Photo Credit: Kali Spitzer
Niki Little | Wabiska Maengun is a mother, artist/observer, arts administrator, and a founding member of The Ephemerals who were long-listed twice for the Sobey Art Award (2017/2019). She is Anishininew/English from Kistiganwacheeng (Garden Hill, FN), based between Win-nipi (Winnipeg, MB) and Tkaronto (Toronto, ON). Her interests investigate Indigenous womxn, kinship, community-based initiatives and economies. Niki is the Artistic Director of the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival. Previously, she was the Director of the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition, where she organized Listen, Witness, Transmit, a national Indigenous media arts gathering in Saskatoon, SK (June 12-15, 2018). As an independent curator, Niki co-curated with Becca Taylor, níchiwamiskwém | nimidet | my sister | ma soeur, the La Biennale d’Art Contemporain Autochtone 2018 (May 03-June 19, 2018) and co-hosted Migration a three week on the land residency in Demmitt, AB (August 13-31, 2018).
