David Garneau BIOGRAPHY
David Garneau (Métis Nation of Saskatchewan) is a Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Regina. He is a painter, curator, and writer who engages creative and critical expressions of Indigenous contemporary ways of knowing, being, and doing. He received the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Art: Outstanding Achievement, was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada (both 2023), and received The Order of Gabriel Dumont Silver Medal and King Charles III Coronation Medal (both 2025).
Links:
Artist website: David Garneau
Artist Facebook:
Artist Instagram: David Garneau (@garneau_david) • Instagram photos and videos
Themes of colonialism and conflict explored in latest David Garneau exhibitions | News | University of Calgary, University of Calgary, 2026.
David Garneau (b.1962) | Art Canada Institute, Art Canada Institute.
interVIEWS:
Un-Settling Criticism - Kunstkritikk, Kunstkritikk, 2023.
Regina Métis artist to create 400 paintings for Edmonton bridge | CBC News, CBC News, 2017.
Artist imagines 'man-to-man' chat between Riel, Macdonald on Parliament Hill | CBC News, CBC News, 2017.
An Interview with Associate Professor David Garneau | In-Sight Publishing, In-Sight Publishing, 2016.
Reviews:
Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau - Alberta Views, Alberta Views, 2025.
New exhibit explores visual artist's Métis identity - Calgary Journal, Calgary Journal, 2023.
The painter with the pen: UCalgary alum claims Métis space in the art world | News | University of Calgary, University of Calgary, 2023.