Christin Dennis
b 1964, Aamjiwnaang (Chippewas of Sarnia First Nation). Ontario
First Nations Affiliation: Chippewa
Native artist Christin Dennis uses a mixed media approach in his work. Combining photography, watercolour, ink, drawing,
and various printing techniques, he creates a body of work that explores and embraces his Chippewa heritage. Christin Dennis majored in fine art at Georgian College in Owen Sound. Ontario. He studied art history as well as exploring drawing, painting, sculpture, and graphic art.
He later learned photography through an apprenticeship under Canadian Master of Photographic Arts Michael McLuhan, the son of Marshall McLuhan. Photography became not only an important artistic medium for Christin , it also became a means of documenting and exploring the people, sites, and events of significance to his Chippewa identity.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2015 Durham Art Gallery
July 16 to Sept 12
Durham, Ontario
2007-2009 Christin Dennis Photographer and Fine Art Gallery
Listowel, Ontario
2002 Gallery Indigena
Stratford,Ontario
2002 Gallery deBoer
Owen Sound,Ontario
2002 Durham Art Gallery
Durham,Ontario
2002 Spin Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
2001 Longyear Museum of Anthropology
Colgate University,
Hamilton, New York
1999 -2000 Original Papers Art Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
1996 -1997 Prestige Images The Fine Art of Photography
Fergus, Ontario
1994 Wellington County Museum
Fergus, Ontario
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Longyear Museum of Anthropology
Colgate University
Hamilton, New York
For Christin Dennis, art is a means of expressing his passionate interconnection with "the spirit of all that exists."
A spiritual healer as well as an artist, Christin stresses the importance of traditional teachings and spiritual growth.
He emphasizes that awareness of self and one's place in the world is
important for members of both Native and non- Native cultures. Perhaps paradoxically, he uses cutting edge technology to make a
statement about the distinctive place of ancient aboriginal cultures in a complex, contemporary, multicultural world.
b 1964, Aamjiwnaang (Chippewas of Sarnia First Nation). Ontario
First Nations Affiliation: Chippewa
Native artist Christin Dennis uses a mixed media approach in his work. Combining photography, watercolour, ink, drawing,
and various printing techniques, he creates a body of work that explores and embraces his Chippewa heritage. Christin Dennis majored in fine art at Georgian College in Owen Sound. Ontario. He studied art history as well as exploring drawing, painting, sculpture, and graphic art.
He later learned photography through an apprenticeship under Canadian Master of Photographic Arts Michael McLuhan, the son of Marshall McLuhan. Photography became not only an important artistic medium for Christin , it also became a means of documenting and exploring the people, sites, and events of significance to his Chippewa identity.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
2015 Durham Art Gallery
July 16 to Sept 12
Durham, Ontario
2007-2009 Christin Dennis Photographer and Fine Art Gallery
Listowel, Ontario
2002 Gallery Indigena
Stratford,Ontario
2002 Gallery deBoer
Owen Sound,Ontario
2002 Durham Art Gallery
Durham,Ontario
2002 Spin Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
2001 Longyear Museum of Anthropology
Colgate University,
Hamilton, New York
1999 -2000 Original Papers Art Gallery
Toronto, Ontario
1996 -1997 Prestige Images The Fine Art of Photography
Fergus, Ontario
1994 Wellington County Museum
Fergus, Ontario
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Longyear Museum of Anthropology
Colgate University
Hamilton, New York
For Christin Dennis, art is a means of expressing his passionate interconnection with "the spirit of all that exists."
A spiritual healer as well as an artist, Christin stresses the importance of traditional teachings and spiritual growth.
He emphasizes that awareness of self and one's place in the world is
important for members of both Native and non- Native cultures. Perhaps paradoxically, he uses cutting edge technology to make a
statement about the distinctive place of ancient aboriginal cultures in a complex, contemporary, multicultural world.