I have seen this picture in use in a lot of places…I myself use it as my gravatar image. However, I have never seen it attributed to the artist and this has been bothering me for a while.
I adore this picture. I would gladly buy it in poster form. I’d wear it on a shirt. I’d put it on a huge flag and walk down the Main with it!
However, I do not want any of these things if the money is not going to the artist and if that artist is not getting his or her recognition.
So I ask, does anyone know who created this beautiful image? I’ve scoured Google images in vain, but the information must be out there somewhere! I once came across this image with the title as ‘anishinaabekwe’, but I have no idea if that is merely what someone else called it.
tânisi âpihtawikosisân – I believe the artist is none other than Tania Williard. Besides being an amazing visual artist, she is also a curator and a community activist who resides in BC. You could get her contact info either through Vancouver Art Gallery and/or grunt Gallery.
I’ve contacted her…meanwhile, someone else sent me the following link:
Nahui Ohlin appears to be a store in California. Votan would appear to be one of the artists that works for the store, or has work featured there, and you can indeeed see this image being attributed to this person here, but who knows (yet!).
Tania Willard says it’s not her work. Waiting to hear back from Votan!
yeah, I realised just after I sent it that I’ve been making the association to Tania because of a cover image of her on Spirit magazine where she is striking the same pose. Great to hear you’ve got another lead and always happy to let the universe know how amazing Tania really is!
It was welcome indeed, I’ve got to update my artist page soon because I’ve got a tonne of bookmarked artists to add!
Going by the necklace and earings the woman may be Navaho. did a little bit of on line search but no luck even finding the image. Where did you find the image originally? That may be the clue to finding who the artist is. The pattern on the wrist band looks European though a Greek Key pattern.
I don’t even remember how I found this image the first time, to be honest!
Hi there….sent this out to some of my gaggle of awesome folk….and this is what came back to me (promptly I might add)….via the koolest kid Ruta of Manitoulin Island…would love to know if the mystery solved!
Thanks for all you do!
Dagmar
hey dags- my friend used a web tool called “tin eye” which is a reverse image look-up
and found the following info…
———- Forwarded message ———-
Looks like it’s the cover to Puro Pedo, vol 2 issue 2.
http://www.puropedomagazine.com/
It’s archived under the May 2008 section, here’s a direct link to the whole issue:
http://www.puropedomagazine.com/issues/vol2issue2.pdf
The cover is credited as “Votan from Nahui Ohlin”
you’re welcome! 🙂
I’ve made an attempt to contact the artist via the Nahui Ohlin store on its Facebook page. We’ll see where it goes!
Hah….the kool blog/connected kidz these days…here’s me thinking things I received were prompt and so was I…tee hee…so truth is out, I am a Luddite…I am still really excited to find the answer to the mystery! I see major T-shirts!
i luv seeing this image when i share your posts on fb
http://nsrgnts.com/ !
My friend pointed me to their site a while back when I complimented her t-shirt. 🙂
And Votan is listed, woohoo, I think we have a winner (and a place to get shirts!!!!). Thanks!
Here’s an artist who created a Native version of Rosie the Riveter:
http://www.oudaily.com/photos/2012/mar/14/8576/
He may or may not know something about your version.
The artwork is called “Warrior Womyn” by Votan Ik’ahn.
Yes! I was hoping to get a title and a fuller name of the artist, thank you!
Hello everyone! Thank you for the respect and compliments on my piece! It called: warrior WOMBan! “our womb is our weapon!” to represent the hardest work women go through for all people’s! If you would like to see more of my work you can check it out at: http://www.nsrgnts.com or Facebook.com/nsrgnts or Facebook.com/nahuiohlin
Thanx again
Vtn
dear Votan, my name is Margo Tamez (Nde’, Lipan Apache), and I just received a phone call from “cstuart” at British Columbia Teachers Federation (a union), which is seeking to use your image of the Indigenous “warrior WOMBan! “our womb is our weapon!” on a garment to honor Indigenous teachers and Indigenous women more broadly in the labor force. I hope this conversation is still useful, as I’m seeking a way to contact you, and connect you to an audience of unionized teachers in British Columbia. Thank you for your profound image which resonates so very strongly with Nde’ women throughout my nation and homelands! Ixe’he!
tânisi, I am not Votan. I was unfortunately never able to get in touch with them!