 3 ft, Acrylic, pouring medium, dispersion pigment, gold leaf and beadwork through canvas, 2018
Kelly Duquette
Kelly Duquette is a Red River Métis artist and Lawyer from Atikokan, Ontario.
Kelly Duquette is a Red River Métis artist and Lawyer from Atikokan, Ontario. She has a four-year Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree (BFA) and a Juris Doctorate Degree (JD) from the University of Ottawa. Kelly practices Municipal Law at Dentons Canada LLP in Ottawa, Ontario, and creates commissioned beaded paintings in her spare time.
“Following over one-hundred years of silence, assimilation and oppression within Canadian society, Métis peoples have re-emerged and reclaimed their culture. This unique time in our history has become an inspiration behind my artwork. Painting has allowed me to reflect on these issues relating to my hidden identity and my experience as a Métis woman. The incomplete elements of
my work represent the loss of our language and traditions, while the intervention of abstract beadwork reinforces our strength and resilience as a distinct rights-bearing people.”
