Owisokon Lahache, is a Haudenosaunee Mohawk artist & matriarch from the Turtle Clan living in Kahnawake. Owisokon's first passion in life is painting. She believes that art can speak volumes and that telling our own stories is important for our children and for other Peoples to gain a better understanding of who we are and about what makes our Spirits sing.
Owisokon has been fortunate to have learnt the stories that have been passed on throughout the generations of her family. Owisokon loves the spiritual symbolism and personal significance that highlights the complexity of our deeply cultural stories and other aspects of Iroquois life. I believe it is important to visually record these for our future generations to learn from, to examine and celebrate our culture.
Since 1987, her works has sold to clients from Brazil, China, Germany, Mexico, France, Belgium, Peru, Italy and across Canada & the USA. Her work has won awards by jury including 'Best in Show' and 'People's Choice Award' on both the national and international art scenes and recently exhibited at la Biennale di Venezia in Verona Italy; Imago Mundi, and BACA Biennial in Montreal. Recent Commissions include two 1% contract art awards and painting art performances for Deloitte, Indigenous Tourism and Business Celebration Gala, and Kruger Energy.
She is currently working in her Turtle Bay Art Studio where she meets with clientele who wish to learn about the Haudenosaunee culture. Her aim is to create more public art and interactive art pieces in conjunction with a digital storytelling component to share my Haudenosaunee culture.
