Eruoma Awashish (born 1980) is an Atikamekw visual artist from Quebec.
Early life and education
Awashish was born to a Quebecois mother and Atikamekw father. She grew up in Opitciwan, a small community near the Gouin Reservoir in northern Quebec.
Awashish attended the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, where she earned a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary art.
Career
Awashish had her first solo exhibition, entitled Reliques et passages, in 2015 at the Canadian Guild of Crafts in Montreal. She also began printing some of her art on t-shirts, as a way to make her art both more accessible to her community and as a way to make a living. The exhibition was revived in Lachine in 2023.
In late 2017 and early 2018, Awashish had an exhibit at the Montreal Fine Arts Museum.
In 2019, Awashish was included in a group exhibition at the Musée d’art de Joliette entitled Of Tobacco and Sweetgrass: Where Our Dreams Are.
In 2020, Awashish was commissioned to paint a mural at the Musée d’art de Joliette in honor of Joyce Echaquan and her family. Awashish has also painted a portrait of Echaquan, which has been used in relation with demands to reform Quebec's healthcare system to better care for indigenous patients.