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Collective: Traditional Artists on Pandemic Masks” By Connie Kulhavy, culturallymodified.org, Dec 20, 2020 Issue 9
2020 Video: “Indigenous artists turning face masks into beaded masterpieces”, by Stella Acquisto, CityNews (Toronto) & CityNews.ca, Dec. 21, 2020, 7PM
2020 Article: "From Newmarket Artist's Workshop to the Smithsonian: The Breathe Project" By: Alan S.
Hale Newmarket Today, Dec 6, 2020 1:45 PM
2020 Video news segment: "L'art de prendre une respiration", par Rachel Dugas, Le Telejournal, Radio-Canada, 19 novembre, 2020
2020 Article: “Mask makers heal through their art”, by Evan Buhler, Rocky Mountain Outlook, Oct 22, 2020 12:49 PM
2020 Article: "Pandemic exhibit Breathe opens in Alberta museum", by Tamara Pimentel, APTN, Oct 10, 2020
2020 Article: "Sculpture shows create spatial and community connections, at be contemporary art gallery (11 photos)", by Miriam King, Innisfil Today, Sep 23, 2020 12:00 PM
2020 Article: "Indigenous Artists Are Reclaiming Masks as a Source of Storytelling and Strength", by Carolyn B.
Heller, Atlas Obscura, September 15, 2020
2020 Article: "Material Culture During Times of Change", by Craig Jones, Whispering Wind Magazine, Issue #324, Vol 48 #2
2020 Article: "Breathe: Beading masks helps process feelings about the coronavirus pandemic.", by Paul Gessell, Galleries West Magazine,
September 11, 2020 8:30 AM
2020 Photos of "Pandemic Vogue" & "Debwewen pane": "CARFAC National Annual Report and Current Activities", CARFAC News · September 4, 2020
2020 Article: "Manitoba Indigenous artists' beaded masks selected for national exhibit in Banff", Peggy Lam · CBC News · Posted: Sep 08, 2020 5:00 AM CT
2020 Article: "Northern artists' masks selected to be part of national exhibit", Mackenzie Scott · CBC News · Posted: Aug 10, 2020 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: August 10
2020 Radio: "L'auteur et artiste Nathalie Bertin vit sa culture metisse", Sylvie-Anne Jeanson· Radio-Canada · L'heure de pointe Toronto/Windsor Avec Alison Vicrobeck, lundi 13 juillet 2020
2020 Video & article: "These beaded masks are bringing together a whole new community to find healing", Susannah Heath-Eves · CBC Arts · Posted: Jun 11, 2020 11:45 AM ET
2020 Video & article: "Museums in Alberta looking for beaded masks and other COVID-19 pandemic themed articles", Tamara Pimentel, APTN National News, May 27, 2020
2020 Article: "Group inspires Indigenous artists to channel creative energy into face masks", Rhiannon Johnson · CBC News · Posted: Apr 26, 2020 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: April 26
2019 Images published: "Hard Water Hotties" & "The Hunter & the Lost Children", Red Rising Magazine, Issue 9: Metis, Winter 2019, pages 23 & 45
2019 Image published: "Preparing for Ceremony", Take Action for Reconciliation: Path to Wellness, Scholastic Canada Ltd: Markham, Ontario, 2019, page 14
2019 Photo of Seven Sacred Teachings Coin: Love:The colour of money: How the Royal Canadian Mint is using cutting-edge laser technology to give coins a surprising new look, Globe & Mail, Ivan Semeniuk, Science Reporter, Published June 30, 2019
2018 Blog review: "Royal Canadian Mint: The Seven Sacred Teachings collection"
2018 Photo & quoted:"Indigenous Artists: It's OK To Buy, Wear Indigenous Art.
Just Make Sure It's Authentic", by Haley Lewis, HuffPost Canada, 28 Sept. View PDF version
2014 Press: "Culture minted on coins", by Alison Browlee, The Huntsville Forester, Metroland News, April 10, 2014.
Craft Council of British Columbia
artist biography
Nathalie Bertin is a multidisciplinary visual artist from Toronto, Ontario.
: 2nd Wave", Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Postponed due to Covid
2020 "Breathe. She has lived near the shores of Lake Nosbonsing, between North Bay and Mattawa, since 2021. : A collection of traditionally crafted masks demonstrating resiliency through 21st century pandemic", Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, AB
2021 "Women in the Landscape", Be Contemporary Gallery, Innisfil, ON
2021 "Breathe.
She is of French, Metis and Algonquin ancestry with roots in Trois Rivieres (QC), Michilimakinac (USA) & Nipissing (ON).
After taking courses in animation, film and new media,Nathalieworked as a graphic designer for over 20 years. Episode: L'art et les animaux", Réalisateur: Émilie Martel, TFO.org
2021 Artist talk: "Breathe.: A collection of traditionally crafted masks demonstrating resiliency through 21st century pandemic." with co-creator Lisa Shepherd, hosted by Elaine Alexie, Curator, Indigenous Studies, Royal Alberta Museum, Edmonton, AB
2021 Panel Discussion: "Sewing Resilience: A conversation on Breathe." with co-creator Lisa Shepherd, & participating artists Naomi Smith, Don Kwan, Christine King, Teresa Burrows; hosted by Dr.
Shauna McCabe, Art Gallery of Guelph, Guelph, ON
2021 Panel discussion: "Creativity Through Crisis" Hart House Student Debates and Dialogue Committee / Hart House Student Music Committee, University of Toronto
2021 Artist talk: "Breathe.: A collection of traditionally crafted masks demonstrating resiliency through 21st century pandemic." with co-creator Lisa Shepherd and curator Anne Ewen, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, AB
2020 Panel discussion: "Truth through Textile Art: Conversation about living Indigenous cultures" with J’net Ayayqwayaksheelth & Tracy Toulouse, ECYAI2020, the Indigenous Encounters 2020: Art, Culture and Design of the Americas
2020 Artist Talk: Upper Grand Bead Society (virtual presentation)
2020 Artist Talk: Toronto Bead Society (virtual presentation)
2020 Co-presenter, Knowledge Keeper: Culturally Responsive Math, Session 6, First Nations & Metis Math Voices, Nelson PL Series Winter 2020
2019 Presenter, Knowledge Keeper: Indigenous Math & Education Conference, Lakehead University, Orillia Campus, May 3-6, 2019
2011 Artist Talk: The Art Space, Huntsville, ON
Selected Special Arts Projects
2019 Outdoor installation: "Medicine Wheel" public art installation, Springwater Provincial Park in collaboration with Beausoleil First Nation, August 2019
2018 Cover art: "Tommy Longboat and the Long Run", iRun Magazine, Issue 5, August 2018
2014 “Seven Sacred Teachings” Set of 7 Collector Coins, Royal Canadian Mint
2013, 2014 & 2015 Holographic Collector Coin Design: “Northern Lights” Project, Royal Canadian Mint
2013 DIVAs in Spirit Campaign Image, Muskoka Women’s Advocacy Group, Muskoka, ON
2012 Heritage Helmet Art Project, Queen’s York Rangers
Selected Special Education Projects
2020 Book cover: “Healing Conversations: A learning journey from the heart”, ETFO
2020 Book cover: “Indigenous land based learning: A learning perspective”, ETFO
2017 “First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Resource: Engaging Learners Through Play”, ETFO
2017 Participating Artist: Canadian Post Card Project (See 2016 listing for description)
2017 “First Nations, Métis and Inuit Education Resource: Engaging Learners Through Play”, ETFO, ISBN: 978-1-927983-21-8
2017 Illustrator: Book title: Under One Sun 7, Magazine 1, Centre Spread, ISBN: 0176778802, Nelson Education Publishing
2016 Illustrator: Book title: "Jaycee's Journal", Under One Sun, Book 2, ISBN: 017678151X, Nelson Education Publishing
2016 Illustrator: Book title: "Language Is Our Identity", Under One Sun, Card 1, ISBN: 0176779000, Nelson Education Publishing
2016 Illustrator: Book title: "We Are All Treaty People", Under One Sun, Book 5, ISBN: 0176779604 , Nelson Education Publishing
2016 Illustrator: Book title: "British Columbia Science K Activity Cards (Unit Daily and Seasonal Changes)", ISBN: 0176776745, Nelson Education Publishing
2016 Participating Artist: Canadian Post Card Project
2016 “FNMI Land Acknowledgement poster”, ETFO Elemetary Teacher's Federation of Ontario
2016 “Role Models poster”, ETFO Elemetary Teacher's Federation of Ontario
2016 “FNMI Growth Chart”, ETFO Elemetary Teacher's Federation of Ontario
2012 Illustrator: Book title: "How Beaver Got His Flat Tail: A Tail from the Ojibway", Nelson Literacy, Nelson Education Publishing
Press, Articles, Reviews
2025 Book: "North Bay 1925-2025" exhibition catalogue, published by WKP Kennedy Gallery, Capitol Centre, City of North Bay, Ontario, August 2025
2024 Article: "Une vitrine de traditions et de cultures", by Eric Boutillier, Journal Le Voyageur, 18 December, 2024
2024 Article: "WKP Kennedy Gallery’s newest exhibitions open today", BayToday.ca, 15 November 2024
2022 Radio: "Créer des masques, pour retrouver son souffle créatif", Culture et confiture, Radio-Canada, 15 janvier 2022
2022 Radio: NWT Mask Exhibit Cover story.
These Canadians Are Documenting the Pandemic” by Carolyn B Heller, MonteCristo Magazine, Posted: December 29, 2020
2020 Article: “Breathe. It has been featured in three CBC articles, a CBC Arts documentary and exhibitions booked for 2021 in Canada and the US. A school program has also been developed in collaboration with First Nations, Metis and Inuit Education Lead Colinda Clyne.
May this exhibition bring greater compassion, understanding, health, and peace as we all seek to offer responsible caring towards all of our many communities." Participating Artists included Kayeri Akweks, Christi Belcourt, Lee Claremont, Raven Davis, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuck, Lee Deranger, Lita Fontaine, LauraLee K Harris, Maria Hupfield, Nadya Kwandibens, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Shelley Niro, Janice Toulouse.
She delves into painting, illustration, photography, sculptural installation and a variety of traditional crafts.
Nathaliehas seen ten illustrations struck on collector coins for the Royal Canadian Mint, and has illustrated several children’s books.
Love. Final result: 2nd place.
2014 Nomination: Carfac Art Advocate Award for “Indiginesse”curatorial project.
2013 Award of Merit: "Empowerment" (2013), Juried Group Exhibition "Undefined", curator: Chantale Lavigne, Georgina Arts Centre, Sutton, ON
Features, Panels, Presentations & Webinars
2025 Artist Talk: 'Loup Garou et Mocassins' , Orillia Museum of Art & History, Orillia, ON
2024 Video artist talk (in English): 'Loup Garou et Mocassins' Exposition solo de Nathalie Bertin, WKP Kennedy Gallery, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN0nfxpFVUo
2022 Artist Talk: Nathalie Bertin with Dianne Brown-Green & curator, Tyler Derbano, about Loup Garou & Moccasins, Latcham Art Centre https://www.latchamartcentre.ca/exhibitions/#currentexhibitions
2022 Curator Conversations with Dr.
Fahmida Suleman, Royal Ontario Museum: Masks as Art - Adapting Artistic Practices through a Pandemic
2021 Episode feature S02-E03: "Les Métis: Notre culture, nos histoires. Heal. The project started as a Facebook group for the purpose of helping artists work through emotions brought on pandemic. She went on to earn a B.A. in Adult Education with distinction before deciding to pursue her true passion, the arts, in 2009.
May this exhibition bring greater compassion, understanding, health, and peace as we all seek to offer responsible caring towards all of our many communities." Participating Artists: Kayeri Akweks, Christi Belcourt, Lee Claremont, Raven Davis, Alyssa Delbaere-Sawchuck, Lee Deranger, Lita Fontaine, LauraLee K Harris, Maria Hupfield, Nadya Kwandibens, Tanya Lukin Linklater, Shelley Niro, Janice Toulouse
2012 “This is My Song: Perspectives from Contemporary Native Women”, (curator/artist)
The Art Space, Huntsville, Ontario.
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2014 Press: "Indiginesse: an interview with Nathalie Bertin", by Tim Reynolds, Two Row Times, May 7, 2014. She is of Métis, French and Algonquin ancestry.
Bertin’s art style is often described as luminescent, energetic, bold and colourful. Her innovative approach in this project and other beaded artworks have since won her the 2024 Craft Ontario Lily Yung Memorial Award for excellence in craft.
Previously, some of Bertin’s story illustrations about the northern lights were reproduced by the Royal Canadian Mint on collector coins in 2013, 2014 and 2015.
As a whole, her beadwork has a contemporary feel with a distinct nod to those who came before her.
Bertin’s work focuses on a diversity of female-centric themes and imagery as a means of confronting women's romanticized depictions as seen throughout art history.