About: Bio and VC

by Esther Baker

 

 

Esta Baker is a Teetl'it Gwichin, Dene Athabaskan Artisan/Photographer from Yellowknife NWT. She now resides in Treaty 6, Amiskwacyi Waskahikan, Spruce Grove area. Her small business journey was started in 2017. Over the years, she has spent time researching and connecting to create her own style of art and photography. In learning the history, stories, traditional skills and teachings, she has created her own stories and memories that are shared internationally. She thanks everyone for this journey. 
She has partnered with the Indigenous Collective in the Edmonton area, has been a guest curator to local galleries and is involved in volunteer work in the Edmonton area. She has partnered with numerous companies and businesses as The University of Alberta Native Studies, Edify Magazine, Edmonton Community Foundations, Goba Care, CPA Alberta and HIV Edmonton as an indigenous photographer. 
She is passionate in working to break down barriers for Indigenous artists/creators as well as offering support and mentorship. She has worked with the Edmonton Arts Council and the Alberta Foundation of the Arts as a panel adjudicator.  

 

Mahsi Cho, Thank you 

Esta Baker 

 Artist CV

2025 (Upcoming)

  • Grant Project work, January - June 2024
  • River Cree Summer Night Market - TBA June 2025 *Pending

2024

  • Teaching art tutorial at the University of Alberta, March 21, 2024
  • Worked with Goba Care for the K’asho Got’ine Drummers Event, March 8, 2024
  • Vendor at the Indigenous Week with the University of Alberta
  • Gallery show with the City of St Albert with Linda Wright June 2024
  • River Cree Night Market, Enoch Cree Nation June 2024
  • Live Painting at Folk Fest, Edmonton July 2024 
  • Live painting at Fringe Festival, Edmonton August 2024 
  • Orange Shirt Day, Sept 20th, Telus World of Science 2024
  • Lake Louise, Oct 25/26th Conference with ARPA
  • Goba Care, Facilitating Bead circle with Northerners, Nov 20th, 2024 
  • River Cree Holiday Market Nov 21,22,23rd, 2024 
  • SkyDancer Holiday Market, Stony Plain, Nov 30th, 2024

2023

  • Vendor at Skydancer Indigenous Christmas Market Dec
  • Strathcona Library, Indigenous Relations Education Day, Panel presenter/art tutorial
  • Vendor at the River Cree Holiday Market Nov
  • TELUS World of Science, Orange Shirt Day, Sept 30th
  • Artwork selected in the Peace hills Trust Indigenous Art Show, Sept
  • Selected to represent at the Edmonton Elks, Indigenous Celebration Game
  • Ardrossan Farmers Market, teaching art tutorial and presentation June 6th, 2023
  • Enbridge Art Show at the Enbridge Centre in Edmonton, June-July 2023
  • Grant Accessor with Edmonton Foundation of the Arts, April 2023
  • Selected to be a vendor at the Dreamspeakers Film Fest April 2023
  • Selected to represent at Junos as a vendor, March 2023

2022

  • Managed an Indigenous pop up shop at Fort Edmonton Park with Indigenous Collective of Edmonton, July 2022-March 2023
  • Grande Gathering Gala for the Native Friendship Centre of Grande Prairie in live painting and auction, painting sold for $15,000
  • An Indigenous Collective art show, guest curator for the Allied Arts Gallery of Spruce Grove 2022

2021

  • Open Art Competition, Allied Arts Gallery, placed 3rd in Beginners Category
  • Art was part of a collection at Fort Edmonton Park, with the Indigenous Collective of Edmonton

2020

  • ATB Alberta Indigenous Online Market, June 2020

2019

  • Art From the Unknown, Rachel Notley, Old Strathcona Performing Arts Centre Oct 2019
  • Open Art Competition, Allied Arts Gallery of Spruce Grove, placed 2nd, Sept 2019
  • A Very Indigenous Holiday Market with the Indigenous Collective of Edmonton

2018

  • Juried Members Show, Allied Arts Gallery of Spruce Grove 2018
  • Wild Inside art show, Multicultural Heritage Centre, Stony Plain 2018

2017

  • Allied Arts Council, Juried Art Show, placed for Northern Beauty submission
  • Allied Arts Council, placed third in Open Photography Show

 

Education

Canvas Mukluk Making - Elder Carol - Telus World of Science 2024

Arctic: Development course - University of Alberta 2022

Arctic: Economy course - University of Alberta 2022

Teetl’it Gwich’in Language lessons, online mentorship and resources

Beadwork, learning how to Oct 2022, AC, Dene artisan/educator

Beginner Cree Lessons - Knowledge Keeper Barb, Spruce Grove Library 2022

Acrylic Mountain Workshop - Samantha Williams-Chapelsky 2021

Indigenous Edible and Medicinal Herb - Natalie Pepin, Reskilled Life, 2020

Indigenous Canada Course, University of Alberta 2020

Portrait Drawing Class - Daphane Cote 2020

Acrylic Landscapes Class - Samantha Williams-Chapelsky 2020

Acrylic Landscape, Udemy 2020

Learning to Create an Art Business - Jaime Rathor 2019

Social Media for Artists - Daphane Cote 2019

Photoshop Course, NAIT 2018

Photography Course, Udemy 2018

Night Photography, Udemy 2018

Adobe Lightroom Class, CC Photo, Udemy 2018

Photography Masterclass, Udemy 2018

 

1 comment

  • Hi,

    I was at an AACP conference that you made beaded lanyards for presenters (Leticia gave me your contact info). Is this something you might be interested in doing for an event we have in Lethbridge on March 29? We’d probably need about 25 lanyards altogether.

    Thanks,
    Kirsten

    Kirsten Fantazir

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