By honoring Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women, Judy Anderson provides spaces of exploration for experiences, sensibilities, thoughts, fears, and hopes, presented as female-based realities. The cultural act of honoring is at the core of Anderson’s recent series of work. Her multimedia approach creates interactions between sound components, beading, handmade paper, and found objects to reveal the complexities of personal relationships. Anderson’s Sole Project opens dialogue on the importance of honoring people and the many ways ceremonies can enrich the lives of both First Nation and non-First Nations people.

Judy Anderson is a Cree artist from the Gordon First Nation, SK whose practice includes beadwork, installation, handmade paper, painting, three-dimensional pieces, and, more recently, collaborative projects. Her work is deeply personal with a focus on issues of spirituality, family, graffiti and popular representations of Aboriginal people, all of which are created with the purpose of honoring the people in her life. She holds a BA and a BFA from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA from the University of Regina. Anderson is a faculty member at the First Nations University of Canada and the University of Regina.