Michelle Baikie, a Nunatsiavut beneficiary and a Labrador Inuk photographer, does a wide range of photography services (passports, FAC, portraits, landscape, outdoor, nature, documentary, commercial, architectural, medical/scientific/forensic/ophthalmic, digital, fine art photography, abstract, photo tours (upon request).
Through her Inuit, Northern Newfoundland and Scottish ancestry, education and experience she brings to work, along with her skill in photography, the ability to convey sensitivity to the preservation of her heritage. Her dedication has been recognized by many awards including the 1992 School of Visual Communication Cultural Diversity Incentive Award for the exhibition entitled, "Footprints of my Ancestors." Another image is on "Spirits"which was published in First, a catalogue for the exhibition of aboriginal art in Newfoundland and Labrador. Baikie continues to sharpen her artistic eye in the colourful surroundings of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL. Michelle also has a publication, Spiritual Journey: A Collection of Limited Edition Surreal Photographs, 2008. You can check her link on Amazon.com at, https://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Journey-Collection-Limited-Photographs/dp/1434333655?ie=UTF8&*Version*=1&*entries*=0
If you would like to buy a print, please email her at [email protected] The price varies for different prints of different sizes.
Michelle is also an educator and educational researcher. Presently, she is teaching grade four at Sheshatshiu Innu School. Michelle recently completed her contract this December 2018 in the position as the Cultural Consultant/Counselor for Nunatsiavut Government - Post-Secondary Student Support Program. Michelle studied at the Rochester Institute of Technology and obtained a Bachelor of Science Degree majoring in Biomedical Photographic Communications. Michelle also has her Bachelor of Education (Elementary) from Memorial University. A Master of Education (Literacy) from Mount Saint Vincent University as well as a Master of Philosophy (Educational Research) from the University of Cambridge. Michelle is a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts based in London, England. Michelle is a member of the Society for Photographic Education, you can check out the website: www.spenational.org
Michelle Baikie and other Labrador Inuit artists' work was on displayed at The Rooms during the MUN Inuit Studies Conference in October 2016. Michelle's image The Spirit Drummer and The Hunter was exhibited at The Rooms Art Gallery from Oct 8th to January 15, 2017. It has also been exhibited in Halifax, NS, Winnipeg, MB, Regina, Sask, Windsor, Ont. for the past two years. Please check the link at Visual Arts News: http://visualartsnews.ca/listings/the-rooms/ for further information. The Rooms link: https://www.therooms.ca/exhibits/coming-soon/sakkijajuk-art-and-craft-from-nunatsiavut and checkout the podcast on Sunday Edition with Heather Igloliorte on SakKijajuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut on Labrador Artists. Check out the link: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/popup/audio/listen.html?autoPlay=true&clipIds&mediaIds=926434371929&contentarea=radio&subsection1=radio1&subsection2=currentaffairs&subsection3=the_sunday_edition&contenttype=audio&title=2017%2F04%2F23%2F1.4076372-sterling-silver-teapots-digital-photos-and-wood-carvings-as-inuit-art%3F&contentid=1.4076372
Also, check out this website too: http://www.sakkijajuk.com/
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/wag-opens-exhibit-of-works-by-labrador-inuit-483735953.html
Also, check out my two blogs:
Virtual Reality for Royal Society of Arts Blog website: https://www.thersa.org/discover/publications-and-articles/rsa-blogs/2016/01/blog-virtual-reality-bites
Blog for the Lucy Cavendish College, University of Cambridge - https://www.lucy.cam.ac.uk/blog?field_subjects_target_id=&page=4
Articles and/or links about the exhibition that is on tour: SakKijajuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut on Labrador Artists, for her two prints: “The Spirit Drummer and The Hunter.”
https://www.therooms.ca/exhibits/past-exhibit/sakkijajuk-art-and-craft-from-nunatsiavut
https://thewalrus.ca/the-rise-of-nunatsiavut-art/
https://www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca/exhibitions/sakkijajuk
http://wag.ca/art/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/display,exhibition/215/sakkijajuk
http://wag.ca/visit/events/publicopenings/display,event/1098/opening-sakkijajuk-art-and-craft-from-nunatsiavut
http://www.grenfellassociation.org/story/sakkijajuk-art-and-craft-from-nunatsiavut/
http://atlanticbookstoday.ca/an-overdue-look-at-labrador-inuit-art/
http://nationtalk.ca/story/inuit-fine-art-and-craft-exhibition-to-tour-country
https://www.mun.ca/isc2016/whatsnew_exhibition.htm
http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1478969-add-these-events-to-your-summer-bucket-list
You can buy the SakKijâjuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut Hardcover catalogue book that talks about Nunatsiavut artists and their artwork:
https://www.amazon.ca/SakKij%C3%A2juk-Craft-Nunatsiavut-Heather-Igloliorte/dp/0864929749
CBC ARTSPOTS
September 2001 to present. 30 seconds advertisement with the CBC ARTSPOTS both on
Television and Internet media across Canada and world respectively which features
my digital fine art work.
Awards and Exhibitions:
2016 to 2019 – SakKijajuk: Art and Craft from Nunatsiavut on Labrador Artists, “The Spirit
Drummer and The Hunter” was on displayed at the Rooms, St. John’s, NL, Halifax, NS, Winnipeg, MB, Regina, Sask, Windsor, Ont.
2017 March/April– What Keeps You Up At Night? “The Fishermen’s Stage,” image showcased
with the Society for Photographic Education group exhibition, The Arts at California Institute of
Integral Studies (CIIS), San Francisco, CA.
Jan-Feb 2009 - East Coast of Canada Exhibition, Lucy Cavendish College Library, University of Cambridge,
Cambridge, England.
First Space – After Hours III, Memorial University - Queen Elizabeth II Library, May to August
2008, St. John’s, NL.
The Big Land Interdisciplinary Health Conference, March 2007, Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
Art Exhibition Labrador Winter Games (Honoured Artist), March 2006, Happy Valley-Goose
Bay.
“Orcadian Roots: Going Home” NIIPA Gallery, Native Indian/Inuit Photographers’ Association,
Hamilton, Ontario Oct-Dec 2002.
Two Exhibitions shows at the Faculty of Education, “Connections,” Memorial University of
Newfoundland, St. John’s, Nfld. and Lab. - April and May 2002.
“Orcadian Roots: Going Home” Interpretation Centre, North West River, Labrador – September
to December 2000.
“Orcadian Roots: Going Home” Woodwick Gallery, Evie, Orkney Islands, Scotland, July to
August 2000.
Exhibited three fine art digital prints, “Merchants, Mariners and the Northern Seas”, Corner
Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador – July to October 1999.
Exhibited two fine art digital prints, “Treshold IV”, Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador,
St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador – June to July 1999.
July 1997. A biography of self and an image called “Spirits” was published in “First”, a book on
Aboriginal Artist’s in Newfoundland and Labrador by the St. John’s Native Friendship Centre,
Christina Parker Gallery.
Slide presentation of Labrador to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at the Labrador Interpretation
Centre, North West River, NL, Cabot 500 Celebration, 1997.
Friendship Centre and Christina Parker Gallery throughout Newfoundland and Labrador,
November 1996.
20 pieces of digital images were exhibited at the Christina Parker Gallery, St. John’s,
Newfoundland – Fall, 1996.
Four pieces of digital images were exhibited at the Christina Parker Gallery, Small works by Big
Artists Exhibition, December 1996.
Spring 1996. McMaster Times, Northern Lights in Labrador: Christine Hoffer and Larry Innes
Among MAC Grads On Top Of The World. (Short biography of self -The northern landscape
through northern eyes), Hamilton, Ontario.
March 1995/1996 - Report to the Community. Health Labrador Corporation, Happy Valley-
Goose Bay, NL.
December 1994. Christmas card artwork for Honourable Edward Roberts, Minister of Justice,
Newfoundland and Labrador Government, St. John’s, NL.
October 11-29, 1993. USA-Russia Deaf Artist – Art Work Exchange, National Technical School
for the Deaf/Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York.
An Exhibition of four pieces of work exhibited with the travelling show by the St. John’s Native
Fall 1993. Our Labrador. CD album for Shirley Montague, Norris Point, NL.
Photograph exhibited at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico (1994)
Colour photograph exhibited with the “USA-Russia Deaf Artists - Art Work Exchange
Exhibition”, Moscow, Russia October 1993
Recipient of the 1992 School of Visual Communication Cultural Diversity Incentive Award,
National Technical Institute for the Deaf, New York. The Exhibition was called, “Footprints of
my Ancestors”.
1st prize in colour photography (Final Stop), Newfoundland and Labrador Art and Letters
Competition, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador – Arts and Culture, June 1990.
Photographs in Publication:
December 2007. Grenfell Connects. Sir Wilfred Grenfell College – Memorial University (Cover photograph and article on Painting with Light), Corner Brook, NL.
March 2007 – February 2008. Species at Risk Calendar, based on the Mi’kmaw Lunar Cycle,
Government of Canada – Published cooperatively by Fisheries and Oceans, Environment Canada,
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada, and Parks Canada Agency, Ottawa, Ontario.
February 2007. (Cover and insert photos inside magazine of Dr. Michael Jong). Canadian
Healthcare Professional, Brighton, Ontario.
May-2005 Inuktitut Magazine. *96, Inuit Tapirit Kanatami (Photo insert), Ottawa, Ontario.
April-2005. The Independent Newspaper, Following her heart by Bert Pomeroy, St. John’s, NL.
July 2003. Arts Atlantic Magazine (Cover magazine and biography article), Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The Arts Atlantic Magazine was a North American wide distribution;
November - 2002. All in Good Time by Brian Tobin, Portrait of NL Premier Brian Tobin and
Family, Ottawa, Ontario.
Spring 2000. Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, Vol. 5. No. 2 pp. 70-73; insert photograph of
an x-ray for an article - Laparoscopic cholecystectomy in a small rural hospital, Ottawa, Ontario.
March 1999. Arvertok: Place of the Whales by Diana Dabinett. Photographs of artists and their
work in the Amos Comenius Memorial School, Hopedale, Labrador. Labrador School Board,
Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL.
December 1998. Christmas card portrait of NL Premier Brian Tobin and Family, Government of
Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John’s, NL.
Winter 1997. Them Days – Stories of Early Labrador: Life in Voisey’s Bay, Happy Valley-Goose
Bay, NL.
November 1997. Today’s Parent Magazine. (Photographs for an article called, Northern Lights –
Inside an Inuit School in Rigolet, Labrador written by Leslie Krueger), Toronto, Ontario.