Goyce kakegamic biography of william

First Name: Goyce

Last Name: Kakegamic

Full Name: Goyce Kakegamic

Date of birth: 1948

Place of birth: Sandy Lake First Nation, Ontario, Canada

Community / Heritage: Cree

Sex: Male

Art Media: Serigraph, silkscreen, acrylic, Canadian Indigenous tempera, gouache, watercolour.

Bio:

Goyce Kakegamic is a prominent Canadian painter, printmaker, educator and community leader.

Kakegamic was born at the Sandy Lake Indian Reserve, Ontario.

Goyce Kakegamic was one of the first Woodland artists.

He began painting as a teenager, influenced by his Ojibwe brother-in-law Norval Morrisseau and Cree artist Carl Ray.

In the late 1960s, Morrisseau and Ray held demonstration workshops at reserves and schools across Ontario. Under the guidance of these two artists, Kakegamic and his brother Joshim began to paint. By the early 1970s, both brothers had became successful professional artists.

Screenprinting would play a major part in Kakegamic’s career.

He learned the craft at the Open Studio in Toronto; inspired by KATILVIK - Artist: Goyce Kakegamic XIQI