Education
2016 MA. F.N.S. Graduate
Studies University of Northern
British Columbia, Prince George, BC
2006 B. Ed. Art
Education Specialisation University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, BC
2005 B.F.A. Visual
Arts Emily Carr
Institute, Vancouver, BC
2000 H.S. Diploma Public
Education Duchess Park Secondary
School, Prince George, BC
Professional
Experience
2017 - present Co-founder
and Resident Artist, Omineca Arts Centre, Prince George, BC
2016 - present Aboriginal
Employment Equity Ad-Hoc Committee chair, Prince George District Teachers
Association, British Columbia Teachers Federation, Prince George, BC
Professional Development Committee
Member, Prince George District Teachers Association, British Columbia Teachers
Federation, Prince George, BC
2015 - present Advisory
Committee Member, The Cumulative and Community Impacts Research Consortium,
University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC
2013 – present Guiding
Collaborator, Health Arts Research Centre, University of British Columbia,
Prince George, BC
Co-coordinator of Khast’an Drummers,
Prince George, BC
2006 –present Sole
Proprietor of Jennifer Annaïs Pighin - professional artist, First Nations art
and culture instructor, various locations in BC
2014 - 2017 Trustee Board Member and Community
Cultural Outreach Committee Chair, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
Local Aboriginal Contact, Prince
George District Teachers Association, British Columbia Teachers Federation,
Prince George, BC
2015 - 2016 Evaluator, Educational Resource
Acquisition Consortium, School District #39 (Vancouver), Vancouver, BC
2014 -2016 Indspire Regional Representative,
Prince George, BC
2014 & 2015 Visual Arts Advisory Committee (Juror),
British Columbia Arts Council, Victoria, BC
2013 -2015 Elected Band Councilor, Lheidli
T’enneh, Prince George, BC
2013-2016 Annual Art Battle Participant, Groop
Gallery, Prince George, BC
2011 Arts Advisory Committee Member, Welcoming
& Inclusive Communities & Workplaces Program (Welcome PG) - Immigration
& Multicultural Services Society, Prince George, BC
2007 Young Artist Course Instructor, Two Rivers
Gallery, Prince George, BC
2002 -2005 Peer Mentor, Emily Carr Institute,
Vancouver, BC
2004 Lheidli T’enneh Band First Annual Youth
Cultural Camp Coordinator/Counselor, Prince George, BC
Lheidli T’enneh Youth Treaty Council
Coordinator, Prince George, BC
Urban Spaces Emily Carr Institutes
Ninth Annual First Nations Awareness Day Curator/Coordinator, Vancouver, BC
2000 Music: Fantasy vs. Reality Prince George Art
Gallery Young Associate co-curatorial position, Prince George, BC
1999 Ron Brent Community House Youth Chaperon/
Assistant, Prince George, BC
Exhibitions
2017 Far Afield, Group Exhibition, Omineca Arts
Centre, Prince George, BC
2016 MakerLab Youth Immersion, Group Exhibition,
Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC
The Path of the Paddle, Exploration
Place, Prince George, BC
2015 Elapsed, Group Exhibition, Two Rivers Art
Gallery, Prince George, BC
North: An Exhibition for the 2015
Winter Games, Group Exhibition, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
2015 'Ut'loo Noye Khunni ~ Weaving
Words Celebration, Opening Night at the Rotunda Gallery, UNBC, Prince George,
BC
2014 Nekeyoh: Our Home, Group Exhibition, Rustad
Galleria, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
Live Art Auction, Rustad Galleria,
Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
2013 The Dugout Canoe Course Exhibit, Rotunda
Gallery, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC
Wings of Time, YXS Gallery, Prince
George Airport, Prince George, BC
2012 Idle No More, Rotunda Gallery at the
University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC
Home, Groop Galery, Prince George,
BC
First: An Exhibition of First
Nations Art in BC, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC
2011 Live Art Auction, Two Rivers Art Gallery,
Prince George, BC
2008 Canada Pavilion, 2008 Summer Olympic Games,
Bejing, China
Sale/Rental display, Galleria
Exhibition, Two Rivers Gallery, Prince George, BC
2005 Emily Carr Institute Grad Show 2005, Emily
Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
Trademark, Tenth Annual Emily Carr
Institute First Nations Awareness Day Exhibition, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver,
BC
Grassroots, Creative Writing
Anthology, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
Alchemy, Emily Carr Institute,
Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
Anti-Colonial Art Contest, Simon
Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
2004 Bioneers Conference, Maritime Labour Hall,
Vancouver, BC
Indian, Redwire Magazine Exhibition,
Curator: Peter Morin, Roundhouse Community Center, Vancouver, BC
Scripted, Gallery 69, Curator:
Sylvia Borda, Vancouver, BC
Urban Spaces, Ninth Annual Emily
Carr Institute First Nations Awareness Day, Curators: Jennifer Annaïs Pighin
and Donald Johnson, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC (Catalogue)
2003 Alluvion – acts of intention and intervention
participant, Artist/Curator: Diana Lynn Thompson, Campbell River and District
Public Art Gallery 2004, Nanaimo Art Gallery 2005, Two Rivers Art Gallery 2006,
BC (Catalogue)
Re-Rerepresentation, Eighth Annual
Emily Carr First Nations Awareness Day, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2002 Bingo, Seventh Annual Emily Carr First
Nations Awareness Day, Concourse Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2001 Foundation Show, Emily Carr Institute,
Vancouver, BC
2000 Heritage Fair Exhibition, Young Associates
Collaborative Heritage Mural Design, Cross Canada Millennium Murals
1999 Art and Racial Harmony in the Millennium,
Secondary School Country Wide Traveling Student Exhibit Exchange, Juried.
Commissions
2016 Miyonohk Ayawin Kiskinwahamatowin (a many sided
thing): Outdoor education, iury prevention and Edmonton's First Nation, Metis
and Inuit youth project Logo Design, Tracy Friedel, UBC Faculty of Education
Fraser Salmon Management Council,
Drum Painting, FSMC
2015 Strength and Prosperity, Drum Painting,
Private Commission
Mobilizing Youth to Make a
Difference Conference Logo, UNBC Health Sciences and Northern Health, Prince
George BC
2014 Canada Winter Games 2015 Reverse of Medal
Design, Canada Winter Games Society
Team BC Puzzle Pin, Shirt Sleeve and
Scarf Designs, BC Games Society
Canada Games Plaza Welcome Post Clan
Designs, Lheidli T’enneh & City of Prince George (In Kind)
2013 First Nations Art Templates, School District
#57, Prince George, BC
Button Blanket Frog Clan Design,
Private Collector, Prince George BC
Beavers, tattoo design, Private
Commission, Prince George
2012 2015 Canada Winter Games Branding
(contribution), Prince George, BC
A Recognizable Face, Calendar
Fundraiser Contributing artist with the Community Arts Council and Prince
George Public Library Body Painting, Prince George, BC
Nusdeh Yoh Logo, School District
#57 Prince George, BC
Reclaimed Mural Project,
facilitator/artist of a collaborative public mural comprised of a mosaic of
panels by community artists, alley of 1120 3rd Avenue Prince George, BC
Columbia River Salmon, Tattoo
Design, Private Commission
2011 Spirit Gate project at Veterans Plaza, a
collaborative installation of a mosaic and dugout canoe on City Hall grounds in
conjunction with Lheidli T’enneh Elder carver Robert Frederick, Prince George,
BC
Lheidli T’enneh Clan Window
Paintings, Tourism Prince George, Prince George, BC
Kikkino Language Book Logo Design,
Prince George, BC
Yus Lai Huni (Wolf Pack) logo,
Center for Learning Alternatives – School District #57, Prince George, BC
Life’s Circle and Ebolet Halhgai
public murals, Creative Fusion Project (Volunteer), Studio 2880, Prince George
BC
Stylized Cereus Flower, Personal
Logo Design, Charlotte Henay, Prince George, BC
2010 CNC Fountain Project, College of New
Caledonia, Prince George, BC
Lheidli T’enneh Traditional Place
Name Signs, coordinating and collaborating with Elders and Youth in the carving
of five 8’x5’x.5’ cedar signs, Prince George, BC
Lheidli T’enneh Logo Alterations,
Prince George, BC
2009 Lheidli T’enneh clan prints for gifts, Prince
George BC
2008 Initiatives Prince George set of prints for
display and gifts at the BC Pavilion in Beijing during the Olympics, Prince
George, BC, CA / Beijing, China
2004 Carney Hill Elementary School Mural, Prince
George BC commission
SusYaz logo, Prince George BC,
commissioned by Troy Young
2000 Portrait Series of Three. John Lennon,
Mahatma Gandhi & Martin Luther King Jr. Commissioned by Chuck Fraser,
Prince George BC
Awards and
Achievements
2017 Pounamu Taonga (Greenstone Treasure) Award,
University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC
2016 Q, Alphabet Project, Prince George Citizen,
Prince George, BC
2014 Canada Winter Games National Medal Design
Competition, Canada Winter Games Society
2013 CARFAC Feature Artist, CARFAC, BC
2012 Prince George Regional Art & Culture
Award for Education, Prince George, BC
LTN Logo Contest, Prince George, BC
Northern British Columbia Today’s
Woman’s Awards, Nominated for Aboriginal Woman of Distinction, Prince George,
BC
Applied Science Technologists &
Technicians of British Columbia – First Nations Careers Council Logo Design
Contest 1st Prize, Surrey, BC
2011 Prince George Urban Aboriginal Working Group
Logo Design Contest 1st Prize, Prince George, BC
2003 Province Of British Columbia District
Scholarship Award, Government of British Columbia Ministry of Education,
Victoria, BC
2000 Prince George Alcohol and Drug Services
Society Logo Design Contest 1st Prize, Prince George, BC
School District No. 57 Native
Student Services Logo Design Contest Winner, Prince George, BC
Youth Community Action Youth Options
BC, Prince George, BC
1999 United Native Nations Local 112 4th Annual
Aboriginal Minor Hockey Tournament Logo Design Contest Winner, Prince George,
BC
Bibliography
of Publications
Emily Carr
Institute of Art and Design, ‘Graduation Catalogue 2005’, Vancouver, BC, 2005
Johnson,
Donald. ‘Urban Spaces’ catalogue, Vancouver BC, 2004.
Pighin,
Jennifer. ‘Four Lheidli T’enneh Families’ Experiences and Expectations of
Public Education’, MA Thesis, Prince George, BC, 2016.
Pighin,
Jennifer. ‘Urban Spaces’ exhibition brochure/agenda, Vancouver, BC, 2004.
Prain, Leanne. ‘Strange
Material: Storytelling Through Textiles’, Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver BC,
2014, pp 128-129.
Prince George
Secondary School annual Yearbook 2010/2011 and 2011/2012
Redwire
Magazine, January 2005: Vol 7 Issue 2 The Greatest Indian pp.27-28. Vancouver,
BC.
Two Rivers
Gallery. ‘Elapsed’. Prince George, BC, 2016
Thompson, Diana Lynn. ‘Alluvion: acts of intention and intervention’, catalogue, Equilibrium Studio, Saltspring Island BC, 2004.