Archer Pechawis

Archer Pechawis was born in Alert Bay, British Columbia. He has been a practicing artist since 1984 with particular interest in the intersection of Plains Cree culture and digital technology, merging “traditional” objects such as hand drums with digital video and audio sampling. His work has been exhibited across Canada, internationally in Paris and Moscow, and featured in publications such as Fuse Magazine and Canadian Theatre Review. Archer has been the recipient of many awards from Canada Council, BC Arts Council and Ontario Arts Council awards. He won the Best New Media Award at the 2007 imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and Best Experimental Short at imagineNATIVE in 2009. Pechawis has worked extensively with Native youth since the start of his art practice, originally teaching juggling and theatre and now digital media and performance. He is an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Performance at York University and a member of Mistawasis Nêhiyawak, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Projects:

• Abundant Intelligences CoLAB