Indigenous Artist

Jay Havens (he/him/they) is a multi-media 2Spirit artist, educator, and collaborator of Mohawk and Scottish ancestry. Havens was born on Haudenosaunee Territory known as the Haldimand Tract and raised on Unceded Sto:lo and Musqueam lands close to Vancouver. They are a research-practitioner working in scenography leading teams in costume and site-specific design for professional stage companies, murals, projection mapping, gallery, installation and public artwork. Jay holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Performance Design + Production from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Fine Art from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. They are currently a tenure-track professor in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Waterloo and a proud citizen of the Mohawk, Bear Clan from Six Nations of the Grand River.

INDIGENOUS ANCESTRY

First Nations

SELF-IDENTIFICATION

Kanien'kehá:ka - Six Nations of the Grand River