Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ

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Cheyenne Rain LeGrande is a Nehiyaw Isko artist, from Bigstone Cree Nation. She currently resides in Amiskwaciy Waskahikan also known as Edmonton, Alberta. Cheyenne graduated from Emily Carr University with her BFA in Visual Arts in 2019. She was selected as the winner of the B.C. prize for BMO 1st Art! emerging artist competition and has received the Moment Factory Award for her piece Nehiyaw Isko. Her work often explores the interconnection between history and the body. She works interdisciplinary; moving through installation, photography, video, sound, and performance art.

ARTIST STATEMENT

Mihtâsiwêw, 2021

Water, white mask(replica of my face), projection

This work is continuation of “Grieving with the Land”. I grieve, release and cleanse my body. A projection of the past. Yet another layer of grief.

Grieving with the Land

The land holds me

Watches over me

Surrounds me with it’s loving waters

The trees and wind move through me

The sun brings hope, brings healing

They dance until dawn