Corinna Wollf is a contemporary visual artist and a registered citizen of the Manitoba Métis Federation (Red River Métis), also of ethnic Mennonite descent. Originally from Saskatoon, SK, Canada, she presently resides and practices in Northern Italy. Since earning her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Saskatchewan in 2016, Wollf has developed a multidisciplinary practice centered on beadwork, painting, collage, and sculpture to explore complex intersections of identity, culture, and place.

Wollf’s work has gained international and national traction. Her project The Antiquarian’s House, supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, was featured in the 2020 Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA Biennial (BACA) in Montreal. Most recently, her Canada Council-funded project Transhumance: Counting Cows, Counting Beads concluded in a solo exhibition at Villa Piazzo in Pettinengo, Italy, curated by Andrea Trivero and funded by PaceFuturo. Her exhibition history includes curated presentations in Pettinengo, Venice, Verona, Toronto, Abbotsford, Penticton, Vancouver, and Montreal.

Working across disciplines, Wollf’s artwork is featured on the cover of Katherena Vermette’s international bestselling novel, The Break. In 2023, she was commissioned by the Manitoba Opera to create original visual works for the stage projections of the historic opera Li Keur: Riel’s Heart of the North. A runner-up for the Canadian Art Writing Prize (2018) her work is held in public collections, including the Saskatchewan Arts Board, St. Thomas More College, and the University of Saskatchewan. Wollf is represented by Art Placement Gallery in Saskatoon.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien.