Csetkwe Fortier

Individual

Roles

Artist, Musician

Biography

Csetkwe (she/her/stamiya) is a multi-gifted artist with her roots in the Syilx (Okanagan) and Secwepmec (Shuswap) Nations. Holding the respect of being a sqwuy (mother to sons), stamiya (Two Spirit), and a Traditional Knowledge Keeper, she mainly works in ceremony, mental health, storytelling, performance art, song/poetry writing, painting, illustration, and most recently murals. She is a graduate of the En’owkin Centre of Indigenous Art, receiving a National Aboriginal Professional Artists’ Training certificate and Nsyilxcn Language Program certificate. She honed her love for performance art during her time in the Full Circle Ensemble Program in Vancouver, BC. Csetkwe’s performances include those of a solo and collaborative artist as well as part of the k̓ʷem k̓ʷem słénsłénəy—Indigenous Drum Collective and as the former front woman in multimedia performance collective Skookum Sound System. Some of Csetkwe’s notable performances include: A New Dawn with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, T(w)o New Heights—Kamloops Symphony Orchestra, Juno Awards with Arcade Fire, EvenTide Night of The Matriarch—Victoria, Indigenous Women In the Arts—Toronto, Centennial College—Toronto, Big Medicine Studio—Nipissing, Sakewewak Storytellers Festival– Regina, Adaka Festival—Whitehorse, and Push Festival at Performance Works—Vancouver, among others.

Opera Kelowna, 2024

Collection

grunt gallery Programming Archive (Artist)

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Don't Go Hungry (Artist)

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