Profile
Jean Marshall
Vice Chair
Discipline:
Craft
Jean Marshall is of Anishinaabe/English descent, based in Thunder Bay, Ontario and a band member of Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation. An award-winning artist, Jean’s art practice is using Anishnaabeg traditional art forms and is inspired by the land and water. Marshall works with beads, fabric, porcupine quills and leather. She is also the founder of the Anemki Art Collective (2015-2020). Jean has curated several exhibitions including Their Breath in Beads at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery (2019), the Northwestern Ontario Spotlight for Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto (2020) and co-curator for the Piitwewetam exhibition 2021 at the Thunder Bay Art Gallery.