Judy Chartrand (born 1959) is a Cree artist from Manitoba, Canada. She is an artist and political activist who grew up in the  Eastside neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. Her works frequently confronts issues of postcolonialism, social inequity and Indigenous knowledge expressed through the mediums of ceramics, found objects, archival photography and traditional Indigenous techniques of beadwork, moose hair tufting and quillwork.  Her series "If This is What You Call, ‘Being Civilized’, I’d rather go back to Being a ‘Savage’"  currently exists in the private collection of contemporary art collector Bob Rennie and the permanent collection of the Surrey Art Gallery. Education Chartrand studied  in the Fine Arts Program at Langara College before being accepted to the Emily Carr University of Art and Design where she graduated  in 1998. She continued on to finish her Masters in Fine Arts in Ceramics at the University of Regina (2003). Exhibitions  &   Métis Soup, Vancouver, BC: Macaulay & Co. Fine Art, 2016 <ref></</ref> Judy Chartrand 1999-2013, Saskatoon, SK: AKA Artist Run, 2013  Lost & Found: Haruko Okano, Judy Chartrand, and Wayde Compton Vancouver, BC: Access Gallery, 2006
Judy Chartrand (born 1959) is a Cree artist from Manitoba, Canada. She is an artist and political activist who grew up in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. Her works frequently confronts issues of postcolonialism, Indigenous feminism, socio-economic inequity and Indigenous knowledge expressed through the mediums of ceramics, found objects, archival photography and traditional Indigenous techniques of beadwork, moose hair tufting and quillwork. And early motif utilized in her work was referencing Mimbres bowl forms and surface decoration, which is a design language she has referenced back to frequently in her work from renditions of historical Mimbres pots, to public art installation like the one done for the Olivia Skye Public Housing Building which featured illustrations of women in the style of Mimbres surface decoration. Her series "If This is What You Call, ‘Being Civilized’, I’d rather go back to Being a ‘Savage’" is an evolution of the Mimbres pots, keeping the same bowl form but adding more personalized surface decoration from the artist. It currently exists in the private collection of contemporary art collector Bob Rennie and the permanent collection of the Surrey Art Gallery. Education Chartrand studied for her Diploma in the Fine Arts Program at Langara College before being accepted to the Emily Carr University of Art and Design where she graduated with her BFA in 1998. She continued on to finish her Masters in Fine Arts in Ceramics at the University of Regina (2003). Exhibitions Playing With Fire, Vancouver, BC: Museum of Anthropology, 2019 the poets have always preceded, North Vancouver, BC: Griffin Art Projects, 2019 Bad Stitch: Audie Murray, Judy Chartrand, and Jeneen Frei Njootli Vancouver, BC: Macaulay& Co. Fine Art, 2018 What a Wonderful World, Vancouver, BC: Bill Reid Gallery 2016-17 Métis Soup, Vancouver, BC: Macaulay & Co. Fine Art, 2016 <ref></</ref> Judy Chartrand 1999-2013, Saskatoon, SK: AKA Artist Run, 2013 Malaysia-Canada Indigenous Communities Applied Arts Exhibition, Vancouver, BC: Pendulum Gallery, 2012 Lost & Found: Haruko Okano, Judy Chartrand, and Wayde Compton Vancouver, BC: Access Gallery, 2006
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And early motif utilized in her work was referencing Mimbres bowl forms and surface decoration, which is a design language she has referenced back to frequently in her work from renditions of historical Mimbres pots, to public art installation like the one done for the Olivia Skye Public Housing Building which featured illustrations of women in the style of Mimbres surface decoration.
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is an evolution of the Mimbres pots, keeping the same bowl form but adding more personalized surface decoration from the artist. It
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for her Diploma
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with her BFA
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Playing With Fire, Vancouver, BC: Museum of Anthropology, 2019
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the poets have always preceded, North Vancouver, BC: Griffin Art Projects, 2019 Bad Stitch: Audie Murray, Judy Chartrand, and Jeneen Frei Njootli Vancouver, BC: Macaulay
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Co. Fine Art, 2018
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What a Wonderful World, Vancouver, BC: Bill Reid Gallery 2016-17
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Malaysia-Canada Indigenous Communities Applied Arts Exhibition, Vancouver, BC: Pendulum Gallery, 2012