Raven Davis is an Indigenous, mixed race, 2-Spirit multidisciplinary artist, curator and activist from the Anishinaabek (Ojibwa) Nation in Manitoba. Born and raised in Tkaronto (Toronto) and currently splitting time working between K'jipuktuk (Halifax) and Tkaronto. Raven blends narratives of colonization, race, gender, erotica, their 2-Spirit identity and the Anishinaabemowin language and culture into a variety of contemporary art forms. Raven is also a proud parent to 3 sons. Highlighted in Canadian Art, Must Sees, Raven has been interviewed by No More Potlucks the CBC and the Huffington Post, and has been published in Canadian Art Magazine, Black Girl Dangerous, Plentitude Magazine and The Coast News Paper. Over the past 3 years, Raven has accomplished a nomination for the Sobey's Art Award, has exhibited their artwork in part of the collateral events of the 2015 Venice Biennale and was the first art and activism, artist in residence for the Nova Scotia Art and Design University in 2016. Their films have made there way to international film festivals in Berlin, Amsterdam, New York City, Montreal and Toronto. Prior to that, Raven has worked as an independent designer and has volunteered on many boards that support the growth of art and cultural awareness. Throughout Raven's career, they've been a designer for IKEA (Toronto, Montreal and California), a jury member for the Nova Scotia Art Bank, the Chair of the Native Women's Resource Center in Toronto and the Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design in Cape Breton Island. Raven has facilitated arts programing for: the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, cultural programing for Native Child and Family Services and Anishnawbe Health in Toronto. Over the past 15 years, Raven has curated over eight art exhibits in Ontario and Nova Scotia and most recently the bi-annual Atlantic Indigenous art exhibit called Petapan, First Light. Currently, Raven sits on the Aboriginal Curatorial Committee, a National Organization for Indigenous Artists and Curators, the curatorial committee for the 2017 Biennial Gathering of Artist Run Centres and Wonder'neath Artist Studios. In 2017, Raven will be: performing at Halifax's Mayworks and exhibiting at That's So Gay, Uprising at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, a solo exhibit at the Khyber Art Gallery called The De-Celebration of Canada 150 and in a group show called In Dialogue scheduled to exhibit at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba and Carleton University Art Gallery.