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If interested, you can reach the artist for inquiry. Tel: 416-799-1221 or by email josephartist444@gmail.com
GALLERY & MURALS
GALLERY & MURALS
TORONTO Sign at Nathan Phillips Square.
TORONTO Sign at Nathan Phillips Square.
Title: Rekindle
Artwork by: Joseph Sagaj in collaboration with Holly Fischer
The artwork design on the TORONTO Sign puts emphasis on highlighting Indigenous culture and showing on-going relationships of moving forward in positive light is of vital importance.
The City of Toronto recognizes UNESCO’s International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022 to 2032).
Interconnections
Interconnections
Interconnections Mural: Located at Paul Martel Park (10 Madison Ave.) in the Bloor Annex, this 86-foot mural celebrates Indigenous storytelling and the earth helpers
Circle of Indigenous Knowledge
Circle of Indigenous Knowledge
Circle of Indigenous Knowledge: A 30-foot diameter terrazzo floor installation located at Seneca College's Centre for Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship.
About
Joseph is Anishnaabe of the Sturgeon Clan from the remote community of Neskantaga, 433 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario. He graduated in Fine Arts at the Ontario College of Art & Design in 1985.
Joseph is Anishnaabe of the Sturgeon Clan from the remote community of Neskantaga, 433 km northeast of Thunder Bay, Ontario. He graduated in Fine Arts at the Ontario College of Art & Design in 1985.
In 1992, The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) selected Joseph's logo as a winning design. Since then, Joseph has had numerous private and public commissions. He's designed logos, painted murals, and completed commissions which include INAC's 2005/06 Time Planner about the "Thirteen Moons" calendar and features stories, legends and “a way of life” in the past and present for the Aboriginal people.
In 1992, The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP) selected Joseph's logo as a winning design. Since then, Joseph has had numerous private and public commissions. He's designed logos, painted murals, and completed commissions which include INAC's 2005/06 Time Planner about the "Thirteen Moons" calendar and features stories, legends and “a way of life” in the past and present for the Aboriginal people.
Other commissions include a series of paintings of “Seven Teachings and Seven Stages of Life” completed in 2017 for the Ministry of the Attorney General, Aboriginal Justice Division in Toronto. These paintings reflect a glimpse of the Anishnaabe People's culture and values.
Other commissions include a series of paintings of “Seven Teachings and Seven Stages of Life” completed in 2017 for the Ministry of the Attorney General, Aboriginal Justice Division in Toronto. These paintings reflect a glimpse of the Anishnaabe People's culture and values.
In 2018, Joseph completed a commissioned project of a 30 foot diameter floor installation for Centre for Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship at Seneca College in Toronto. By way of Teachings, Ceremonies, Elders, and Community Resources, this design integrates culture, heritage, spirituality, a system of governance, and symbolisms of the Inuit, Metis, and First Nations from the Great Lakes Region.
In 2018, Joseph completed a commissioned project of a 30 foot diameter floor installation for Centre for Innovation, Technology & Entrepreneurship at Seneca College in Toronto. By way of Teachings, Ceremonies, Elders, and Community Resources, this design integrates culture, heritage, spirituality, a system of governance, and symbolisms of the Inuit, Metis, and First Nations from the Great Lakes Region.
If interested, you can reach the artist for inquiry.
If interested, you can reach the artist for inquiry.
Tel: 416-799-1221 or by email josephartist444@gmail.com
Tel: 416-799-1221 or by email josephartist444@gmail.com
Joseph lives and works in Toronto.
Joseph lives and works in Toronto.
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