Oji Creations

Autumn Whiteway

Oji Creations features the art and crafts of Indigenous artist and archaeologist, Autumn Whiteway, based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Treaty 7 territory). She focuses on painting, digital art, photography, canvas and cardstock prints. Her crafts include dreamcatchers, medicine bags, jewelry, hand drums, arrows, etc. Custom orders accepted. Autumn Whiteway (Night Singing Woman) is a Saulteaux (Ojibway)/Métis archaeologist, artist, traditional craftworker, and curator based in Mohkinstsis (Calgary, Alberta). She is a member of Berens River First Nation in Manitoba but grew up in Treaty 7 territory.
As an archaeologist, she has always been curious about the material culture produced by her ancestors, in addition to traditional knowledge passed down through the generations. This curiosity led her on a path of discovery, to learn to make different types of traditional Indigenous crafts.
Autumn also explores Indigenous themes from a contemporary perspective through painting, digital art, and photography. Her painting and digital art is primarily focused on the heavily symbolic Woodland Style of art, while her photographic practice is used as a form of activism to highlight Indigenous issues. Her curatorial work concentrates on elevating the voices of Indigenous creatives through a series of Indigenous focused exhibitions. Additionally, she is a teaching artist and facilitates various types of Indigenous art workshops.
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