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 a driving force in 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.
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Curriculum Vitae
Lives and works on No.145 Tsuut'ina Indian Reserve, Alberta, Canada.
Member of the artist collective tīná gúyáńí.
Western Education
Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting Major), Alberta University of the Arts, Calgary, Canada
Grants and Awards
Creation Residency and Grant, Grantham Foundation, Saint-Edmond-de-Grantham, QC, Canada
Magnum Foundation Photography Expanded Heat Fellowship Program, New York City, NY, USA
Art for Social Change Public Art Residency, CADA, Calgary, AB, Canada
Gallery TPW Artist Residency, Toronto, ON, Canada
Indigenous Regalia Making Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Original Peoples Investment Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Visual Art Residency, Banff Performing Arts Center, AB, Canada
Original Peoples Investment Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Sobey Art Award Long List, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
APAN Artist Residency, The City of Calgary, AB, Canada
Original Peoples Investment Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
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
Visual Art Residency, Banff Performing Arts Center, AB, Canada
Isitsiipotaako Artist Residency, National Music Center, Calgary, AB, Canada
Original Peoples Investment Project Grant, Calgary Arts Development, AB, Canada
Indigenous Arts Individual Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada
Artist Talks and Professional Experience
Indigenous Youth Pirate Radio Workshop, University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery, Canada
tīná gúyáńí Artist Talk, Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
Rattle Making workshop, Dunlop Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
Her Name Artist Talk, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON, Canada
Artist Talk, Blue Quills University, Saddle Lake, AB, Canada
tīná gúyáńí Artist Talk, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
Artist Talk, National Access Arts 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
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
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
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
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
In Memoriam, Hired Performer, Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Exhibitions as tīná gúyáńí
Forthcoming Show, Montreal Arts Interculturels, QC, Canada
Creation Stories, BACA Biennale Art Mûr, Montreal, QC, Canada
guwasidodi/old agency, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
her name, Gallery TPW, Toronto, ON, Canada
Truths That Remain, SBC Gallery, Montreal, QC, Canada
No Respect, Stride Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
Big Rock River, Okotoks Art Gallery, AB, Canada
New Agency, Articule, Montreal, QC, Canada
for 210 chaguzagha tsi-tina, Calgary Central Public Library, AB, Canada
tīná gúyáńí, The Art Gallery of Guelph, ON, Canada
Solo Exhibitions
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
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, AB, Canada
I want to live in a castle, Sled Island Music and Arts Festival, Calgary, AB, Canada
Group Exhibitions
Making Treaty 7, ATB Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
Creation Stories, BACA Biennale Art Mûr, Montreal, QC, Canada
To Broadcast is to Scatter, University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery, MB, Canada
Sparkle, Black Diamond, AB, Canada
Calling Planet Earth!, Espace POP, Montreal, QC, Canada
Someplace We Used to Go, Centre Clark, Montreal, QC, Canada
LAND BACK, Open Space, Victoria, BC, Canada
Water Event with Yoko Ono, Contemporary Calgary, AB, Canada
slippery study, Images Film Festival, Toronto, ON, Canada
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
Niche: The In-between, Niche House, Calgary, AB, Canada
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
Selected Performances
Dirt Song, L'Écart Rouyn-Noranda Biennale, QC, Canada
Dirt Song, 7A*11D International Festival of Performance Art, Toronto, ON, Canada
Dirt Song, Newworks Calgary, AB, Canada
Dirt Dance #3, University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery, Canada
sorry is as sorry does, ViVa! Art Action, Montreal, QC, Canada
lands to travel through, POP Montreal Festival, QC, Canada
Dirt Dance #2, Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina, SK, Canada
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, AB, Canada
Performance Symposium: Tempaurality, M:ST 9th Biennial, Calgary, AB, Canada
In Memoriam, Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, Edmonton, AB, Canada
For Goodness Cakes Fundraiser, Truck Contemporary Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
Selected Recorded Projects
Forthcoming lawrence teeth album
lawrence teeth - omahkokata (gopher), Habitat Sonore: A Kind of Harmony PHI Centre, Montreal, QC, Canada
lawrence teeth - machine wash cold/Consequences Film Score, Mackai Sharp, Vancouver, BC, Canada
lawrence teeth - her name Film Score, Tsuut’ina, AB, Canada
lawrence teeth - Smoke and Mirrors Film Score, Johanna Householder & Judith Price, Toronto, ON, Canada
lawrence teeth - nisguya chu Film Score, Calgary, AB, Canada
lawrence teeth - nááschīīzh, Tsuut’ina, AB, Canada
lawrence teeth - the south west calgary ring road, Tsuut’ina, AB, Canada
lawrence teeth - soft cure demos, Tsuut’ina, AB, Canada
Un-Tunneling Vision Jin Me-Yoon Film Score, Vancouver, BC, Canada
ISITSIIPOTAAKO, National Music Centre of Canada, Calgary, AB
lawrence teeth, Voices on the Rise Film Score, Eli Hirtle, Victoria, BC, Canada
lawrence teeth - Elder Archives Film Score, Calgary, AB, Canada
In Memoriam, Ociciwan Art Collective/Postcommodity, Edmonton, AB, Canada
The Basement Demons – Pets, Tsuut’ina, AB, Canada
soft cure – sad, Tsuut’ina, AB, Canada
soft cure – candy, Tsuut’ina, AB, Canada
The Basement Demons – Baby Teeth, Tsuut’ina, AB, Canada
Public Art
Truth Before Reconciliation, Utility Box, Chinatown, Calgary, AB, Canada