Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet (she/her) is an artist of Cree, Métis, and Dutch-settlerdescent, with family coming from Michel First Nation. Kiona grew upon scrip land with her moshom, and is currently practicing in amiskwaciwâskahikan,where she primarily works in painting and printmaking whileexploring stories of grief and tenderness. Her practice uses a non-lineartelling of memories through stories as a form of personal archiving. It drawsfrom feelings of loss, displacement, and enfranchisement, but also frommoments of deep belly laughter.

Paired with her studio practice, Kiona hasalso been working alongside other artists in initiatives of community care,co-organizing Making Space. Making Space is a visual-arts focused BIPOCpeer mentorship group prioritizing collaboration through workshops, artistvisits, studio hangouts, and a shared love of gossip, support, and privacy.Kiona likes gossiping in prairie grasses and visiting her moshom on the farm(though she herself is not a very good farmer).