Cheryl L’Hirondelle is a much sought after multidisciplinary artist and musician. A mixed-blood (Metis/Cree-non status/treaty, French, German, Polish), her creative practice investigates the junction of a Cree worldview in contemporary time and space. Cheryl L’Hirondelle’s projects span a wide array of disciplines including: music, performance art, spoken word, storytelling, theatre, installation, public/community art, audio art, pirate radio and net.art.

Her latest recording, a 5 song EP entitled Giveaway is a contemporary take on a Cree worldview with each song imparting an important moral or value to create a “Good Life” or “Pimatisiwin.” A full album entitled Songlines is scheduled for completion in late 2010.

In both 2005 and 2006, L’Hirondelle was the recipient of the imagineNATIVE New Media Award for her online net.art projects: treatycard, 17:TELL and wêpinâsowina. In 2004, L’Hirondelle was the 1st Aboriginal artist from Canada to be invited to present work at DAK’ART Lab, as part of the 6th Edition of the Dakar Biennale for Contemporary African Art, Dakar, Senegal.

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