Terrance Houle
Terrance Houle is an internationally recognized interdisciplinary media artist and a member of the Blood Tribe. Involved with Aboriginal communities all his life, he has traveled to reservations throughout Canada and the United States to participating in Powwow dancing and other native ceremonies. Terrance began his art career at the Alberta College of Art & Design in 1995. After a 2-year hiatus, he returned to his studies in 2000. In 2003 he graduated with a BFA in Fibre. He has developed an extensive portfolio that ranges from painting and drawing to video/film, mixed media, performance and installation. His works have been shown in Calgary, Vancouver, also Toronto and internationally in Australia and Warwickshire, England.
Terrance has also had numerous screenings of his short video and film works in particular at Toronto's 2004 ImagineNATIVE Film Festival winner of Best Experimental Film and 2004 ImagNation Film Festival in Vancouver including the Calgary International Film Festival 2004. Terrance's work has been discussed in Alberta Views, New Tribe, Aboriginal Times and Artlink in Australia. In the fall 2003 Terrance participated a Thematic Residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada. The Residency focused on 34 indigenous people working on issues of colonization and communion. Artist came from New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Mexico and the United States. Currently Terrance works and maintains his art practice in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
