SHAWN BRIGMAN
EDUCATION
Doctor of Philosophy in Leadership Studies, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington. Spring 2015
Post Graduate Studies in Parks, Rec, & Tourism Management, Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand. Spring 2007
Master of Science in Recreation Management, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho. Spring 2007
Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington. Spring 2005
Certificate of Completion Architecture & Design Program, Denmark’s International Study, Copenhagen, Denmark. Spring 2004
Certificate in Architectural and Mechanical Computer Aided Drafting, Spokane Community College, Spokane, Washington. 2000
AWARDS
2023 Preservation and Education Award: Tribal Art and Heritage Recovery and Revival, Spokane Preservation Advocates, Spokane, WA, November 5, 2023
2022 Jennifer Easton Community Spirit Award Honoree, First Peoples Fund, Washington DC, June 30, 2022.
2020 People’s Choice Award, In The Spirit Contemporary Native Arts, Tacoma, WA, November 2020
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
The HIVE™, Spokane, WA, September 2021 - January 2022
Burke Museum, Seattle, WA, 2020
Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA, June 5-9, 2019
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM, April 14-28, 2019
Evergreen Longhouse Education and Cultural Center’s Northwest Heritage Program, Inchelium, WA, April 11-15 and May 23-27, 2016.
SOLO ART GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
ʔax̌ʷmn’ - “brush the water”: The Renaissance of Plateau Canoe Culture on the Upper Columbia River (2012 – 2023), March 10 - April 14, 2023. Exhibited a qlispe style bark sturgeon-nose canoe, glassworks made at the Museum of Glass Tacoma, and accompanying monograph - Kootenay Gallery of Art. Castlegar, BC.
ʔax̌ʷmn’ - “to brush the water”: Reviving Canoe Culture on the Upper Columbia River (2012 – 2021), September 29 - December 4, 2021. Curated exhibit celebrating the awakening of spirit and northern Plateau canoe culture at the Museum of Culture & Environment - Central Washington University. Ellensburg, WA.
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe, January 25 - March 17, 2019. Displayed a Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe at the Penticton Art Gallery as a sculptural backdrop for the stəɬtaɬtət: Annual En’owkin Centre Exhibition. Penticton, BC.
Western White Pine Bark Sturgeon Nose Canoe, October 4-5, 2018. Displayed full-scale western white pine bark sturgeon nose canoe for the Terrain 11 Art Show. Spokane, WA.
Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe, May 26 – June 30, 2018. Invited artist to display a Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe at the Confluence Gallery for the Snk’lip Nc’aps: Coyote Winked group exhibit. Twisp, WA.
Water Is Life Theme Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe Display, September 8-9, 2017. Exhibition at the 2nd Annual One Heart Native Arts & Film Festival highlighting innovative, compelling, and empowering stories from Native perspectives Spokane, WA.
Tule Mat Tatoo House: Indigenizing the Built Environment, July 11-14, 2017. Displayed tule mat lodge as a tattoo house during the 2017 Summer Indigenous Intensive at the University of British Columbia Okanagan Campus. Kelowna, BC
Conical Tule Mat Lodge Display, June 5-7, 2013. Three day display for the Selkirk College Regional Aboriginal Youth & Educators Conference. Castlegar, BC.
WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED
Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe Workshop, July 2019 Provided one week-long skinning a canoe workshop for the Nkwusm Salish Language School. Arlee, MT.
Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe Workshop, June 2019 Provided one week-long skinning a canoe workshop for En’owkin Centre participants. Funded by First Peoples’ Cultural Council Grant. Penticton, BC.
Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe Workshop, July 2018 Provided one week-long skinning a canoe workshop for the 2018 Summer Spokane Tribal Youth Leadership Camp at Washington State University. Pullman, WA
Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe Workshop, June 2018 Provided one week-long skinning a canoe workshop for Sqilxw Apna community participants. Funded by First Peoples’ Cultural Council Grant. Vernon, BC.
Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe Workshop, April 2018 Provided one week-long skinning a canoe workshop for Salish School of Spokane participants. Spokane, WA. Funded by the Burke Museum. Seattle, WA.
Western White Pine Bark Sturgeon Nose Canoe Workshop, Summer 2017. Crafted a full scale bark sturgeon nose canoe for the Coeur d’Alene Tribes Wellness Center. Plummer, ID
Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe Workshop, April - July, 2016. Provided Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe workshop for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe with participation by six local families. Plummer, ID
Salishan Sturgeon Nose Canoe Workshop, May 2015 Provided one week long skinning a canoe workshop for the Aboriginal Youth Conference at Selkirk College Nelson Campus. Nelson, BC.
ARTIST GRANTS
The Native Creative Development Program, 2022 Longhouse Educational and Cultural Center. The Evergreen State College. Olympia, WA.
Collections Based Workshops Grant, April 2018. Bill Holm Center - Burke Museum, University of Washington. Seattle, WA.
Grants for Artist Projects (GAP), 2017 Artist Trust. Seattle, WA.
Spokane Arts Grant Awards, 2017 Spokane, WA.
Visiting Researcher Grant - Bill Holm Center, 2016 Burke Museum. Seattle, WA. The Native Creative Development Program, 2014 The Evergreen State College. Olympia, WA.
The Native Creative Development Program, 2009 The Evergreen State College. Olympia, WA.
PRESS/PUBLICATIONS
Shawn Brigman, “Salishan Art and Architecture: A Personal Decolonization Journey,” in From the Skin: Defending Indigenous Nations Using Theory and Praxis, ed. Jeffrey Clark and Elise Boxer (Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2023), 49-77.
Shawn Brigman, “Recovering Sinixt Art and Architecture,” in The Geography of Memory: Reclaiming the Cultural, Natural, and Spiritual History of the Snayackstx (Sinixt) First People, ed. Eileen Pearkes (Rocky Mountain Books, 2022), 33-41.
“WSU Alum Shawn Brigman Using Education to Recover Traditional Arts”, Native American Programs WSU, February 2019.
“A Quest to Renew the Natural Home”, North Columbia Monthly Magazine, February 2019.
“Reflections on the tukʷtniłxʷ-Tule Mat House”, alt. theatre, 2018.
River Arts 2018: Reimagining the Columbia Across Borders, Catalog Selkirk College, 2018.
“Returning Canoe Culture through Experimental Forests”, U.S. Forest Service, November 2017.
“Fully Alive, Relevant and Salish”, North Columbia Monthly Magazine, March 2016.
“Lewis and Clark Festival highlights Native culture”, Great Falls Tribune, June 2014.