seth cardinal dodginghorse is a multidisciplinary artist, Prairie Chicken Dancer, experimental musician and cultural researcher. They grew up eating dirt and exploring the forest on their family’s ancestral land on the Tsuut’ina nation. In 2014 their family was forcibly removed from their homes and land for the construction of the South West Calgary Ring Road. This life changing event has been the focus of their creative work. seth is currently a part of the artist collective tīná gúyáńí (Deer Road) which also includes their mother Glenna Cardinal. tīná gúyáńí was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2022. Their current music projects are lawrence teeth and Quiet Groove. In the past they have played in The Basement Demons and soft cure.
Curriculum Vitae
seth cardinal dodginghorse
Born: 1994, Lethbridge, AB, Canada.
Lives and works on No.145 Tsuut'ina Indian Reserve, AB, Canada
Western Education
2019 Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting Major), Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada
Grants and Awards
2023 Indigenous Regalia Making Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Original Peoples Investment Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
2022 Original Peoples Investment Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Sobey Art Award Long List, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2021 Original Peoples Investment Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
2020 Indigenous Artist in Residence, Calgary Central Public Library, AB, Canada
Individuals and Collectives Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Original Peoples Investment Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Slippery Study Award, Images Film Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
2019 Original Peoples Investment Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Indigenous Arts Individual Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada
Artist Residencies
2024 Art for Social Change Public Art Residency, CADA, Calgary, AB, Canada
2023 Artist in Residence, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON, Canada
2022 Visual Arts Residency, Banff Performing Arts Center, AB, Canada
2021 Alberta Public Art Network, The City of Calgary, Canada
2020 Indigenous Artist in Residence, Calgary Central Public Library, AB, Canada
2019 Indigenous Visual Arts Residency, Banff Performing Arts Center, AB, Canada
Isitsiipotaako, National Music Center, Calgary, AB, Canada
Artist Talks and Professional Experience
2024 Indigenous Youth Pirate Radio Workshop, University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery, Canada
old agency Artist Talk, Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
Rattle Making workshop, Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
2023 Her Name Artist Talk, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON, Canada
Artist Talk, Blue Quills, Saddle Lake, AB, Canada
tīná gúyáńí Artist Talk, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
2022 Artist Talk, National AccessArts Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada
Braided Voices Artist Talk, InPath, Montreal, QC, Canada
Artist Talk, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
Equity Diversity Inclusion Accessibility Group, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Indigenous Advisory Board, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
TRUCK Strategic Planning Consultation, Truck Contemporary Art, AB, Canada
2021 Equity Diversity Inclusion Accessibility Group, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Indigenous Advisory Board, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Artist Talk, The New Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
Artist Talk, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
Artist Talk, Articule, Montreal, QC, Canada
2020 Indigenous Pirate Radio Youth Workshop, Art Gallery of Grande Prairie, AB, Canada
Indigenous Advisory Board, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
ART NOW Lecture Series, University of Calgary, AB, Canada
tīná gúyáńí Artist Talk, Calgary Central Public Library, AB, Canada
2019 Un-Tunneling Vision, Jin Me-Yoon Project Consultant/Performer, Calgary, AB, Canada
Nasagha Tsuut’ina Youth Art Workshop, Esker Foundation, Calgary, AB, Canada
Before the Ring Road Artist Talk, Fish Creek Public Library, Calgary, AB, Canada
Art after the TRC Panel Discussion, Nickle Galleries, Calgary, AB, Canada
tīná gúyáńí Artist Talk, Art Gallery of Guelph, ON, Canada
2018 M:ST 10th Biennial, Jin Me-Yoon Project Consultant, Calgary, AB, Canada
M:ST Programming Committee, Calgary, AB, Canada
M:ST 9th Biennial, Suzanne Kite and Nathan Young Project Researcher, Calgary, AB, Canada
Exhibitions as tīná gúyáńí
2024 guwasidodi/old agency, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
2023 her name, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON, Canada
Truths That Remain, SBC Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
2022 no respect, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
Big Rock River, Okotoks Art Gallery, AB, Canada
2021 New Agency, Articule, Montreal, QC, Canada
2020 for 210 chaguzagha tsi-tina, Calgary Central Public Library, AB, Canada
2019 tīná gúyáńí, The Art Gallery of Guelph, ON, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
2019 I am Home, Marion Nicoll Main Space, Calgary, AB, Canada
Weaselhead Road, Sled Island Art and Music festival, Calgary, AB, Canada
Lawrence Teeth, The Wall Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
2018 Pointing The Finger #3, The Ivan Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
Pointing The Finger #2, Sled Island Music and Arts Festival, Calgary, AB, Canada
Pointing The Finger #1, Marion Nicoll +15, Calgary, AB, Canada
the basement smelled like mold, The Water Cooler Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2017 I want to live in a castle, Sled Island Music and Arts Festival, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2023 To Broadcast is to Scatter, University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery, MB, Canada
2022 Sparkle, The Black Diamond Hotel, AB, Canada
2021 Calling Planet Earth!, Espace POP, Montreal, QC, Canada
2020 Someplace We Used To Go, Centre Clark, Montreal, QC, Canada
LAND BACK, Open Space, Victoria, British Columbia, AB, Canada
Water Event with Yoko Ono, Contemporary Calgary, AB, Canada
slippery study, Images Film Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
2019 Of Surroundings, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Performance Symposium: Tempaurality, M:ST 9th Biennial, Calgary, AB, Canada
Indigenous Art Exhibition, Calgary Public Library, AB, Canada
2017 Niche: The Inbetween, Niche House, Calgary, AB, Canada
2016 Symphony of Fire, Lucky’s Comics, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Lovely Cabin pop-up showcase, Lovely Cabin, Calgary, AB, Canada
Niche: Art Show, Niche, Calgary, AB, Canada
A Spaceship Is Just a Time Machine, Untitled Art Society, Calgary, AB, Canada
Performances
2024 Dirt Song, Calgary, AB, Canada
Dirt Dance #3, University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery, Canada
2023 sorry is as sorry does, ViVa! Art Action, Montreal, QC, Canada
2021 lands to travel through, POP Montreal Festival, QC, Canada
Dirt Dance, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
2019 Dirt Dance, The Art Gallery of Guelph, ON, Canada
Dirt Dance, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
Lawrence Teeth, The Wall Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
Dirt Dance, The Closet Gallery, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, Canada
2018 Performance Symposium: Tempaurality, M:ST 9th Biennial, Calgary, AB, Canada
2017 In Memoriam, Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, Edmonton, AB, Canada
For Goodness Cakes Fundraiser, Truck Contemporary Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
Public Art
2021 Truth Before Reconciliation, Utility Box, Chinatown, Calgary, AB, Canada
Selected Film Scores/Recorded Projects
2023 Her Name Film Score, Calgary, AB, Canada
K'omoks Film Score, BC, Vancouver
Forthcoming Project, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2022 Johanna Householder & Judith Price: Smoke and Mirrors, Calgary, AB, Canada
2020 Nisguya Chu, Calgary, AB, Canada
2019 Un-Tunneling Vision Jin Me-Yoon, Film Scorer, Tsuut'ina, AB, Canada
Voices on the Rise, Film Score, Victoria, BC, Canada
2018 Elder Archives, Film Score, Calgary, AB, Canada
2017 In Memoriam, Musician, Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, Edmonton, AB, Canada