David Garneau (Métis) is a Professor of Visual Arts at the University of Regina. He is a painter, curator, and writer who engages creative and critical expressions of Indigenous contemporary ways of knowing, being, and doing.
In 2023, David Garneau was honoured with the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Art for Outstanding Achievement and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada. That same year, a retrospective of his work was showcased at the Nickle Arts Museum in Calgary. Garneau’s artwork can be found in notable collections such as the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Canadian Museum of Civilization (Ottawa), The Canadian Parliament, the Mackenzie Art Gallery (Regina), the Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon), Glenbow Museum (Calgary), City of Calgary, University of Lethbridge, University of Regina, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.
In 2025, The University of Regina Press published Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau. Dark Chapters brings together 17 poets, fiction writers, curators, and critics to engage with the works of David Garneau. Featuring paintings from Garneau’s still life series Dark Chapters alongside poetry, fiction, critical analysis, and autotheory, the book includes contributions from Fred Wah, Paul Seesequasis, Jesse Wente, Lillian Allen, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Larissa Lai, Susan Musgrave, and more. The catalogue is available for purchase at the gallery.
