Serene Weasel Traveller
Serene Weasel Traveller, Indigenous Contemporary Artist
Artist Biography & Statement
Serene Weasel Traveller is from the Piikani Nation of the Blackfoot Confederacy, she resides in Lethbridge, Alberta.Serene is a graduate of the Lethbridge University in the BFA program - Indigenous Art / Art Studio. A graduate of Fashion and Merchandising program from the Lethbridge College, Serene is a designer of traditional and contemporary native regalia using beadwork, textile garment construction, and jewelry.
In her art practice, Serene works with beading, digital media, installation, site specific projects, found objects that are combined with traditional Indigenous art processes. Balancing her two-world realities. Blackfoot culture, where she was raised within traditional societies and protocols, and western worldviews where she conforms to the requirements of another value system. Serene Integrates the opposing realities in a continuous search for balance.
My work incorporates my Blackfoot culture with my western worldview. I look for the balance between the world of a Blackfoot woman from the Piikani Nation, and a resident of Canada. I am integrating representations of colonialism with my traditional cultural practices, by combining the two different elements, overplaying the notion of a cultural hybrid. My work is a celebration of the adaptation, survival, and strength of all indigenous people. I pay special homage to the traditional Blackfoot territory, the land that has shaped and sustained the Blackfoot people from time and immemorial.
Education
2007 - 2009
Lethbridge College. Diploma, Fashion Design and Merchandising
2017 - 2022
University of Lethbridge. BFA, Indigenous Art/ Art Studio
Awards
2020
Masked Heros, Facemask Quilt, Judges Choice, First American Art Magazine
2019
Excellence in Indigenous Art Studio Award, University of Lethbridge
2009
Best Haute Couture, Lethbridge College
Exhibitions
Solo
2022
Breathe Exhibition, Galt Museum & Archives
2019
Stories for the British Museum, University of Lethbridge, Hess Gallery
Group
2018
Otahpiaaki: Pride and Protest, Calgary Alberta
2012
Eight Ave Place Stampede Fashion Show, Calgary Alberta