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Ashcroft, Metis, is a self-taught multidisciplinary artist who has received local, national, and international exposure through publication, broad-cast and public presentation with her work in film/media, performing, and visual arts. Her work focuses on Indigenous and mixed blood identity, art as activism, the alchemy of mental health and female sexuality in a punk rock aesthetic. Her creations rely on revealing personal truths, seeking connections to place, and self-preservation as survivalism. She is happiest in the wilderness, fireside, camping under the stars.
VISUAL ART – SOLO / DUO SHOWS
Strata – Astum Api Niikinaahk – Wall to Wall Mural Fest – Wpg MB – Nov 2022
Land, Water, Warriors – Amsterdam Tea House, Wpg MB – Sept Oct 2016
Let It Burn – Zsa Zsa West Gallery, Wpg MB – June 2014
Metis I.D. w/ KC Adams -Paved Arts Gallery– Saskatoon, SK- July 2010
Metis, Metis Not – Curated by Liz Barron – Saskatoon SK – Aug 2010
Iron Maidens – High Octane Gallery– Wpg MB – February 2010
Aboriginal People’s Choice Awards – MTS Centre Winnipeg MB – 2006
Let it all come down tonight – Trip Dance Co. CanWest Art Centre– Feb 06
VISUAL ART – GROUP SHOWS
Flash Photography Festival – City of Winnipeg City Hall – 2016 – WAG– 2017 – CM 2018+19
Urban Shaman 50 to 500 – Urban Shaman Gallery– 2008 – 2018
GIRLS! GIRLS! GIRLS! – High Octane Gallery- Wpg MB – 2005-2018
Forks Market Shelter Series– Forks Market – Wpg MB– 2016
Portraits – Piano Nobile Gallery Winnipeg Manitoba – Aug-Oct 2015
Royal Canadian Mint Art Battle– Winnipeg Art Gallery – Nov 2014 + March 2015
BE:CULTURED – Royal Albert Arms Hotel– Wpg MB – May 2011
Carol Shields Festival– Prairie Theatre Exchange – Wpg MB – May 2010
aceartinc.Group Shows– Ace Art Gallery – Wpg MB – Nov 07 + 08 + 10
Art is the Cure – Because Industries – Wpg MB – Sept 2009
WAG studio show – Winnipeg Art Gallery – July 2007
Emerging Village Artists– Medea Gallery – Wpg MB – Jan 2006
Hedwig and the Angry Inch –Rosetinted Productions–England, Scotland, Italy – Jul 04 – May 05
PUBLISHED WORKS -written
Tipi Joe – 3500 word Essay for Urban Shaman Gallery – Nov 2022 publishing June 2023
Prairie Fire Magazine – Anthology Issue 100th Anniversary of Suffragettes – Essay 2016
Canadian Society of Cinematographers Mag – four-page article – 2007
Winnipeg Free Press Writers Competition – 2x honourable mention – Short fiction – 2002 + 2005
More Than A Handful – Goddess Rising Theatre Company – playwright – 1993-1996
Illustrations
DAMMED – book cover design Brittany Luby University of Manitoba Press – published 2020
Quest for Respect: The Church and Indigenous Spirituality –June 2017
Red Rising Magazine–Feb 2017
Yours, Mine, Ours, Unravelling the Doctrine of Discovery –Nov 2016
Subterrain Magazine -International Literary Mag– 9 illustrations in 5 mags 2006-2009 Van, BC
Music
Smell My Finger– Punk Rock CD – SHRIMP guitar, vox, lyrics – Punk Band – 2009
Peel N’ Eat – Punk Rock CD – SHRIMP – guitar, vox, lyrics – Punk Band – 2006
Song purchased by Comedy Network TV Series HOUSE PARTY
2 songs licensed by Daniel MacIvor for his play – A BEAUTIFUL VIEW
FILM WORKS
METIS, METIS NOT – DIRECTOR / WRITER / PERFORMER – 2010
Native Women in Film Festival – Feb 2013 – Winnipeg Manitoba
3rd Annual Biindigaate Film Festival – Sept 2011 – Thunder Bay, Ontario
33rd Clermont-Ferrand Festival – Feb 2011 – Clermont- Ferrand, France
The 13th Annual Columbia Native American Indian Film Festival – Nov 2010 – South Carolina, US XV International TV Fest – Oct 2010 – Bar, Montengro
Paved Arts – Metis ID – July 2010 – Saskatoon, SK
DEAD MOTHERS KITCHEN FLOORS – DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER / CO-PRODUCER – 2007 Magna Musee – Art Collective – Nov 2010 – Winnipeg MB
Festival International des Tres Courts – Jan 2010 – Paris, France
Kassel Dok Film and Video Fest – Nov 2009 – Kassel,Germany
WFG Cinematheque – June 2009 – Winnipeg MB
Pacific Cinematheque – Jan 2009 – Vancouver BC
WNDX Festival of Art Film – Oct 2007 – Winnipeg MB
SNAPPERDOODLE – DIRECTOR / CINEMATOGRAPHER / CO-PRODUCER – 2006
Nuit Blanche Winnipeg Film Group – Oct 2017 – Winnipeg MB
WNDX 5th Anniversary DVD – 1 TAKE SUPER 8 Compilations DVD 2011
Prairie Scene National Arts Center – April 2011 – Ottawa ON
Winnipeg Cinematheque Best of Prairie Super 8 – 1 Take – Feb 2009 – Wpg MB
IMAGES Festival of Independent Film – April 2008 – Toronto ON (CC Travel Grant)
Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film – Aug 2007 – Durham ON
Carole Shields Festival of New Work – May 2007 – Winnipeg MB
Girls Girls Girls 3 – March 2007 – Winnipeg MB
WNDX Festival of Art Film – Oct 2006 – Winnipeg MB
IRIS AND NATHAN – DIRECTOR / CO-PRODUCER – 1996
WTN – Short Shots – 1998 – Nationally Broadcast
Cinematheque Members Screening – August 1997 – Winnipeg MB
Local Heroes Film Festival – March 1996 – Edmonton AB
CONSULTING, SPEAKING, JURIES
Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord – Signatory representative for Creative Manitoba – 6 years
Exchange District Planning for Neeginan District – Consultant
Manitoba Legislative Minister Rochelle Squires – Indigenous Art Cultural Policy – Consultant Winnipeg Art Gallery – Indigenizing the Art Experience – Consultant
ACI Manitoba – Indigenous Artists Needs Assessment – Consultant
Immigrant Centre Manitoba Inc. – Newcomer Artist presentation – Guest Speaker
Unesco World Heritage Day – Art as Activism – Guest speaker on Standing Rock
Canada Council For the Arts – Creating Knowing Sharing Short Term Project – Juror
Manitoba Arts Council – Multiple Visual Grants, Film + Media, Indigenous Creation Grants -Juror Manitoba Book Awards – Manual Dias Book Design Illustration Award – Juror
Winnipeg Film Group – Multiple First Film Fund, Production Grant, Mosaic Film Project – Juror Spirit Visions ManitoAhbee, UofW, UofM, and ACTRA Film Festivals – Juror
Miscellaneous
Ashcroft was Operations Manager and Curator for Neechi Niche, located in Neechi Commons from 2013-2016 curating and hosting more than 50 Indigenous Artists and Indigenous Authors events and representing more than 200 individual Indigenous Artists.
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