artist statement
This work depicts the topography of one corner of the Red River Métis homeland; namely, the St. Laurent area on the edge of Lake Manitoba.
artist biography
Vi Houssin (she/her) is a beadwork artist and drag performer. Her family is of white settler and Red River Métis ancestry. Her Métis family names are Ritchot, Poitras, Larence and Plante, and her ancestors held scrip in St. Vital and St. Boniface. She is a proud member of the Two-Spirit Michif Local and a citizen of the Manitoba Metis Federation. Vi works and lives in Winnipeg, Canada on Treaty 1 territory where she was born and raised.
