shelley niro biography
Links:
Artist website: Shellyniro.ca
Reviews:
Shelley Niro: Taking a Good, Long Look at Stereotypes Galleries West
IN THE MAKING: Shelley Niro CBC Gem
Through the lens of Shelley Niro AGOinsider
Achievement award for artist The Expositor
Scotiabank Photography Award: Shelley Niro Ryerson Image Centre
Q&A: Award-winning Indigenous artist Shelley Niro This Magazine
Shelley Niro: The way of the subtle warrior Toronto Star
Governor General’s Award celebrates the work of Shelley Niro, MFA’97 Western Alumni
Shelley Niro is a member of the Turtle Clan, Bay of Quinte Mohawk from the Six Nations Reserve. She holds a degree from Ontario College of Art and a Master of Fine Art from the University of Western Ontario. Niro has exhibited across Canada has work in collections of the Canada Council Art Bank, Canadian Museum of History, and Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography. Her award-winning films have been screened in festivals worldwide, and she presented work at the 2003 Venice Biennale. Shelley Niro lives in Brantford, Ontario.
Image: Shelley Niro, Chiquita 1, Digital Photography, 2021. Photo: courtesy of artist.