Delree Dumont
{{Short description|Cree artist}}
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| movement = Pointillism
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Delree Dumont is a Cree artist whose family is from Onion Lake Cree Nation.
Early life and education
Dumont was born in Chilliwack, British Columbia and is a member of Onion Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mountainviewgazette.ca/article/Artist-involved-in-embassy-project-20180227|title=Local artist to head to Germany for indigenous art project at the Canadian embassy|work=Mountain View Gazette|access-date=2018-03-06}} Prior to working as a full-time artist in 2014 Dumont was employed in Alberta's oil and gas industry.{{Cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/indigenous-artist-alberta-germany-showcase-1.4561470|title=Indigenous artist from small-town Alberta 'honoured' to showcase work in Germany {{!}} CBC News|work=CBC|access-date=2018-03-06|language=en-US}} She currently works out of her home
Career
= Style =
Dumont's early work was in the realist style. Her more recent painting is primarily in the style of pointillism.{{Cite web|url=http://www.airdrieecho.com/2015/08/18/artist-shares-culture-through-work|title=Artist shares culture through work|last=nurun.com|website=Airdrie Echo|language=en-CA|access-date=2018-03-06}} Her primary medium is acrylic, but some of her works also include oil and watercolor work. Much of her artistic work draws on her experience as an Indigenous person.
= Reception =
In 2018 Dumont was invited to be part of an Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada event to be held at the Canadian embassy in Germany. As part of this invitation Dumont painted live in front of an audience at the embassy.
Work
= Exhibited Work =
- "Waiting For Grant Entry", Imago Mundi: Great and North Canadian Exhibit, Palazzo Lorendan (Venice, Italy), 2017.{{Cite web|url=http://www.airdrieecho.com/2017/08/30/14-airdrie-artists-to-have-art-in-venice-gallery|title=14 Airdrie artists to have art in Venice gallery|last=nurun.com|website=Airdrie Echo|language=en-CA|access-date=2018-03-06}}
= Awards and nominations =
In 2017 Dumont won the Didsbury Business of the Year award. In the same year she also received a grant from the Indigenous Tourism Association to support her artistic work. In 2017 Dumont's business also won bronze in the Mountain View Gazette's Readers' Choice Award.{{Cite web|url=http://businesslink.ca/blog/showcasing-beauty-and-resiliency-indigenous-artists|title=Showcasing the beauty and resiliency of Indigenous artists {{!}} Business Link|website=businesslink.ca|date=28 September 2017|access-date=2018-03-06}}
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