Join exhibiting artist Alexis Nanibush-Pamajewong for Birch Bark Biting at Biidaasige Park, in conjunction with their solo exhibition, Baby Girl.
Learn about birch bark biting, an Indigenous art practice where birch bark is harvested, peeled and then bitten into to create designs and patterns. You will have the opportunity to create your own birch bark biting artwork.
Location: Biidaasige Park, 51 Commissioners Street on Ookwemin Minising.
Directions:
TTC bus route 114 Queen's Quay East (stops at Cherry Street and Commissioners Street).
TTC bus route 72D Pape (stops at Saulter Street and Commissioners Street).
Parking and Ride Share drop-off is available at 11 Munition Street. (Pick-ups and drop-offs are prohibited on Commissioners Street.)
Bike or walk along the Martin Goodman Trail or Lower Don Trail. (Areas to lock up bicycles and Bike Share stations are available on site.)
Alexis Nanibush-Pamajewong (she/they) is a 2S Anishinaabe emerging artist and curator from Shawanaga First Nation. Nanibush-Pamajewong completed their BFA (Honours) in Tsi’ Tkaronto in OCADU's Indigenous Visual Culture program (2024 Medal Winner recipient). Nanibush-Pamajewong also attended the Beal Art Program. Nanibush-Pamajewong works in performance, installation, photography, video, and birch bark biting, focusing on Anishinaabe knowledge, love, and the land.
Nanibush-Pamajewong was recently selected by Maria Hupfield for the 2026 Emerging Indigenous Artist Laureate for the Ontario Arts Council. Their presence in Toronto includes: FOR THE YOUTH at Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2025, Artist Project in C Magazine’s Issue 158: Almanac (2024), Ascension of Abundance, Xpace Cultural Centre, Nigig Diving the Depths: 10 Years of Indigenous Visual Culture at OCAD U, Ignite Gallery, KPMG x MASSIVart, Bizindamowin’ (to learn from listening). Nanibush-Pamajewong works at Evergreen Brick Works as the Coordinator of Indigenous Public Arts Programming.
