EDUCATION
2021 Concordia University- Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture. Tiohtiá:ke | Mooniyang | Montréal , Québec
2014 Concordia University – Bachelors of Fine Arts in Print Media. Montréal, Québec
2008 H.B. Beal Secondary School- Beal Art, Honor Roll. London, Canada
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2021 daphne Artist-Run-Center. daphne beads: perler/ parler Mooniyang | Montréal ,Québec
East End Arts. Guest Artist for BYOBeads: Nico Williams Toronto, Ontario
Good Sport Gallery. Good Talks: Nico Williams. London, Canada
The University of British Columbia. Geometric Glass Beading: Looking to the Past to Innovate the Future Vancouver, BC 2020 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Advanced Propulsion and Energy. Cambridge, USA
Phi Foundation. Dissections: RELATIONS with Nico Williams. Mooniyang | Montréal ,Québec
SBC Gallery. Bead N’ Bitch 6. Dayna Danger + Nico Williams. Mooniyang | Montréal, Québec
Stephen Bulger Gallery presented by Wil Aballe Art Projects. Art Toronto 2020 Toronto, Ontario
Troc-Cadeaux. Listen. Virtual Workshop Mooniyang | Montréal, Québec
Web of Virtual Kin. Bead N’ Bitch 5. Dayna Danger + Nico Williams Mooniyang | Montréal ,Québec
2019 Articule Gallery. Bead N’ Bitch 4 – Dayna Danger + Nico Williams. Mooniyang | Montréal , Québec
Chester Art Center. Visiting Artist workshop. Chester, Nova Scotia
Concordia University. First Voices, Ribbon Shirt and Moose hide campaign. Tiohtiá:ke | Montréal, Québec
Galerie Abécédaire. Festival des Arts Visuels en Atlantique. Caraquet, New Brunswick
Indigenous and Northern Affairs. The Swatch Project (130+ Participants). Gatineau, Québec
Johannes Kepler University. Bridges: Mathematics, Art and Culture. Linz, Austria
Kwanlin Dün Cultural Centre. Adäka Cultural Festival. Whitehorse, Yukon
Le Monument-National. Nuit Rouge, Nuit Blanche. Tiohtiá:ke | Montréal, Québec
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Art, Architecture and Models of Hyperbolic Energy. Cambridge, USA
Montreal Museum of Fine Art. Encan-bénéfice Vendu–Sold, Esse Magazine. Mooniyang | Montréal , Québec
NSCAD University. Two teaching sessions. Halifax, Nova Scotia
2018 Carleton University Art Gallery, Tewegan Beading Workshop. Ottawa, Ontario
York University. Bead N’ Bitch 3. Dayna Danger + Nico Williams. Toronto, Ontario
University of Toronto. Bead N’ Bitch 2. Dayna Danger + Nico Williams. Toronto, Ontario
W.K.P. Kennedy Gallery. Bead N’ Bitch 1. Dayna Danger + Nico Williams. North bay, Ontario
2017 Ojibwe Cultural Foundation. Artist Talk and Workshop series M’Chigeeng, Manitoulin Island
Exhibition: Solo
2021 Never Apart. Chi-Miigwech. Curated by Tracy Valcarcel Tiohtiá:ke | Mooniyang | Montréal , Québec
Wil Aballe Art Projects. Starlite Variety Vancouver, BC
2019 Window gallery. North of 56. Winnipeg, Manitoba
2018 Ashukan Space. Mnidnoominehnsuk Tiohtiá:ke | Montréal, Québec
Atelier Circulaire. Artist in Residency. Tiohtiá:ke | Montréal, Québec
2017 Ojibwe Culture Foundation. Spirit Transformations. Curated by Anong Beam M’Chigeeng, Manitoulin Island
Exhibition: Group
2021 Art Museum at the U of T. No Plastic Heart: Surface All the Way Through. Curated by Synthetic Collective Toronto, Ontario
PHI Foundation. Aandaabikinigan. Curated by Daniel Fiset Tiohtiá:ke | Mooniyang | Montréal , Québec
2020 Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal. La machine qui enseignait des airs aux oiseaux. Tiohtiá:ke | Montréal, Québec
2019 Johannes Kepler University. Bridges: Mathematical Art. Linz, Austria
La Guilde. Beading Now. Curated by Karine Gaucher. Tiohtiá:ke | Montréal, Québec
Musée des beaux-arts Montréal. Arts of One World. Jean-Noël Desmarais Pavilion. Tiohtiá:ke | Montréal, Québec
Victoria Arts Council. Contrapposto. Victoria, British Columbia
2018 Centre Bang-Espace Virtuel. The Queen owes me… Chicoutimi, Québec
Gallery 101. Asinabka Festival: Hot Culture. Ottawa, Ontario
Multicultural Heritage Center. TRC Exhibit. Stony Plain, Alberta
2017 Heritage Canada. From here to there: then and now, 2-year outdoor installation. Ottawa, Ontario
Art Souterrain. Territories: Kent Monkman, Nadia Myre, Nico Williams. Montréal ,Québec
2016 Art Mûr. BACA: Culture Shift – Une révolution culturelle. Montréal ,Québec
2015 Ashukan Space. Visions of Peace. Montréal ,Québec
Austral University of Chile. Museums Department. Native Immigrante. Valdivia, Chile
Centre d’exposition de Val-David. Impressions Nordique. Val-David, Québec
Galerie Atelier d’Ile. Faire Impression au Rouleau Compresseur. Val-David, Québec
2014 ACC + VAV Gallery.Making a Mark. Montréal ,Québec
Maison De La Culture Frontenac. Substance. Montréal ,Québec
Articles and Publications
2021 Batyck, Dorian, Stitching together a monument to sick kids, one bead at a time, The Art Newspaper
Somos, Christy, Anishinaabe artist beads massive tribute to patients at SickKids Hospital, Donna Sound, CTV NEWS
Deer, Ka’nhehsí:io, Anishinaabe artist crafts giant bead sculpture to honour SickKids patients, CBC
Deer, Ka’nhehsí:io, This Anishinaabe artist uses beaded lottery tickets to scratch at Indigenous history, CBC
2020 Lynes, Krista, Acts of Recovery: Art in Times of Crisis, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
2019 Victoria Arts Council. Contrapposto
Guay, Mylène, Enquête sur les principales infrastructures dédiées aux arts autochtones au Québec, primary-colours
Beading now, La Guilde
2018 Danger, Dayna, Aesthetic Arousal, Canadian Art Magazine
Connecting Cultures, film spot and article, National Geographic (2:37 min)
Commanda, Erica, Nico Williams on Inspiring a new beading Movement, Muskrat Magazine
Deer, Jessica, Beadwork Sculptures tell stories of Traditions and contemporary life, CBC
2017 Patten, Mike, Seven Directions, First American Art Magazine
Tsigounis, Mèlina, Nico Williams un baillon qui parle, TikTokArt Magazine
Cover and article study, commissioned by the Conseil des arts de Montréal
Territories: Aboriginal art invests downtown, CBC, Montreal, QC
Beam, Anong, Nico Williams Spirit Transformations, OCF book published
2016 Culture Shift, APTN, 18/05/2016. (60 seconds)
Jones, Rachel, Art Review: BACA, Seven Days News, Vermont, USA
2015 Kelly, Jenette, Beadwork: Visions of Peace, CBC radio – 5 a 7, Montréal, QC
2014 Making a mark, iakwe:iahre pages 21, 53-56, Book published
Grants
Canada Council: Creating, Knowing and Sharing: 2018, 2020
Canada Council Travel Grant: 2019
Conseil des arts de Montréal: 2020
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec Impetus Grant: 2019
Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Working Grant: 2019, 2020
Ontario Arts Council: 2017
The Fluevog Artist Grant: 2019
Awards
Public Collections
Archives Nationales du Québec
The Art Gallery of Ontario
The Art Gallery of Guelph
Hydro-Québec
Indigenous Art Center, Crown- Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Musée des beaux-arts Montréal -The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
The Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
Ojibwe Cultural Foundation
Royal Bank of Canada Art Collection