Bruno Canadien is a member of the Deh Gah Got’ie Koe First Nation, a Deh Cho Region member of the Dene Nation, born and raised in Denendeh in the communities of Fort Providence and Hay River.
Bruno graduated from the Alberta College of Art’s Painting Department in 1993, and currently lives in the Calgary area, the traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy.
Bruno works primarily as a painter concerned with addressing issues surrounding the intersection of Indigenous sovereignty, resource extraction, and active resistance and presence.