Philip Cote
Artist, Activist, Historian and Ancestral Knowledge Keeper.
Moose Deer Point First Nation: Shawnee, Lakota, Potawatomi, and Ojibway.
A graduate of OCAD University’s Interdisciplinary Art Media and Design Masters program in 2015, Cote has been exploring new ways to imbue Mural Painting through oral traditions of storytelling and with traditional spiritual perspectives. Cote studied Beaux-Arts Style painting/drawing at OCAD under the direction of Carmen Cereceda Bianchi (Diego Rivera’s longtime mural assistant). Philip has worked with numerous renowned artists including Young Jarus, Kwest, and Nick Sweetman.
As an Indigenous painter and Muralist, the purpose of Cote’s research is to unearth, and reveal, his cultural experience and knowledge of signs of Indigenous symbols, language and interpretation. Cote’s academic practice includes public speaking, land acknowledgements, Indigenous Cosmology and cultural interpretation offered at The Art Gallery of Ontario, The McMichael Canadian Art Collection Art Gallery, The Royal Ontario Museum, York University, The French School Board, The Catholic School Board, The University of Toronto, UofT Mississauga Campus, Ryerson University, Six Nations Polytechnic, OCAD University, The Peel District School Board, and the Toronto District School Board through the Aboriginal Education Centre.
Most recently Philip is working on a large-scale Mural for Suncor Energy, and The Bickford Learning Centre, Scotia Bank, and the MLSE (Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.) Launch Pad in Toronto.
Moose Deer Point First Nation: Shawnee, Lakota, Potawatomi, and Ojibway.
A graduate of OCAD University’s Interdisciplinary Art Media and Design Masters program in 2015, Cote has been exploring new ways to imbue Mural Painting through oral traditions of storytelling and with traditional spiritual perspectives. Cote studied Beaux-Arts Style painting/drawing at OCAD under the direction of Carmen Cereceda Bianchi (Diego Rivera’s longtime mural assistant). Philip has worked with numerous renowned artists including Young Jarus, Kwest, and Nick Sweetman.
As an Indigenous painter and Muralist, the purpose of Cote’s research is to unearth, and reveal, his cultural experience and knowledge of signs of Indigenous symbols, language and interpretation. Cote’s academic practice includes public speaking, land acknowledgements, Indigenous Cosmology and cultural interpretation offered at The Art Gallery of Ontario, The McMichael Canadian Art Collection Art Gallery, The Royal Ontario Museum, York University, The French School Board, The Catholic School Board, The University of Toronto, UofT Mississauga Campus, Ryerson University, Six Nations Polytechnic, OCAD University, The Peel District School Board, and the Toronto District School Board through the Aboriginal Education Centre.
Most recently Philip is working on a large-scale Mural for Suncor Energy, and The Bickford Learning Centre, Scotia Bank, and the MLSE (Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment Ltd.) Launch Pad in Toronto.
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