Press / As Seen In

Press, interviews, and exhibitions featuring Jay Soule aka CHIPPEWAR, an Anishinaabe artist and clothing designer in Toronto. CHIPPEWAR since 2013, online at chippewar.com since 2014.

As seen in: CBC News, CBC Arts, CBC Radio, The Globe and Mail, VICE, APTN News, NOW Magazine, Museum London, Le Devoir, Daily Hive, blogTO, and the London Free Press.

For the artist bio, visit About Jay Soule aka CHIPPEWAR. Visit the shop at 256 Queen St W, Toronto.

2025

• Anishinabek News — Anishinabek citizens highlight the importance of representation. 21 Jan 2025.

2024

• Vie des arts — Déterrer les violences coloniales. 2024 (no. 277).
• Le Devoir — L'aire publique d'Exmuro ouvre ses portes…. 21 Jun 2024.
• Antler River Art Review — Chippewar has Museum London Seeing Red. 14 May 2024.
• Native News Online — Q&A: First Nations Artist Jay Soule on Blending Indigenous Themes with Pop Culture. 10 Apr 2024.
• Windspeaker — Indigenous work on display at this year's Artist Project in Toronto. Apr 2024.
• APTN News (video) — CHIPPEWAR explains what role art has in decolonization (video). 3 Apr 2024.

2022

• U of T Scarborough News — 10 gift ideas from small Indigenous-owned businesses around the east end of Toronto. 14 Dec 2022.
• blogTO (video) — Chippewar creates Indigenous pop art in Toronto (video). 26 Jan 2022.

2021

• London Free Press — Local Chippewa artist grabs attention with massive work about genocide. 22 Oct 2021.
• CBC News — Toronto's Luminato festival makes a return, addressing Canada's dark past. 11 Oct 2021.
• Daily Hive — The pile of bison skulls on Toronto's waterfront is a comment on colonialism. 8 Oct 2021.
• Streets of Toronto — More than one thousand buffalo skulls on the Toronto waterfront is making a statement on Indigenous genocide. 8 Oct 2021.
• blogTO — A huge pile of buffalo skulls has appeared on Toronto's waterfront. 8 Oct 2021.
• APTN News — Jay Soule uses buffalo skulls to make his point at Toronto exhibit. 7 Oct 2021.
• NOW Magazine — Chippewar's installation reflects on Indigenous genocide in Canada. 7 Oct 2021.

2020

• CBC News — Chippewa artist's teaser poster for Blood Quantum gets thumbs up from Jeff Barnaby. 24 Jan 2020.
• #NOBLUEPRINT (Acast) — Jay Soule aka Chippewar (Artist/Clothing Designer/Entrepreneur), S1 E7 (podcast). 11 Jun 2020.

2019

• Anishinabek News — Imagery speaks to culture and resilience, the art of Jay Soule. 19 Dec 2019.
• Broadview Magazine — Artist calls out Indigenous stereotypes with very public work. 13 Aug 2019.
• Chino Kino — The Artist Project showcases Canadian art this weekend in Toronto. 23 Feb 2019.

2018

• CBC News — Chippewa artist's latest display part of Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto kick-off party. 29 May 2018.
• The Globe and Mail — Artist Jay Soule uses Toronto as a canvas for his Indigenous art and activism. 21 May 2018.
• NOW Magazine — Meet the artist behind the anti-racism billboard on Spadina. 20 Apr 2018.
• CBC News — How a Chippewa artist is tackling racism in downtown Toronto. 12 Apr 2018.
• Karim Kanji / Girth Radio — Episode #110: Jay Soule aka CHIPPEWAR (podcast). 15 Feb 2018.

2017

• CBC News — Chippewa artist inspired by Idle No More opens storefront in Toronto. 16 Dec 2017.
• CBC Radio, Unreserved — Not so funny money: Indigenous artist sets sights on the faces that adorn our currency. 22 Sep 2017.
• CBC Arts — Challenging colonialism through stickers, solar eclipse art and more stories you might have missed. 28 Aug 2017.
• CBC Canada 2017 — Forget statues: this artist is confronting historic figures on our money. 24 Aug 2017.
• VICE — This Artist Recreated Famous Movie Posters With Indigenous People. 28 Jul 2017.
• CBC Arts (Exhibitionists) — Meet the artist battling Indigenous cultural appropriation with badass t-shirts and movie posters. 2 Feb 2017.
• Karim Kanji / Girth Radio — Episode #77: Jay Soule aka CHIPPEWAR (podcast). 27 Apr 2017.

2016

• ICT News — Former 'Tribe Called Red' DJ Shub releases first solo video and EP. 20 Dec 2016.
• The Globe and Mail — What happens when indigenous artists repurpose Hollywood's old tricks. 28 Oct 2016.

Date to confirm

• Pow Wow Pitch (YouTube) — Episode 5: Infusing Art and Entrepreneurship to Create Conversation, Jay Soule (video). The episode is live and about Jay Soule; the upload date was not verified.

Exhibitions

• EXMURO, Quebec City — Built On Genocide. 20 Jun 2024–30 Mar 2025.
• Museum London — Seeing Red: Movie Posters Indigenized by CHIPPEWAR. 20 Apr 2024–12 Jan 2025.
• Words Festival and Museum London — Seeing Red: Jay Soule in conversation with Sara Mai Chitty. 12 Jan 2025.
• Productions Feux Sacrés, Montreal — Mad Subversive. 1 Sep–29 Oct 2023.
• Luminato Festival, Harbourfront Centre — Built On Genocide. 22 Sep–24 Oct 2021.
• Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto — 2020 Marketplace. 2020.
• Gallery 44 — A Toolkit for Revolution. 19 Oct–1 Dec 2018.
• A Space Gallery — Indigenous Movie Monsters. 27 Sep–29 Oct 2016.
• Productions Feux Sacrés — Artist profile: Jay Soule. Ongoing.