KC Adams’ bio

Aawiwid KC Adams

KC Adams is a Cree, Ojibway, and British artist based in Winnipeg. Her nêhiyaw name is Flying Overhead in Circles Eagle Woman. Holding a BFA in studio arts from Concordia University, she practices as a multimedia artist, who is well known for creating work that tackles social issues. She was the scenic designer for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s Going Home Star: Truth and Reconciliation and recently opened a major public art sculpture, “Tanisi keke totamak … Ka cis teneme toyak” at the Forks in Winnipeg. Her exhibition Perception, a pointed political statement aimed at challenging deeply ingrained prejudices against the First Nations peoples, also resulted in an award-winning book of the same name. She is represented in many permanent collections, including that of the National Gallery of Canada.

Omashkiigoowi, Anishinaabewiwi, Zhaaganaashiwi gaye KC Adams Winnipeg eyaad. Enind nêhiyaw owiinzowin, Gizhibaa-ishpaasing Giniwikwe. Ayaad BFA endananokiid imaa Concordia University, bebakaan gegoon odoozhitoonan, memindage gegoon gaa-migoshkaaji’igowaad awiyag. Ogii-onatoon gegoon igi Royal Winnipeg Ballet Going Home Star: Truth and Reconciliation gaa-ijigaadenig noomaya’ii ogii-onatoon ozhijiishkiwaginigan Tanisi keke totamak Ka cis teneme toyak imaa Forks gaa-ijigaadeg Winnipeg. Owaabanda’iwewin Perception, odinwaazowin aaniin ezhi-maanaabamindwaa Anishinaabeg, mii gii-bakinaage nanaakongewin omazina’igan onji ezhinikaadenig. Gii-nitaa-agimaa miziwe waabanda’iwewinan, abooshke imaa National Gallery of Canada gaa-ijigaadenig.