BA, Art History University of Manitoba; BE, Art Education McGill University
Known for
oil painter, photographer, installation artist, multimedia artist
Notable work
The Place Where God Lives (1989), Seven in Steel (1989), Kanata (1992)
Partner
Paul Gardner
Robert HouleRCA (born 1947) is a Saulteaux First Nations Canadian artist, curator, critic,[1] and educator. Houle has had an active curatorial and artistic practice since the mid-1970s. He played an important role in bridging the gap between contemporary First Nations artists and the broader Canadian art scene through his writing and involvement in early important high-profile exhibitions such as Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, 1992). As an artist, Houle has shown both nationally and internationally. He is predominantly a painter working in the tradition of Abstraction, yet he has also embraced a pop sensibility by incorporating everyday images and text into his works. His work addresses lingering aspects of colonialism and their effects on First Nation peoples. Houle often appropriates historical photographs and texts, repurposing and combining them with Anishnaabe language and traditionally used materials such as porcupine quills within his works.
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RobertHoule RCA (born 1947) is a Saulteaux First Nations Canadian artist, curator, critic, and educator. Houle has had an active curatorial and artistic...
Hugo Houle (born September 27, 1990) is a Canadian professional cyclist, who rides for UCI ProTeam Israel–Premier Tech. Born in Sainte-Perpétue, Centre-du-Québec...
were shown in a 1993 exhibition Kanata: RobertHoule's Histories at the Carleton University Art Gallery. Houle's most prominent critique took the form of...
Air. Phil Fontaine, former National Chief, Assembly of First Nations RobertHoule, artist, critic, and curator Al Hunter, Anishinaabe writer and poet Wilma...
publicly commented on her departure, citing the terms of her leave. RobertHoule, Red is Beautiful, organized by AGO (2022), toured to Calgary Contemporary...
Chee Chee: The Black Geese Portfolio, and Other Works, guest curated by RobertHoule. In 2018, the Temiskaming Art Gallery organized a show titled Benjamin...
Collection includes work by Norval Morrisseau, Carl Beam, Daphne Odjig, RobertHoule, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Shelley Niro, Bob Boyer, Susan Ross, and Benjamin...
“Disruption Toronto’s Urban Space Through the Creative (In)terventions of RobertHoule.” In Εικόνα Visual Studies Vol 1. Mexico City: SIMO Cultura, 2019. Nagan...
In/Digitized – Indigenous Culture in a Digital World (007 with Special Agent RobertHoule) at SAW Gallery (2013), Native Fashion Now: North American Indian Style...
Artwork Page. National Gallery of Canada. Retrieved 10 March 2011. RobertHoule on Faye HeavyShield Archived 29 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine "Faye...
Lori Blondeau, Dayna Danger, Shelley Niro, Adrian Stimson, Jeff Thomas, RobertHoule and James Luna. The themes explored settler colonialism and colonial...
appeared on Shingoose's four-song EP Native Country. With Bonnie Devine and RobertHoule, he also cowrote The Drawings and Paintings of Daphne Odjig: A Retrospective...
Haole (/ˈhaʊliː/; Hawaiian [ˈhɔule]) is a Hawaiian term for individuals who are not Native Hawaiian, and is applied to people primarily of European ancestry...
catalog written by Ojibway curator Bonnie Devine with additional text by RobertHoule and Duke Redbird.: 9 Despite suffering from arthritis in her right hand...
Gerald, Jennifer S. H. Brown, Clara Harfittay, and Shirley J. R. Madill. RobertHoule: Indians from A to Z. Goose Lance Editions, 1990. ISBN 978-0-88915-156-7...
Hoffard* President of the Richmond Federal Liberal Riding Association [284] RobertHoule* President of the Ottawa—Orléans Federal Liberal Riding Association [citation...
contemporary artists such as Gerald McMaster (1984), Rebecca Belmore (1988), RobertHoule (1993 and 2002), Greg Staats (2012) and Carl Beam (1994), as well as...
of Canada (1992), National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (co-curated with RobertHoule and Charlotte Townsend-Gault), which was the National Gallery's first...
himself (as did other Canadian modernist painters such as Carl Beam and RobertHoule) as an individual sometimes using identifiable native imagery and sometimes...
behind. Prominent Indigenous artists who belong to the Collective include RobertHoule, Greg A. Hill (artist), Jaimie Isaac, and Cheryl L'Hirondelle. "Aboriginal...
this international travelling exhibition co-curated by Diana Nemiroff, RobertHoule, and Charlotte Townsend-Gault— the NGC's first major exhibition featuring...
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