Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau

Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau

Born in Rapides-des-Cèdres, Quebec, in 1951, to a Cree mother and a Quebecois father with Native ancestry, Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau first became a painter. Pésémapeo Bordeleau, who holds a Bachelor’s in fine arts, has taken part in many exhibits in Quebec, the USA, Mexico and Denmark and received many prizes for her canvases. In 2006, she received the excellence in creation award from le Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec and in 2007, the Télé Québec distinction for the Abitibi-Témiscaminque literary award for her poetry collection De rouge et de blanc. Virginia Pésémapéo Bordeleau lived for many years in Quebec City and now resides in Abitibi, closer to her Cree homeland.

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