Jeneen Frei Njootli

Jeneen Frei Njootli is a Vuntut Gwich’in artist and a core member of the ReMatriate Collective currently based on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, Sto:lo, and Tsleil-Waututh territories. Frei Njootli’s practice concerns itself with Indigeneity-in-politics, community engagement and productive disruptions. In 2016, she completed a residency at Western Front, and she performed alongside James Luna in his ISHI: The Archive Performance in San Diego. A past recipient of the Cordula and Gunter Paetzold Fellowship, Frei Njootli was also awarded a William and Meredith Saunderson Prize for Emerging Canadian Artists in 2016 through the Hnatyshyn Foundation.