Scoop 60s (Baby Scoop)
Exhibition Pandemic Gurl 5.0
Art Opening June 1 2022 at 6:30pm to 8:00pm.
Larissa Healey and others will begin her exhibition with drumming and dancing.
Come and join us!
More information here
Larissa Healey and others will begin her exhibition with drumming and dancing.
Come and join us!
More information here
Artist Statement
Baby Scoop era Anglosphere History: After World War II and ending in 70s, there was a high rate of child apprehensions by the federal government so that white families could adopt first nations babies. We call this the 60s Scoop.
As a Baby Scoop Survivor and 2 spirit warrior, Healey has created paintings, bead work, and sculptures that invite the viewer into her personal experience. In the 21st Century’s highly controversial times (pandemic of 2020) these works are influenced by an internal DNA-imprint, Healey’s history of graffiti street art, and Norval Morrisseau. These pieces have been made over a fifty-year period challenged by incredible adversity. They demonstrate the great healing provided by the laws of nature and urban warfare.
As an Anishinaabe Ojibwe, born to the Peguis First Nation Band (Winnipeg, Manitoba), Larissa has been able to construct colorful, vibrant, and authentic works transforming recycled objects into art for Scoop 60s (Baby Scoop) Exhibition Pandemic 2020 Gurl 5.0. In addition to being a grass dancer (Lady Grass Dance) and the learning the language, you will experience someone who has been violently disrupted by the federal government’s apprehension.
"I am gracefully and intelligently fighting for my way in this world to bring culture and dance expression to its finest display for the children of the future to know this was all for them"
Chi mi
Colonial Name: Larissa Healey
Traditional Spirit Name: Niimii Koonz (Little Dancing Bear)
aka: Gurl23
As a Baby Scoop Survivor and 2 spirit warrior, Healey has created paintings, bead work, and sculptures that invite the viewer into her personal experience. In the 21st Century’s highly controversial times (pandemic of 2020) these works are influenced by an internal DNA-imprint, Healey’s history of graffiti street art, and Norval Morrisseau. These pieces have been made over a fifty-year period challenged by incredible adversity. They demonstrate the great healing provided by the laws of nature and urban warfare.
As an Anishinaabe Ojibwe, born to the Peguis First Nation Band (Winnipeg, Manitoba), Larissa has been able to construct colorful, vibrant, and authentic works transforming recycled objects into art for Scoop 60s (Baby Scoop) Exhibition Pandemic 2020 Gurl 5.0. In addition to being a grass dancer (Lady Grass Dance) and the learning the language, you will experience someone who has been violently disrupted by the federal government’s apprehension.
"I am gracefully and intelligently fighting for my way in this world to bring culture and dance expression to its finest display for the children of the future to know this was all for them"
Chi mi
Colonial Name: Larissa Healey
Traditional Spirit Name: Niimii Koonz (Little Dancing Bear)
aka: Gurl23
Bio
Larissa Healey is Anishinaabe Ojibwe from Winnepg, Manitoba, Peguis. Her spirit name is Niimii Koonz (Little Dancing Bear). She is also known as GURL23.
Healey’s works have covered the walls of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Bill Reid Gallery, National Gallery of Canada, Power Plant, community centres, various businesses, and several municipal Vancouver streets and alleys. Her work was exhibited at SAKAHÀN (2013) the largest-ever global survey of contemporary Indigenous art in Ottawa, ON. Her multimedia sculptures, installations, and canvas installations have appeared at sites ranging from skateboard ramps to the centre of chic fashion runways. She is a member of the Beat Nation Live, a hip hop-influenced digital arts performance collective. This has been a contemporary and progressive collaboration that has helped garner national and international attention. Her decades of work with at-risk youth have helped many aboriginal youth find success. Her work has been featured in the Globe and Main, Vancouver Sun, and many other international and local magazines. Her art was also featured in Wall to Wall: Tour of Mural Art in Vancouver and an international best seller, Graffiti Art and Women.
Healey’s works have covered the walls of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Bill Reid Gallery, National Gallery of Canada, Power Plant, community centres, various businesses, and several municipal Vancouver streets and alleys. Her work was exhibited at SAKAHÀN (2013) the largest-ever global survey of contemporary Indigenous art in Ottawa, ON. Her multimedia sculptures, installations, and canvas installations have appeared at sites ranging from skateboard ramps to the centre of chic fashion runways. She is a member of the Beat Nation Live, a hip hop-influenced digital arts performance collective. This has been a contemporary and progressive collaboration that has helped garner national and international attention. Her decades of work with at-risk youth have helped many aboriginal youth find success. Her work has been featured in the Globe and Main, Vancouver Sun, and many other international and local magazines. Her art was also featured in Wall to Wall: Tour of Mural Art in Vancouver and an international best seller, Graffiti Art and Women.
Larissa Healey has put most of her pieces in this exhibition up for silent auction. This means that, while valued much higher, they have a starting bid much lower. Please take a look at the auction list. If you are interested in a piece that is up for auction - get ahold of Pavel and place your bid. You may just get a Healey for a fraction of the cost.
