Emma Hassencahl-Perley

Emma Hassencahl-Perley is a Wolastoqey visual artist and curator from Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in New Brunswick. She maintains a visual art practice, focusing on painting, murals, beadwork and digital illustration. Emma’s artwork reflects her identity as an ehpit (woman) and a Wolastoqiyik citizen of the Wabanaki Confederacy. Her artistic themes explore water, the cosmos, Wabanaki feminisms and the Wabanaki double-curve motif, symbolizing life cycles and relationships, including nationhood and community. These motifs serve as both a cultural and aesthetic foundation in Emma's practice, connecting ancestral Wabanaki material culture with contemporary digital storytelling techniques.