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 in 2018. Jannuska primarily works in mixed media, beadwork, acrylic, crankies, and murals. She teaches art workshops in beading, dreamcatchers, Indigenous-themed painting (step-by-step), mixed-media mural work, sweetgrass baskets, and crankie-making.
Jannuska recently completed an artist residency at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Her work explores her Indigenous culture through a cathartic lens by blending realism, contemporary beadwork style, and symbolism that represents her Indigenous spirituality. Her work utilizes themes of Indigenous female empowerment, commentary on Indigenous issues, and often features strong female role models and imagery. 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
