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Super Phat Nish is a series addressing urban Indigenous experience, through the creation of a popular culture icon. Based on the Anishinaabe mythological trickster Nanabozho, SPN is a self-reflexive personification constantly transforming to engage, critique, and indiginize normative settler imagery. The shape-shifting SPN can be perceived as humorous and ironic, yet simultaneously, there is a subversive subtext that levels cultural critique against dominant narratives. SPN reclaims stereo-typical representations to challenge negative racial portrayals through a repositioning that coalesces with contemporary Indigenous urbanity. ‘Super Phat’ (cool and hip) combines with ‘Nish’ (cajoling street-smart term for Anishinaabe) to reference belonging and tribalism.
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CATALOGUE: Super Phat Nish. Art Gallery of Southern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba
Super Phat Nish - Poster (2005). Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon). 
Super Phat Nish - Invitation (2005). Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon). 
Super Phat Nish - Catalogue (2005). Curatorial essay by Cathy Mattes. Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon). 
Super Phat Nish installation view (2005). Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon). 
Super Phat Nish installation with Phat Hoody (2005) 152w x 91h cm, mixed media. Collection of the Artist. Phat Hat (2003) 25w x 15h, mixed media Collection of NONAM (Zurich, Switzerland). 
Non-Hydrogenated Manganese Phat (2004) 91w x 122h cm, acrylic on canvas. Private Collection. Image-makers (2005) 338w x 165h cm, acrylic on canvas. Collection of CIRNAC (Gatineau). 
Super Phat Nish installation view (2005). Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon). 
Super Phat Nish installation view (2005). Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon). 
Super Phat Nish installation view (2005). Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon). 
Super Phat Nish installation view (2005). Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon). 
Super Phat Nish installation view (2005). Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon). 
Super Phat Nish (2005) 76w x 18 h cm, mixed media. Collection of the Artist. 
Slicker This Year (2004) 76w x 25h cm, mixed media. Private Collection (Calgary).. 
Phat(ense) (2005) 81.3 x 81.3 cm, acrylic on wood. Collection of the Artist. 
Phat Pack and Baby Phat (2005) 63w x 76 h cm, mixed media. Collection of NONAM (Zurich, Switzerland). 
Phat Pack and Baby Phat (2005) 63w x 76 h cm, mixed media. Collection of NONAM (Zurich, Switzerland). 
SPN Remixes (2004), 91w x 91h cm, mixed media. Collection of the Artist. 
Phat Deck (2005) 43w x 38d x 10h cm, mixed media. Collection of the Artist. 
Phat Lunch (2005) 20w x 10d x 25h cm, mixed media. Private Collection. 
Land O Phat (2005) 10 x 12w x 10d x 10h cm, digital output. Collection of the Artist. 
Land O Phat (2005) 12w x 10d x 10h cm, mixed media. Private Collection (Brandon). 
Seven Stages of Phatness (2005) 20h x 10d cm (7 descending sizes), acrylic on wood. Collection of NONAM (Zurich, Switzerland). 
iPod (2006) diptych 36w x 36h - 36w x 60h,acrylic on canvas. Private Collection. 
Image-makers (2005) 338w x 165h cm, acrylic on canvas. Collection of CIRNAC (Gatineau). 
Gameboy Advance SPN (2005) 76 w x 101h cm, Acrylic on canvas. Private Collection. 
Non-Hydrogenated Manganese Phat (2004) 91w x 122h cm, acrylic on canvas. Private Collection (Ottawa).. 
Forty-Deuce (2004) 127w x 152h cm (framed), digital print. Collection of the Artist. 
Love Cake (2003) 152w x 122h cm, acrylic on canvas. Private Collection. 
SPN Skaterboy (2004) 152w x 127h cm, mixed digital print. Collection of the Artist. 
Phat Albert vs. Super Phat Nish (2004) 91w x 91h cm, acrylic on canvas. Collection of the Artist. 
Cosmic Phat (2004) 127w x 152h cm, mixed digital print. Collection of the Artist. 
Super Fly (2003) 76w x 101h cm, acrylic on canvas. Private Collection (Ottawa). 
King Phat (2004) 61W x 91h cm, mixed media on canvas. Private Collection. 
Nowhere, Now Here (2005) 167w x 163h cm, acrylic on canvas. Private Collection (Toronto). 
Yo! B-Jack (2005) 91w x 91w cm, acrylic on canvas. Private Collection. 
Selling Out (2004) 122w x 91w, acrylic on canvas. Private Collection (Ottawa). 
Cashing In (2004) 76 w x 101h cm, acrylic on canvas. Collection of Canada Council Art Bank (Ottawa). 
SPN – Sketches (2004) assorted sizes. Collection of the Artist. 
SPN Work in Progress (2003) 
SPN Work in Progress (2003) 
Sir Wilfred Grenfell College, Visiting Artist (2006), Corner Brook (Newfoundland and Labrador).