Visit with Inter-disciplinary Artist Jeneen Frei Njootli
February 27, 2017
Jeen Frei Njootli joined the class for an artist-talk/potluck in which she shared thoughts on her performance practice, her upcoming LandMarks work, and the politics of refusal.
Jeneen Frei Njootli is a Gwitchin artist and a founding member of the ReMatriate collective currently based on unceded Coast Salish Territory in Vancouver. She graduated with a BFA from Emily Carr University in 2012 after working as a curatorial assistant for Rita Wong’s downstream: reimagining water project. Frei Njootli’s practice concerns itself with Indigeneity in politics, community engagement and productive disruptions. An alumna of the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, she has worked as a performance artist, workshop facilitator and crime prevention youth coordinator, and has exhibited across Canada. Frei Njootli’s works are part of the Yukon Permanent Art Collection and Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada’s Permanent Art Collection.
