Mark Anthony Jacobson & Norval Morrisseau

1986-87= Blessed by the Creator to create Ojibway art form and begin the apprenticeship

1987 = Sell first painting

1988 = Have first show with family and friends

1989 = group show in Thunder bay Ont. satelite center

1989 = Group show in Sioux Lookout Ont. at the sunset Inn
= Art presentation in Sioux lookout Ont. Queen elizebeth high school art student program
= Paint with Roy Thomas in Thunder Bay, Ont.

1990 = Solo show in Toronto, {yorkville] Ont. Pow Wow gallery
= Feature article in the Thunder bay chronicle and journal
= Grant from the Canadian native arts foundation, Toronto Ont.
= move to Los Angeles and have art show at the Board walk, Venice Beach, California U.S.A

1991= Art show, Taos square, Taos, New Mexico U.S.A 1992= Suffer near death experience and make contact with the spirit master's/ inner guides
= clinically dead for 7 minutes, come out of a coma 5 days later
= Receive visions to express the will and wisdom of our ancestor's
= Begin studies on shamanism, christianity, prayer, meditation, eckankar, Ojibway culture

1993= Start learning sweat lodge ceremonies, songs and get gifted medicines
= Much music wapistan promotion, win a Jacobson original painting, Toronto Ont.

1994= Move to Vancouver, B.C and have Solo show at the Blue coyote gallery
= Continue studies in mysticism, develop deeper relationship with creation
= Experience dark night of the soul, inner crisis, and conflict of the spiritual
= suffer periods of insanity and nothingness, recieve spiritual enlightenment and grace
= continue painting as means of self expression and healing

1995= start looking into my past and begin addressing inner child issues
= selling paintings and commisions
= continue seeking resolutions to inner conflicts 1996= Solo show, The ARC, Vancouver B.C
= Having deep spiritual experiences with mother earth and her language with creation
= Move to Tofino, vancouver Island for 6 months and seek creative inspiration
= Recieve 380 eagle feather's from elder on Long beach, reserve, Tofino, Vancouver Island
= Attend ceremony in Sugar cane, reserve B.C sweat with elders and warriors, Gustasfen Lake,
sundance ceremony sacred barial grounds are in jepeordy from canadian government
= Move back to Thunder Bay and spend intimate time with nanbijou and paint

1997= Publication of 200 prints called Inner strengh, 12x16
= Attend Lakehead University and inroll in the art program
= Art presentation at Hammerskjold high school, Thunder bay Ont.
= recieve vision of Jesus Christ and experience conviction of death to selfishness
= Experience truth of the oneness of all things and feel the reality of our Creator
= Recieve psychic change and experience humility and graditude
= Paint 170 paintings in 6 months

1998= Feature article in Sioux Lookout, Ont, wawatay news
= Move to Toronto, Ont, recieve grant from Metis nation of Ontario
= Have art show in Timmins, Ont.
= Art presentation with Fern public school, Toronto Ont.
= Group show with A.N.D.P.V.A sky dome, Toronto Ont.
= Contract with Artworks International, selected works,700 paintings on paper, Toronto, Ont.
=Attending ceremonies and spiritual gatherings, being of service to the community

1999= Group show with A.N.D.P.V.A sky dome, Toronto Ont.
= Contract with Spin gallery, selected works, Toronto Ont.
= Contract with La Parate gallery, selected works, Toronto, Ont.
= Art show with the hybryd network, Toronto Ont.
= 2 vision quests, major attendance at sundance sweatlodge ceremonies/ fire keeper
= Priviledged to be of Ojibway ancestry

2000= Contract with Gentry lane fine arts, selected works, Toronto Ont.
= Group show with A.N.D.P.V.A sky dome, Toronto Ont.
= Solo show, boat cruise,enterprize 2000, Toronto Ont.
= Contract with the Spin gallery, selected works, Toronto Ont.
= Spending time with elder's and medicine people learning multi-cultural perspectives

2001= Art show in Brockport, New York, with David Morrisseau and A.N.D.P.V.A
= Print production with Garfinkel Publications, Vancouver, B.C
= Art show with the late Arthur Shilling, A.N.D.P.V.A, Toronto, Ont.
= Representation with the Illuminary art gallery, Toronto Ont.
= Art show with Illuminary art gallery, showing Piccasso, Dali, and other european masters,
in Toronto Ont. at the Toronto convention center
= Artist journey to Banff, Alberta, 10 months spending creative, intimate time with mother earth
= selling paintings in Banff, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, and Vancouver

2002= Move back to Toronto, have art show through the 30th ann. mukwa geezis festival
= Art show at Longyear museum of Anthropolidgy, Hamilton, New York,U.S.A
= Create another 400 paintings on paper for Art works, International, Toronto Ont.
= Introduction to Native American Church, peyote ceremonies, I fall in love with the medicine
= Grandfather peyote begins to teach that God is within, I find the real teacher, the Creator

2003 = Move to Vancouver, B.C, fall in love with Vancouver and find the art movement beautiful
= Art show in Ontario, Mclaren art center
= Art show called Bawpinew Kumigud, with A.N.D.P.V.A Barrie, Ont.
= Selling paintings through out B.C
= Attending peyote ceremonies and learning peyote songs and the instruments

2004= Started a series of 275 prints, hummingbirds 15x19, garfinkel publications Vancouver B.C
= Another series of 275 prints, butterflies, 15x19, garfinkel publications, Vancouver B.C
= publication of more art cards, clothing line, fine art dish ware, book marks, mugs, and etc.
= North American Art show, Aboriginal center, Vancouver B.C
= Front cover of Winds of change magazine, American Indian Ed. and Opportunity,U.S.A
= Series of 4 images, 200 prints per image, 15x19 Seacoast silk screening, Victoria, B.C

2005= Sponsored a native american church, peyote ceremony in Chase, B.C ,thank you meeting
= receive eagle staff, water drum, rattle, songs, eagle medicines, and visions of the future
= receive Indian name..... -pey-sim-away-apey-binasi= RAINBOW THUNDERBIRD
= create 250 paintings on canvas, some 12 feet by 4 feet and feel at one with the dualities of
creation, thus helping others to the truth of those dualities
= Art show with Norval Morrisseau, Gallery of Giving, Nanaimo, B.C
= Frequent trips to Nanaimo to hang out with Norval and to just be around him

2006= Series of 4 more images, 200 prints per image, 15x19, Seacoast silkscreening,Victoria,B.C
= series of 2 images, 200 prints per image, 22x30 17 colour schemes, Victoria, B.C
= Art show with Vancouver Island artists Port Place in Nanaimo B.C
= spiritual workshop Kowichen indian reserve, filmed by shaw T.V

2007 = representation with Lattimer gallery, Hill's native art, Raven and the Bear gallery,Spirit gallery
Amazing Grace gallery, Fentry fine art, Appleton gallery, Greenary gallery, House of the spirit-
Bear gallery, Action framing and gallery, Norhtern Images, Ontario craft's council, Cedar -
Basket gallery, Anishnabae Art gallery,Bay of Spirits Gallery, Thunder Bay art gallery, and
world wide collector's and commisions on a continueous basis.

Other institutions that carry my products and prints...........Anchorage Museum, Autry Museum
Burke Museum, Canadian Museum of Civilization, Denver Art Museum, Glenbow Museum,
Heard Museum, Institute of American Indian Art, Makah Cultural Center, Southwest Museum,
Museum of Anthropology,UBC, Museum of Natural history, New York, Peabody Museum at
Harvard Univeristy, Portland Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Winnipeg Art Gallery


To all my relations,

Mark Anthony Jacobson  /rainbow thunderbird/