ROIN MORIGEAU

Roin Morigeau is a conceptual artist, beadworker, and educator based in Spokane, WA. After a spinal injury in 2010, Roin began the process of becoming a self-taught artist as a form of protest and healing. Their studio practice includes drawing, painting, carving techniques, installation and beadwork.

Roin is a 2021 recipient of the Artist Trust GAP grant. Their work lives in public and private collections including ARTSWA, The City of Spokane, and has been shown in numerous group and solo exhibitions including yəhaw̓ in King St. Station at Seattle Office of Arts + Culture, Bryon Oliver Gallery, Sacred Circle Gallery at Daybreak Star Indian Cultural Center, and Eastern Washington University which hosted their latest solo exhibition, PULL IN CASE OF EMERGENCY III, in 2022. They are a co-founder of the Spokane Falls Two-Spirit Powwow and YES IS A FEELING, an artist-run studio and gallery in downtown Spokane centering artists whose creative/ intellectual work and very lives exist in direct opposition to the status quo. Roin is stʕámiyaʔ (Two-spirit) Bitterroot Salish Flathead Nation/French and lives in unceded Spokane territories where they were raised.