Early Development: Born in Ontario, I moved to Vancouver in 2020. A persevering interest in Art and Philosophy had been a saving grace in the spaces I was raised, dedicating myself to understanding perspective and form before high school. The first painting I sold was for $1000. This was between grade 8 and 9, after winning a competition for $100 compensation which was geared towards indigenous cultural youth research. The first graphics commission I landed was prior within the same year, a logo and hide application for a big drum circle. I dedicated this money to buying a surface pro to begin digital media. High School Direction: Reading frequently, in a summer residential arts camp between grade 9 and 10, it was The Agony and The Ecstasy by Irving Stone, which further inspired methods to study Classical Art systems. By grade 11 I had completed all available graduate visual art and graphics communication courses, group lead for first fully youth organised graduate art show of DSBN. My interests and writing had me recommended and became one of limited youth selected from Niagara region to the GTA to participate in Revitalising the Art and Science of Star Knowledge culture camp, featuring lectures and discussions with Indigenous elders, NASA scientists, creative culture keepers, and traditional story tellers from around the world. During the same period I began the painting titled Branch of Human Light, which can be viewed on my website. By graduation I had acquired and completed a competitive co-op position as a graphic designer for my school board, which also included being a print technician assistant; I made many vinyl, magnet, paper, and digital products for a great variety of requests, from very start of visual conception to end distribution quality checks. Current Status: All of this had been achieved while being Ward of the State throughout high school, aiming to create a better path for my brother and for my mother. The summer following I completed a logo commission for the first iteration of Mikisew Cree's Child and Family Services Agency, which when they underwent new management and rebranding for new facilities, they returned to me for redesign, deciding to keep the general design theory I provided the first time regardless. During my studies at UBC, I have participated in a number of local opportunities such as through Indigenous vendor events, Makers Market, James Black Gallery, Queer Arts Festival, Arts Whistler, and UBC's AHVA Department. Despite these efforts, the greatest pain of it all which I have had to build up from again, had been the passing of my mother in 2021. Today, I align my ambitions to eventually provide resource, opportunity, and potentially new tools and systems to bring power and awareness to skilled and dedicated artistic community, otherwise while maintaining a dedicated interdisciplinary studio practice.…Early Development: Born in Ontario, I moved to Vancouver in 2020. A persevering interest in Art and Philosophy had been a saving grace in the spaces I was raised, dedicating myself to understanding perspective and form before high school. The first painting I sold was for $1000. This was between grade 8 and 9, after winning a competition for $100 compensation which was geared towards indigenous cultural youth research. The first graphics commission I landed was prior within the same year, a logo and hide application for a big drum circle. I dedicated this money to buying a surface pro to begin digital media. High School Direction: Reading frequently, in a summer residential arts camp between grade 9 and 10, it was The Agony and The Ecstasy by Irving Stone, which further inspired methods to study Classical Art systems. By grade 11 I had completed all available graduate visual art and graphics communication courses, group lead for first fully youth organised graduate art show of DSBN. My interests and writing had me recommended and became one of limited youth selected from Niagara region to the GTA to participate in Revitalising the Art and Science of Star Knowledge culture camp, featuring lectures and discussions with Indigenous elders, NASA scientists, creative culture keepers, and traditional story tellers from around the world. During the same period I began the painting titled Branch of Human Light, which can be viewed on my website. By graduation I had acquired and completed a competitive co-op position as a graphic designer for my school board, which also included being a print technician assistant; I made many vinyl, magnet, paper, and digital products for a great variety of requests, from very start of visual conception to end distribution quality checks. Current Status: All of this had been achieved while being Ward of the State throughout high school, aiming to create a better path for my brother and for my mother. The summer following I completed a logo commission for the first iteration of Mikisew Cree's Child and Family Services Agency, which when they underwent new management and rebranding for new facilities, they returned to me for redesign, deciding to keep the general design theory I provided the first time regardless. During my studies at UBC, I have participated in a number of local opportunities such as through Indigenous vendor events, Makers Market, James Black Gallery, Queer Arts Festival, Arts Whistler, and UBC's AHVA Department. Despite these efforts, the greatest pain of it all which I have had to build up from again, had been the passing of my mother in 2021. Today, I align my ambitions to eventually provide resource, opportunity, and potentially new tools and systems to bring power and awareness to skilled and dedicated artistic community, otherwise while maintaining a dedicated interdisciplinary studio practice.WWWW…