Joshim M. Kakegamic was born on January 9, 1994. He Joshim
is from Keewaywin First Nation, a fly-in community Northwest of Thunder Bay. Joshim
is the grandson of renowned Woodland artist Norval Morrisseau and the second
oldest son of Christian Morrisseau.He
is also the younger brother of Kyle Morrisseau.
Joshim was
named after his father’s uncle Joshim Kakegamic, Born in 1952 in
Sandy Lake, Joshim Kakegamic and his brothers Goyce and Henry started the
Triple K Co-operative, a silkscreen operation based in Red Lake. By 1975
Kakegamic was being shown at Aggregation Gallery in Toronto, which still
handled Carl Ray’s work. While Kakegamic’s predecessors invented and
refined the pictographic style, Joshim Kakegamic was weaned on it, and rapidly
perfected the vocabulary. He was a painter of technical virtuosity and an
innovator in the field of Indian print production. Joshim Kakegamic died
tragically in December 27, 1993 while on a rescue mission. Joshim
was born the day they recovered Joshim Kakegamic after a two week search.
“I started painting in January 2008 after the passing of my grandfather;
in 2002 I sat with my father and grandfather in Keewaywin and Thunder Bay and
did my first painting
with them. My grandfather sketched the image and I painted the backgrounds and
my father did the lines.
I feel proud to help keep the Morrisseau family traditions and stories
alive. I have had 3 art shows with my father and one with my Grandfather Norval
Morrisseau works.”
Joshim is a grade 9 student, attending high school in
Thunder Bay.
March 28 - April 13, 2008 Calligrammes, Ottawa, Ontario
June 6 - July 6, 2008 Ponty
and Company Thunder Bay Ontario
October 23 - November 13, 2008 Norval Morrisseau, Three Generations
of Morrisseau’s,
Up in Frames Toronto Ontario
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