About Me/CV

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 member of Canupawakpa Dakota Nation. She graduated with a BFA with honors from Brandon University’s IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art 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’s most prominent awards are the Canada Council for the Arts Explore and Create grant in 2023, and the Manitoba Arts Council Arts Leader Grant in 2021.

Upcoming Exhibition Stops:

Mending with Tradition, Steinbach Arts Council, Jan 10th - Feb 14th, 2025

Mending with Tradition, Graffiti Arts Programming Inc. (GAP), Sept 5th, 2025, Full exhibition body of work to be shown here first.

Mending with Tradition, Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (AGSM), May - July 2026