CV & PRESS

BRONWYN BUTTERFIELD (she/her)

b. Winnipeg, MB, Canada; 1996

bronwynbutterfield1@gmail.com

Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada

Education

• 2025 • Yukon School of Visual Arts — Dawson City, YT.
  • • • Visual arts program certificate

• 2019 • University of Winnipeg, Geography — Winnipeg, MB.
  • • • BA Hons. 4 year
• 2017 • Gjøvik University (Norway) — Winnipeg, MB, Gjøvik, Norway & Stockholm, Sweden.
  • • • Norway-Canada Sustainable Energy Project
• 2017 • University of British Columbia, Haida Gwaii Higher education society — Skidegate, BC.
  • • • Semester in Natural Resource studies

Experience

• 2025 • Dawson City Film Lab participant, juried — Dawson City, YT.
  • • • • Teaching Assistant at Yukon School of Visual Arts for 2D Studio, instructed by Jackie Olson — Dawson City, YT.
      • • Lead illustrator for the Beading Circle Book project with MAWA — Winnipeg, MB.
      • • Artist in Residence at Banff Centre for Arts + Creativity, with Kapishkum: Métis Gathering 5 week program, juried — Banff, AB.
      • • Featured in Yukon: North of Ordinary Magazine — Whitehorse, Yukon.
      • • I think I saw you in a dream (2025) animation screened at Dawson City International Film Festival, juried — Dawson City, YT.
      • • Poster Art for the Yukon Riverside Arts Festival — Dawson City, YT.
      • • Beading workshop as Klondike Institute for Arts and Culture workshop instructor for BYTE Empowering Youth Society — Dawson City, YT.
      • • Sounding Ice project participant with Dr. Susan Schuppli with Yukon School of Visual Arts — Dawson City, YT.
• 2024 • Artist Market at Klondike Institute of Arts and Culture — Dawson City, YT.
  
  • • • • Beading workshop with Winnipeg 150 at Ross House Museum — Winnipeg, MB.
      • • Artist in Residence at the Sointula Art Shed Artist Residency — Sointula, BC.
  • 2023 • Online beading workshop with Red River Echoes — Winnipeg, MB.
    • • • • Louis Riel Day artist market at Festival du Voyageur — Winnipeg, MB.
  • 2022 • Vendor at Habit Coffee holiday market — Victoria, BC.
    • • • • Vendor at Outlier's Assembly holiday market —Victoria, BC. 
        • • Commissioned for cover art for Briarpatch Magazine (July/August issue), juried — Regina, SK.
        • • Manitoba Artist Spotlight for the Indigenous Artist's market at Indigenous Fashion Week, juried — Toronto, ON.
        • • Beading workshop at MAWA — Winnipeg, MB. 
          
  • 2021 • Vendor, art featured in poster for LuckyGirl Popup Holiday Market, juried  — Winnipeg, MB.
    • • • • Work commissioned for the Walrus Magazine, "Standoff at 1492 Landback Lane" by Luke Ottenhof 
        • • Featured artist for House of Vans on vans.ca, juried — Montréal, QC.
  • 2020 • Beading workshop with MAWA — Winnipeg, MB.
    • • • • Beading workshop at Manitoba Museum — Winnipeg, MB.
        • • Beading workshop with Métis Nation of British Columbia — Winnipeg, MB.
        • • Vendor at Indigenous Makers Market at Festival du Voyageur — Winnipeg, MB.
        • • Guest Artist at The Brooklyn Museum's Teen Night (May) — Brooklyn, NY.
        • • Guest Artist at Toronto Metropolitan University's The Beading Circle, online — Toronto, ON.
        • • Beading workshop with MakerLabs at the Winnipeg Art Gallery — Winnipeg, MB.
        • • Vendor at LuckyGirl Popup Market, juried — Winnipeg, MB.
        • • Guest speaker at Indigenous Youth Leaders workshop — Winnipeg, MB.
        • • Beading workshop with Friends of Lower Fort Garry — Winnipeg, MB.
        • • Participating artist in group show and auction for Nations Skate Youth — Winnipeg, MB. 

  • Group exhibitions 

  • • 2025
  • • Banff Centre for Arts + Creativity, Kapishkum: To transcend, to gather, to love — Banff, AB. 
  • • Confluence Gallery, Year End Show for Yukon School of Visual Arts Class of 2024/2025 — Dawson City, YT.
    
• 2024
• • Confluence Gallery,  Mid-Year Show for Yukon School of Visual Arts Class of 2024/2025 — Dawson City, YT.
• 2023
• • • Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library at C2 Centre for Craft, Gathering: Indigenous Beadwork, Embroider and Quillwork Exhibition, juried — Winnipeg, MB.
• 2021
• • Artspace Winnipeg, Vesti_art: Public Art Mural Installation — Winnipeg, MB.
• 2020
• • MAWA, Community Beading Exhibition — Winnipeg, MB.
• • University of Manitoba Art Collections Gallery, Adornment Exhibition — Winnipeg, MB.

Solo exhibitions

• Sointula Art Shed, A small collection of works — Sointula, BC.

Press

Seven Oaks House: Gathering Exhibit
CBC News Article: Gathering Exhibit
Indigenous Fashion Week
Briarpatch Magazine
The Walrus Magazine
Sidewalk Hustle
vesti_art project
CBC News Article: vesti_art
The Projector
MAWA: Community Beading Exhibition
FASHION Magazine
Winnipeg Free Press
CBC News Information Radio: Interview with Marcie Markusa
FASHION Magazine