This piece is part of a collection of works by trans and queer Indigenous writers and artists. Explore the rest of the feature:

Prose by Kai Minosh Pyle ● Interview with Lindsay Nixon ● Interview with Ziibiwan Rivers ● Prose by Jaye Simpson ● Poetry by Arielle Twist

Fallon Simard is an Anishinaabe artist and scholar. They are from Couchiching First Nation from the Grand Council of Treaty #3 Territory. Fallon’s work interrogates state violence and mental health insofar as it is perpetuated onto Indigenous bodies. Their practice is comprised of video, sound, and animation. They hold a Master’s of Art from the Interdisciplinary Art, Media, and Design Program from OCAD University.