Marcy Friesen is of Swampy Cree and Welsh ancestry and currently resides on a mixed farm with my family near Carrot River, Saskatchewan. Marcy comes from a long line of traditional master beaders and talented creative family members. Marcy has always felt the need to create and has focused her career starting her Trapline Creations business where she makes utilitarian pieces. Since visiting a Modern Art Gallery in Saskatoon Marcy has changed her focus to creating “useless" pieces of art. Marcy uses her beads, leather and furs in new ways opening discussions on mental health, racism and residential schools. Marcy has since discovered her useless art isn’t as useless as she first thought.
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Marcy Friesen
Born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan, Canada
Resides near Carrot River, Saskatchewan, Canada


EDUCATION
Graduated High School 1990
Carrot River, Saskatchewan, Canada


PROGRAMS
CARFAC Mentorship Program
September 2019 – July 2020
Ruth Cuthand is my beading mentor


Saskatchewan Arts Board
Micro-Grant February 2020 -May 2020
Depression Moccasin project


Exhibitions


March 2020
Muskrat Tears 2020
Contemporary Native Art Biennial
BACA
Art Mur
Montreal, Quebec, Canada




September 24/2020 – January 27/2020
1. Mental Health Covid-19 Mask
2. Fully Beaded Covid-19 Mask
Breathe. Exhibition
A collection of traditionally crafted masks demonstrating resilience through 21st century pandemic.
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Banff, Alberta
Canada




October 01/2020 – November 13/2020
1. Leather baby mukluks
2. Tan beaded moccasins
3. Black beaded moccasins
4. “Lost in Thought” Spiked moose/beaver cushion
5.Silver fox/wolf cushion
6.”Lost innocence” Help, Covid-19 glove
7.”Lost Classy Lady" beaded Covid- 19 glove
8.”Lovely & Lost" beaded Covid-19 glove
9.”Last breaths" Covid-19 otter fur Mask
10.”Soft Soul" mental health moccasin
11.”Cleansing Tears" depression moccasin
Living Room Exhibition
Fazakas Gallery
Vancouver, B.C.
Canada



November 1-8 2020
“Revived" Recycled Covid-19 face mask
Day of the Dead/Dia de Muertos Mask Exhibition
Harbourfront Centre
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

July 14 - October 11, 2021
Breathe: Creating resielience through traditional art
Royal Alberta Museum


June 12-August 21 2021
Fazakas Gallery
S0E0L0
Solo exhibition
​Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.




Breathe. (2nd Wave)
Saturday, January 29, 202211:00 a.m.
Friday, April 29, 20225:00 p.m.
Galt Museum & Archives
502 1 Street SouthLethbridge, AB, T1J 1Y4Canada (map)

UP NEXT
Edmonton Alberta, Canada
Alberta Craft Council

BREATHE
Prince of Whales Northern Heritage Centre
Yellowknife, Canada
December 7, 2021 - April 22, 2022

​UP NEXT
Alberta Craft Council
Calgary Gallery
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
March 12, 2022 - April 23, 2022

Symbiosis: Art amd the Community
​John V. Hicks Gallery
Prince Albert,Saskatchewan, Canada
​April 1, 2022- April 30, 2022

PE MICISO
Capture Photography Festival
Fazakas Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
SOLO Exhibition
April 2, 2022 - May 15, 2022

Radical Stitch
​Mackenzie Art Gallery
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
April 30, 2022 - August 30, 2022





Art Sales

​Private collectors purchased:
November 2020
“Lost innocence” Help Covid-19 glove
“Cleansing Tears" Depression moccasin
“Lost in Thought" spiked cushion
Fur cushion


Private Collectors:
November 2020
“Lost innocence” Help Covid-19 glove
“Cleansing Tears" Depression moccasin
“Lost in Thought" spiked cushion Fur cushion

Canadian Indigenous Art Acquisitions Program
“Muskrat Tears” 2020

Sask Arts Board Indigenous Acquisition
January 2022
Moccasins
Child Mukluks
Medium Skunk Gauntlets

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