This solo exhibition by Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ , Mullyanne Nîmito, showcases several previous video performance works, as well as a new piece developed for this exhibition. LeGrande’s oeuvre presents striking, difficult-to-resist-for-the-‘Gram moments but is held tightly with her love for the hybrid space between both traditional and contemporary Indigenous culture. In this exhibition, LeGrande brings together language, pull tabs and the transference of familial craft knowledges to deliver visceral performances across grief and into reclamation. Striking somewhere between fashion glam and land-based practices, LeGrande, a recent alumni of ECUAD, returns to the coast in high-style, ever sick and standing always at least three-inches taller in her signature platforms.
Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ is a Nehiyaw Isko artist, from Bigstone Cree Nation. She currently resides in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan also known as Edmonton, Alberta. Cheyenne graduated from Emily Carr University with her BFA in Visual Arts in 2019. Her work often explores history, knowledge and traditional practices. Through the use of her body and language, she speaks to the past, present and future. Cheyenne’s work is rooted in the strength to feel, express and heal. Bringing her ancestors with her, she moves through installation, photography, video, sound, and performance art.
This exhibition is curated by Whess Harman.
Events:
Saturday, September 17th at grunt gallery, 7-9 PM: Exhibition opening.
Wednesday, September 21st at Western Front, 7:30 PM: Maskisin ᒪᐢᑭᓯᐣ and Rinse: An evening of performance with Cheyenne Rain LeGrande and Amrita Hepi.
Digitized Programming:
Publication catalogue:
PDF
A companion catalogue for the exhibition with curatorial text by Whess Harmon, and exhibition response by Justin Ducharme.
Visual description available: Plain Text, Audio.
A free printed copy is available in gallery while supplies last.
Creative Access Audio Tour:
Creative Access Audio Tour of the exhibition. Link opens on SoundCloud (external link).
Listen to a visually described tour of Mullyanne Nimito, written By Kay Slater and Keimi Nakashima-Ochoa, narrated by Keimi Nakashima-Ochoa. Edited by Dustyn Krasowski-Olmstead.
English transcript available: Google Doc, Plain Text, PDF
Virtual Walkthrough:
In 2022, we provided our visitors with the opportunity to walkthrough this exhibition via a 360° experience. While no longer available or interactive, this is a short video of the experience so visual audiences can experience the layout of the space.
Image: Grieving with the Land (still) by Cheyenne Rain LeGrande, 2021. Courtesy of the artist.