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Jeff Thomas is an independent curator and photographer who deals, in examination of his own history and identity, with issues of aboriginality that have arisen at the intersections of Native and non-Native cultures in what is now Ontario and northern New York state.
2021 The Indigenous Map Maker’s Room, Latcham Art Centre, Stouffville, Ontario. 2018 Bird Man Rising, Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, Illinois. 2018 Indians on Tour: Exploring Indigenous Experiences Through Jeff Thomas’ Lens, Sheridan Campus Galleries, Mississauga, Ontario.
Indians on Tour began in 2000 when friend and documentary film maker Ali Kazimi sent me a package with five plastic Indian figures and one cowboy—two of which Ali used to introduce his documentary film on my work “Shooting Indians: A Journey with Jeff Thomas.” Along with the figures was a note that said: “You will find something ...
FAMILY CAMERA at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario. VISITOR INFORMATION at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. PHOTOGRAPHY IN CANADA: FROM 1960-2000 at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario. LATEST NEWS.
The Dancing Grounds. THE DANCING GROUNDS AT WANUSKEWIN: The Billboard Project July 9, 2016. SPRING / SUMMER 2017 EXHIBITS. A NECESSARY FICTION: A CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE HUNTER & EDWARD S. CURTISat the Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario.
Jeff Thomas talks about connecting the words “Indian” and “Urban” (Walrus Talks)
This series explores the loss of male role models by using Bear as a marker of Indian-ness in sites where it does not exist. The first Bear Portrait set in motion a new way of looking at the city and, like the graffiti, my revolution was against the invisible urban Iroquois presence.
Emerging from the shadow cast by this popularized notion of Indian life, this exhibition’s two perspectives on First Peoples explore themes of community and continuity, and how the past influences the present in both cultural and artistic terms.
Strong Hearts Panels. When I saw my first powwow in the mid-1970s I was struck by the powerful sense of self the dancers exhibited on the powwow grounds.
A NECESSARY FICTION: A CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE HUNTER & EDWARD S. CURTIS at the Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario. EVERY.NOW.THEN: REFRAMING OF NATIONHOOD at the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario. FAMILY CAMERA at the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Ontario. VISITOR INFORMATION at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario ...
