Jessie Jannuska (she/her) is a Winnipeg-based multidisciplinary Indigenous artist and Art Workshop Facilitator. She is mixed Dakota, Ojibway, and settler and is a band member of Canupawakpa Dakota Nation. She graduated with a BFA with honors from Brandon University IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art in 2018. Jannuska primarily works in mixed media, beadwork, comics, acrylic, crankies, and murals.
She uses a cathartic lens when storytelling to explore her Indigenous culture and share other Indigenous peoples’ stories of healing to try to create change. Jannuska utilizes portraiture, contemporary beadwork style, and mixed media to create the visual language that represents her Indigenous spirituality and that of others. Jannuska is a co-founder of the Seven Teachings Art Collective (STAC) and the Winnipeg Pantsuit Collective (WPC).
Land Back Beaded Bag, seed beads, bugle beads, plastic bead, and moose hide, 2022.
Truth and Reconciliation Poster, pencil crayon, brush marker, 2022. (Martha Street Studio commission.)
Indigenous Military Contributions, acrylic on canvas, 2023. (Commissioned by the 26th Field Regiment Royal Canadian Artillery - XII Manitoba Dragoons Museum.)
Beaded Hand with Match Pin, seed beads, faceted beads, 2023.
Instagram: @jessie.jannuska.art
