Accomplishments:

Museums 

• Canadian Museum of History, Ottawa ONT. – acquired Metis Portrait “Charolette Nolin”, oil painting, for their permanent collection.
• Sam Waller Museum, The Pas MB. – acquired two oil paintings depicting children from the 1920’s, for their permanent collection.
• Seven Oaks House Museum, Wpg MB – 2024 Summer Season. Displaying 6 original oil paintings, including JD Hawk’s personal Metis beaded vest and sash. 

Commissions

• Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages – One of Kind Oil Painting to be revealed in early – mid 2025
• Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) – official artist to capture 25 oil paintings of the historical Metis Treaty Consultations.
• Manitoba Metis Federation (MMF) – design and paint a wall mural at ‘Fre Maachi’.
• Local, national, and international commissions as per clients’ specifications.
• Royal Canadian Mint – collaboration – one of three artists to design and create the keepsake coin for Truth and Reconciliation.
• Royal Canadian Mint – collaboration – one of three artists to design and create the Indigenous Veteran’s Coin which is to be released -TBA.
• Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada – design a digital art piece for the Ceremonial Lodge in Ottawa.
• Festival de Voyageur – designed three competition medals.

Personal Projects

• “Bridging the Gap” – Twelve, 3/4 life size oil painting portraits. 

Exhibitions 

• June – Sept 2024 
  Seven Oaks House Museum – SOLO EXHIBITION 
• April 2024 – March 2025 
  APTN – Outdoor Digital Screen, 339 Portage Ave, Wpg, MB
       12 images of oil paintings, rotating throughout the day / year. 
• September 2023
  Winkler Arts & Culture, SOLO EXHIBITION
       Solo exhibition of twenty-four original oil paintings.
       Motivational talk at a ‘Meet and greet the artist’.

Mentions 

• Presentation – St Eustache Metis Local, MB
• Canadian Coast Guard College – Indigenous Gathering Space – The Battle, oil painting 
• CancerCare MB Foundation‘s Guardian Angel Benefit  – Oct 20, 2024 – Art Auction – Painted Birdhouse
• APTN – Aug 16th 2024 – “Immortalizing Métis History through his paintings”
• Plein Air – Batoche National Historical Site, Sask
• Presentation – Batoche Homeland Metis Local #51, Sask
• Presentation – Metis Association, Wpg, MB
• Plein Air – The Leaf, Assiniboine Park, Wpg, MB
• Presentation – Don Valley Art Club, Toronto, On
• Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Competition – one of my paintings was a prize in their national competition.
• The Canada Games 2022 – licensed eleven images.
• Indigenous Affairs and Cultural Heritage – Parks Canada – Licensed four images.
• The Leaf – Plein air painting at their grand opening.
• Lower Fort Garry National Historic Site – Plein air painting.
• Seven Oaks House Museum – Plein air painting.
• Indigenous Day Live Celebrations – APTN purchased a painting for a prize.
• Artist Spotlight – Creative Manitoba, May 03, 2022
• MMF Citizen Spotlight, January 19, 2022
• Gurdeep Pandher – featured Youtube video
• The Projector (Red River College) – February 24, 2022
• CBC Manitoba Radio
• First Fridays Art Talk, June 03, 2022
• Winnipeg Free Press, April 23, 2021
• Featured in numerous articles and Interviews.
• Motivational speaker to several art groups.

Published author

• Conversations over Coffee Vol 1 – made the Amazon’s best seller list.
• My story received the ‘Twist of Fate’ award.