Miriam Berndt

Recipient of the Griffin Art Projects Indigenous Emerging Artist Award 2023

Miriam is a mixed-media visual artist and landscape designer, living in cə̓snaʔəm (so-called Marpole, Vancouver, BC) with Plains Cree and Irish roots. Miriam’s work explores themes of generational healing, hybrid identity, and land-based epistemologies. Her multidisciplinary approach explores the use of Plains Cree art-forms, using rough construction materials and found objects to express stories of place and experience. Miriam is the daughter of Theresa from Kahkewistahaw First Nation, Jim of Irish ancestry, and the step-daughter of Chris from the Six Nations of the Grand River. In August 2022, Miriam launched her practice “Land-Based Art+Design”. This practice combines both of her passions—art and landscape architecture—to pursue land-based art methodologies and provide decolonized architecture and planning services. She hopes her work will reveal truths, heal wounds caused by colonial violence, and uncover expressions and innovations that defy the colonial paradigm and promote a regenerative future.

IG: @tambourine.miriam

Miriam will be in residence during March-April 2023