RETAIL REPRESENTATION
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Gift Gallery, Massey Gallery.
1040 Moss Street
Point Ellice House, Victoria BC
Paintings, cards and prints available
May 10 to Sept 30.
May 9 2026
Mothers Day Market
Indigenous Pop up YYJ
1110 Hillside. FREE Admission.
(Bring a donation of canned food item at entry)
Mothers Day Market
Indigenous Pop up YYJ
1110 Hillside. FREE Admission.
(Bring a donation of canned food item at entry)
New work, moccasin rocks, and notebooks as well as new prints and cards for 2026
NEW WORKS GALLERY
Larger award winning works
Small affordable pieces.
Reach out for availability and prices and shipping
Art Rental + Sales | Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Residential and Corporate Art Rentals and
Sales through the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Try out different artwork without the commitment to purchase.
Detail from new acrylic on canvas at Art Rentals "Kinship-Garry Oak, Western Bluebird, Camas and Hoppers"
WORKSHOPS
Workshops available in a variety of subjects and skill levels.
Kindergarten to adult.
Moccasin Rocks, Acrylic on Canvas, Glass ball painting, Miniature Drums, Childrens' Book illustration and Mandalas.
Reach out for more information and booking dates available.
Kindergarten to adult.
Moccasin Rocks, Acrylic on Canvas, Glass ball painting, Miniature Drums, Childrens' Book illustration and Mandalas.
Reach out for more information and booking dates available.
PAST AND RECENT EVENTS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
"kâ mîķawiya" (A gift we are given)
Sooke Fine Arts 2024
There is a message of gratitude in this piece, in the form of a red ribbon. We wrap medicine bundles and gifts for knowledge carriers in red, as a way to show honour. Encircling the endemic flowers, plants, birds and insects- the red ribbon acknowledges them as “kâ mîķawiya”, a gift which we are given. Gifts such as the scent of mock orange, the taste of berries, the music in birdsong, and the dance of rare butterflies along our path. The hummingbird is included as a symbol of perseverance in caring for our planet. Mirrored design and a black background are Metis design elements created by building layers of egg tempera into three dimensional 'beads' - like the glass beadwork designs of my Metis ancestors.
WILDFLOWERS
Watercolour detail, Map of Maligne Lake
from the documentary film 'Wildflowers'
Kristi Bridgeman and Lisa Shepherd are proud to have been commissioned
to create a watercolour and glass beadwork fine art map of the Maligne Lake
for the documentary film 'Wildflowers'.
See website for screenings near you:
Wildflowers
Watercolour detail, Map of Maligne Lake
from the documentary film 'Wildflowers'
Kristi Bridgeman and Lisa Shepherd are proud to have been commissioned
to create a watercolour and glass beadwork fine art map of the Maligne Lake
for the documentary film 'Wildflowers'.
See website for screenings near you:
Wildflowers
'Wahkohtowin'
By Lisa Shepherd and Kristi Bridgeman
Jasper Alberta
Parks Canada link for image description:
PARKS CANADA LINK
Cousin Lisa Shepherd and I were commissioned by Parks Canada to create an artwork for Jasper National Park as part of a larger art installation that acknowledges the people who were on the land before forced removal in 1907. The exhibition was set to open September 7th but the Jasper wildfires have delayed the official opening. However, Parks Canada has gone live with images and artists statements for our piece, Wahkohtowin, on their website now, so we can share the link (in bio)
On July 22, 2024, we watched social media and grieved as the wildfires burned much of the Palisades Education Centre, the land which once was our family’s homestead. By July 24, the fire encroached on the township. Many people that we know and care about who resided in Jasper lost their homes. A young firefighter lost his life. Plants and animals perished. The land has changed.
Lisa and I are grateful to the people of the Jasper Indigenous Forum who gathered together with us for conversation around plants, animals, natural elements and stories important to their communities to help inform this piece. Thank you also to Vivian McDonald for tanning the moosehide to hold the beadwork.
Lisa and I feel the time is right to learn about Wahkohtowin, and our responsibility to the land.
Follow this Parks Canada link for a key to the image:
PARKS CANADA LINK
By Lisa Shepherd and Kristi Bridgeman
Jasper Alberta
Parks Canada link for image description:
PARKS CANADA LINK
Cousin Lisa Shepherd and I were commissioned by Parks Canada to create an artwork for Jasper National Park as part of a larger art installation that acknowledges the people who were on the land before forced removal in 1907. The exhibition was set to open September 7th but the Jasper wildfires have delayed the official opening. However, Parks Canada has gone live with images and artists statements for our piece, Wahkohtowin, on their website now, so we can share the link (in bio)
On July 22, 2024, we watched social media and grieved as the wildfires burned much of the Palisades Education Centre, the land which once was our family’s homestead. By July 24, the fire encroached on the township. Many people that we know and care about who resided in Jasper lost their homes. A young firefighter lost his life. Plants and animals perished. The land has changed.
Lisa and I are grateful to the people of the Jasper Indigenous Forum who gathered together with us for conversation around plants, animals, natural elements and stories important to their communities to help inform this piece. Thank you also to Vivian McDonald for tanning the moosehide to hold the beadwork.
Lisa and I feel the time is right to learn about Wahkohtowin, and our responsibility to the land.
Follow this Parks Canada link for a key to the image:
PARKS CANADA LINK
My little sampler honouring my Grandmother Eunice will be one of 500 works. Crewel embroidery on vintage blue blanket swatch.
Peninsula Streams & Shorelines
2024 Spring Auction Fundraiser!
"Coastal waters" Signed original pastel sgraffito (etching with a pin)
study was offered to help raise critical funds
for continued good work by Peninsula Streams & Shorelines.
The online auction NOW CLOSED
2024 Spring Auction Fundraiser!
"Coastal waters" Signed original pastel sgraffito (etching with a pin)
study was offered to help raise critical funds
for continued good work by Peninsula Streams & Shorelines.
The online auction NOW CLOSED
Saanich Parks Field Guide
Pocket guide to the special native species from various local ecosystems in Saanich.
Produced by the Parks Department, District of Saanich
Available throughout Saanich Parks and Municipal Venues
Wood Duck.
Ink and watercolour. Detail illustration from the Saanich Parks Field Guide.
Jurors Choice Award
Sooke Fine Art
Seapark Centre, Sooke BC
Sooke Fine Art
Seapark Centre, Sooke BC
'Garry li shenn paashkwow balaansii'~
Michif for 'Balance of the Garry Oak meadow.'
Michif for 'Balance of the Garry Oak meadow.'
Textile Museum, Toronto, Ontario.
CLOSED
CLOSED
.Daniel Lapp's recent 'Joy of Life' spring festival poster. Their choice of 'All my Relations' as poster image fits a spring musical event perfectly. The original painting is created with ink, watercolour, velvet and glass beads, by Lisa Shepherd and Kristi Bridgeman
Metis Artists Spotlight
Maarsii to my local and the larger Metis Community for the nomination to
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#sheisindigenous https://celebrateindigenous.ca/she-is-indigenous/
Metis Artists Spotlight
​Metis Nation of British Columbia
February 2023
https://www.instagram.com/p/CoiQEWuy_54/
http://www.facebook.com/metisnationbritishcolumbia/posts/pfbid051j7Sc5GgeubxX47q78p3PRdTwXattmXH8eK5CeYaDn6nwFUDcdNT8MG7c51qsuXl
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Voices in Circle at Farquhar Indigenous Performers and Arts, Farquhar Auditorium, University of Victoria
Saanich Naturescape Booklet!
Included in this Naturescape booklet by the District of Saanich is illustration work by Kristi Bridgeman. The booklet is full of ideas for supporting native species by protecting, maintaining, and enhancing wildlife habitat and native biodiversity on our own property. Even just keeping oak leaves as mulch for the butterflies helps!
FREE booklet here
FREE booklet here
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MOCCASIN ROCKS for Survivors
This ongoing project raises funds for Residential school Survivors. The artists hand paints and offers the little rocks for purchase at various local events. All proceeds donated to Residential School Survivors. The topic takes on deep connection because the artists ancestors attended residential school.
Moccasin Rocks see more
Moccasin Rocks see more
NEW Children's Book "Ethan's Big Adventure"
"Ethan joins a busy beaver on a wonderful adventure through gardens and ponds,
until. exhausted, he returns to his cozy home. A colourful little walk through the life of a hard working beaver. "
Fourth collaboration
with Rachel Wyatt,
and Kristi Bridgeman,
Designed by Greg Glover
MORE INFORMATION
Ethan's Big Adventure
"Ethan joins a busy beaver on a wonderful adventure through gardens and ponds,
until. exhausted, he returns to his cozy home. A colourful little walk through the life of a hard working beaver. "
Fourth collaboration
with Rachel Wyatt,
and Kristi Bridgeman,
Designed by Greg Glover
MORE INFORMATION
Ethan's Big Adventure
Indigenous People’s Experience at Fort Edmonton Park- amiskwacîwâskahikan
During such a difficult time and with so many people grieving across the land, this space is significant to give voice and visibility to FNMI people. Many artists and artisans work is displayed there, and true stories are told in the voice of the people. This space will educate and inform, with tens of thousands of visitors and school groups going through it each year.
The Metis cabin also features Lisa and Kristi's collaborative works. Their families, (the Campions, Chalifouxs, Donalds, L’Hirondelles, Norris, Gladues and Dumonts) were there on the land along with so many other Métis families at the very beginning of the formation of the province.
Image: Shepherd/Bridgeman collaborative works as ceiling projections, Metis Cabin, Fort Edmonton Park.
Royal Alberta Museum
Breathe: Creating resilience through traditional art
Through hardship, we turn to art; through challenge, we turn to tradition. Discover resilience and humanity amid a 21st-century pandemic in this exhibition of hand-crafted masks by artists from around the world.
The masks of Breathe share their makers’ unique stories of fear, courage, sadness, hope, love, and healing that unite us all. Each mask was crafted through diverse mediums including beadwork, embroidery, birch bark etching, quill work, quilting, rug hooking, metalwork, and glass fusion.
My tiny (newborn sized) embroidered mask contribution is included in the exhibit.
Click image for more info.
Breathe: Creating resilience through traditional art
Through hardship, we turn to art; through challenge, we turn to tradition. Discover resilience and humanity amid a 21st-century pandemic in this exhibition of hand-crafted masks by artists from around the world.
The masks of Breathe share their makers’ unique stories of fear, courage, sadness, hope, love, and healing that unite us all. Each mask was crafted through diverse mediums including beadwork, embroidery, birch bark etching, quill work, quilting, rug hooking, metalwork, and glass fusion.
My tiny (newborn sized) embroidered mask contribution is included in the exhibit.
Click image for more info.
Greater Victoria Naturehood Map:
A Guide to many Adventures!
I am pleased to have been invited to create work for the new Greater Victoria NatureHood Map.
Watch for copies through Hotel Grand Pacific, Delta Ocean Point, Oak Bay Pharmasave, District of Saanich, Bateman Gallery of Nature, and Swan Lake Nature House.
Thank you to all of the individuals and groups that were involved in putting this together!
Click image for more information
A Guide to many Adventures!
I am pleased to have been invited to create work for the new Greater Victoria NatureHood Map.
Watch for copies through Hotel Grand Pacific, Delta Ocean Point, Oak Bay Pharmasave, District of Saanich, Bateman Gallery of Nature, and Swan Lake Nature House.
Thank you to all of the individuals and groups that were involved in putting this together!
Click image for more information
NEW! ONLINE STORE
For your convenience we now offer online ordering, categorized either by design or product type.
All works are created with earth friendly materials and printed on FSC certified paper.
We ship worldwide via Canada Post (calculated at checkout) or coordinate for local physically distanced pick up.
Please note. Due to high volumes of shipments this year, please allow extra time for your purchase to arrive.
We invite you to take a look around! Click image for more imformation
For your convenience we now offer online ordering, categorized either by design or product type.
All works are created with earth friendly materials and printed on FSC certified paper.
We ship worldwide via Canada Post (calculated at checkout) or coordinate for local physically distanced pick up.
Please note. Due to high volumes of shipments this year, please allow extra time for your purchase to arrive.
We invite you to take a look around! Click image for more imformation
Detail, Meadow Camas, Garry Oak Ecosystem, Saanich Field Guide,
New 2021 Saanich, BC, Saanich Parks Field Guide
Saanich Parks released a beautiful new field guide to inspire a passion for nature discoveries in parks close to home. This illustrated field guide highlights some of the plants and animals found in Saanich parks and the different types of ecosystems where they live. It is a visual learning tool aimed at youth, but the intent is to encourage learning and enjoyment for all park visitors.
“We hope our new guide will enhance the experience of our park visitors and encourage them to be curious about their natural surroundings,” said Manager Community Development and Business Systems Nathalie Dechaine. “The guide is part of our Natural Intelligence initiative that aims to improve citizens’ knowledge about our natural world and how we connect with it. In deepening that connection with nature, we tend to be happier, healthier and motivated to protect it. ”
The field guide was developed to have the look and feel of an artist’s nature notes highlighting some of the plants and animals that live in our local ecosystems. Illustrated to capture the spirit and beauty of the unique nature that exists around us. Saanich Parks will develop resources for families and educators to use with the field guide so they can broaden their learning while experiencing these lovely places. Saanich parks provide vital habitat for plants and animals. Please help us protect these special places by treading carefully, taking only memories and leaving nothing but footprints.
“We hope our new guide will enhance the experience of our park visitors and encourage them to be curious about their natural surroundings,” said Manager Community Development and Business Systems Nathalie Dechaine. “The guide is part of our Natural Intelligence initiative that aims to improve citizens’ knowledge about our natural world and how we connect with it. In deepening that connection with nature, we tend to be happier, healthier and motivated to protect it. ”
The field guide was developed to have the look and feel of an artist’s nature notes highlighting some of the plants and animals that live in our local ecosystems. Illustrated to capture the spirit and beauty of the unique nature that exists around us. Saanich Parks will develop resources for families and educators to use with the field guide so they can broaden their learning while experiencing these lovely places. Saanich parks provide vital habitat for plants and animals. Please help us protect these special places by treading carefully, taking only memories and leaving nothing but footprints.
Illustrated field guide highlights some of the plants and animals found in Saanich parks and the different types of ecosystems where they live.
The 'BREATHE' Travelling Exhibit
2020 Exhibit, Whyte Museum, Banff. CBC: Indigenous artists Facebook: BREATHE Group Globe and Mail: COVID 19 Masks Article: APTN Article: LOCAL NEWS |
The artists tiny mask creation will be travelling with a large body of work throughout North America. For more on Kristi's breathe mask |
RECENT and PAST EVENTS
ARRANGEMENTS
August 20 – October 25, 2020
Over a dozen artists delve into the multiple significances held by cut flowers, ornamental gardens and wild plants to reveal how flowers act as surrogates for all kinds of ideas. Drawing on the personal, the political and the cultural meanings of flowers, the artworks in the exhibition go beyond notions of beauty to take an unexpected look at this familiar floral subject matter.
RECENT ARTICLE Forget-Me-Not, Métis Rose: The Far West
https://www.mapleridgenews.com/entertainment/slideshow-artists-give-talk-at-mtis-art-exhibition-in-maple-ridge/
https://www.mapleridgenews.com/entertainment/slideshow-artists-give-talk-at-mtis-art-exhibition-in-maple-ridge/
Forget me not, Metis Rose- Recent Exhibits
Forget-Me-Not, Métis Rose, The Far West. 2019 The ACT Arts Centre, Maple Ridge B.C.
https://www.mapleridgenews.com/entertainment/slideshow-artists-give-talk-at-mtis-art-exhibition-in-maple-ridge/ |
Forget-Me-Not, Métis Rose 2018 at Musée Héritage Museum, St. Albert, Alberta https://www.stalberttoday.ca/entertainment-news/metis-family-stories-design-1298344
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Forget-Me-Not, Métis Rose 2017 Jasper Region Museum and Archives, Jasper, Alberta
issuu.com/thejasperlocal/docs/the-jasper-local-issue97-may15-2017/8 |
The Island Illustrators Society GO-7
GO 7~ Group exhibit paying homage to Group of Seven artists Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald and Frederick Varley.
The Group of Seven had their first show in 1920 using the name Group of Seven. The Group’s Canadian landscape paintings propelled the Canadian wilderness onto the world stage and paved the way for generations of Canadian artists to follow in their footsteps"
TC GO Dec 24 2019
GO 7~ Group exhibit paying homage to Group of Seven artists Franklin Carmichael, Lawren Harris, A. Y. Jackson, Frank Johnston, Arthur Lismer, J. E. H. MacDonald and Frederick Varley.
The Group of Seven had their first show in 1920 using the name Group of Seven. The Group’s Canadian landscape paintings propelled the Canadian wilderness onto the world stage and paved the way for generations of Canadian artists to follow in their footsteps"
TC GO Dec 24 2019
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Outlook at twilight, Haro Strait, GO-7. Kristi Bridgeman
8 x 10 Acrylic on canvas
Chaba Imne, Beaver/Maligne Lake, Jasper AB. GO-7. Kristi Bridgeman 8 x 10 Acrylic on Canvas, SOLD
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DUE TO COVID-19 ISLAND ILLUSTRATORS SOCIETY, GALLERY EXHIBIT HAS BEEN CANCELLED
Check this website for further updates:
https://www.islandillustrators.org/single-post/2019/12/29/We-Are-Blowing-Our-Own-Horn-Because
2008 FOCUS Magazine
Reviews and Interviews
2019 Article featuring Kristi's painting, GO Section, Times Colonist
https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/group-of-seven-inspires-island-illustrators-1.24041505
2018 Feature Article, St. Albert Gazette
www.stalbertgazette.com/article/metis-family-stories-design-20180405
2017 Feature Article, The Jasper Local
https://issuu.com/thejasperlocal/docs/the-jasper-local-issue97-may15-2017/8
2016 Island Parent Magazine, Book Nook with Sara Cassidy
https://islandparent.ca/index.php?kic_article_action=display&kic_article_id=1478
2015 Kirkus Star, "A Carnival of Cats"
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/charles-ghigna/a-carnival-of-cats/
2015 49th Shelf, Kerry Clare, Illustrator Review "A Carnival of Cats"
https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2015/10/29/Illustrator-Gallery-Kristi-Bridgeman-and-A-Carnival-of-Cats
2012 Feature article by Judee Fong, Senior Living Magazine p 31-33
https://issuu.com/barbara.risto/docs/senior_living_may12_web/30
2010, Exhibit V with Efren Quiroz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy5fa0wGJ1
2008 "Painting for Peace and Light" by Poet Linda Rogers, Focus Magazine ( PDF Download here Pgs 18-21 ) 2007 Times Colonist - Book Review by Liz Pogue,
2003 Saanich News, Thomas Winterhoff "Local Artist Draws on the Child Within"
2003 Jenny Manichuck, ‘Artist Studio Interview’ CHEK T.V, Victoria BC ,
2001 Volume 15, Issue 3, The Illustrator: "Flowers, Fairies and Fine Art"
Also features and articles in Baltimore Sun, Faerie Magazine, Midwest Book Review, Children's Book Sense, Independent Publishers book review, Bronze IPPY Award.
2019 Article featuring Kristi's painting, GO Section, Times Colonist
https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/group-of-seven-inspires-island-illustrators-1.24041505
2018 Feature Article, St. Albert Gazette
www.stalbertgazette.com/article/metis-family-stories-design-20180405
2017 Feature Article, The Jasper Local
https://issuu.com/thejasperlocal/docs/the-jasper-local-issue97-may15-2017/8
2016 Island Parent Magazine, Book Nook with Sara Cassidy
https://islandparent.ca/index.php?kic_article_action=display&kic_article_id=1478
2015 Kirkus Star, "A Carnival of Cats"
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/charles-ghigna/a-carnival-of-cats/
2015 49th Shelf, Kerry Clare, Illustrator Review "A Carnival of Cats"
https://49thshelf.com/Blog/2015/10/29/Illustrator-Gallery-Kristi-Bridgeman-and-A-Carnival-of-Cats
2012 Feature article by Judee Fong, Senior Living Magazine p 31-33
https://issuu.com/barbara.risto/docs/senior_living_may12_web/30
2010, Exhibit V with Efren Quiroz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy5fa0wGJ1
2008 "Painting for Peace and Light" by Poet Linda Rogers, Focus Magazine ( PDF Download here Pgs 18-21 ) 2007 Times Colonist - Book Review by Liz Pogue,
2003 Saanich News, Thomas Winterhoff "Local Artist Draws on the Child Within"
2003 Jenny Manichuck, ‘Artist Studio Interview’ CHEK T.V, Victoria BC ,
2001 Volume 15, Issue 3, The Illustrator: "Flowers, Fairies and Fine Art"
Also features and articles in Baltimore Sun, Faerie Magazine, Midwest Book Review, Children's Book Sense, Independent Publishers book review, Bronze IPPY Award.
PAST EVENTS and PROJECTS
2019 North by Northwest Interview with Sheryl Mackay
(at 1:46:32)
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-43-north-by-northwest/clip/15669534-saturday-february-9
(at 1:46:32)
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-43-north-by-northwest/clip/15669534-saturday-february-9
Works referred to in the CBC interview: "Meadow Amethyst" & "Tahlequahs Message"
AWARDS in the NEWS
2015 Kirkus Star, "A Carnival of Cats"
2010 Governour Generals Illustration Shortlist for "Uirapuru"
2010 Bolen Books Childrens Book Prize,
C.O.A.T. Award of Excellence,
Monday Magazine Peoples Choice,
Community Arts Coucil of Greater Victoria's '150 Top Women Artists past and present'
Several awards through the Federation of Canadian Artists, Victoria Chapter.
2015 Kirkus Star, "A Carnival of Cats"
2010 Governour Generals Illustration Shortlist for "Uirapuru"
2010 Bolen Books Childrens Book Prize,
C.O.A.T. Award of Excellence,
Monday Magazine Peoples Choice,
Community Arts Coucil of Greater Victoria's '150 Top Women Artists past and present'
Several awards through the Federation of Canadian Artists, Victoria Chapter.