Alysha Johnny Hawkins

Alysha Johnny Hawkins is a Tahltan multidisciplinary visual artist. Her practice grapples with mediums like filmmaking, photography, painting, and Indigenous artmaking through beading, sewing, drumming, and traditional song and dance. She also enjoys being connected to her homelands through activities like fishing, hunting, hiking and snowshoeing. Hawkins’ primary inspirations stems from her desire to share her culture with the world through diverse mediums of creation and traditional sustenance. She is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Visual Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. She has also recently gained a position as a research assistant for Tu’dese’cho Wholistic Indigenous Leadership Development (TWILD), in which she will be able to better research, practice, and teach about her Tahltan heritage.