Ingrid Brooks

[ WABANAKI ARTIST: 2021, 2022 ]

Ingrid Brooks is Mi’kmaq from Indian Island First Nation, New Brunswick.  She has completed her Native Studies at the College of Craft and Design in Fredericton.  She completed the Basket Weaving program in 1993 and Mi'kmaq Porcupine Quill Art program in 1999.

With an interest in arts, an eye for detail, and a love for creativity, Ingrid started making quill art at a young age. Her pieces are inspired by her love of nature and ancient Mi’kmaq art. She practices the same art form as her ancestors did. Porcupine Quill Art has been around since time immemorial. The Mi’kmaq have been referred to as The Porcupine People. 

Later in life she decided to apply quill art to fashions and created her satin dresses and gowns.Her first show was at the Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto 2018 and the following year she was invited to Paris Indigenous Fashion Week 2019.