NATION
Atikamewk
ABOUT THE ARTIST
With a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary art from the University of Québec in Chicoutimi, Eruoma Awashish aims to make her culture better known. Her dual identity, Atikamekw through her father and Quebecois through her mother, allows her to better grasp the differences between the two peoples and to create spaces for dialogue in her work.
She lived in Opitciwan, Wemotaci and Mashteuiatsh where a great sense of belonging grew. Her work speaks of hybridization and metamorphosis. Suffering is a theme that she often addresses, because according to her, it is a passage towards transformation.
Her work is marked by spirituality, symbols and syncretism. Eruoma likes to mix symbols referring to the First Nations culture and the Catholic religion. Through this interweaving of symbols, her works speak of both contrast and mixing, duality and balance, suffering and serenity. They are a reflection and a questioning on the phenomena of hybridization in the First Nations culture.
