Sierra Barber's artworks balance the layered experiences of her identity. Through oil painting and beadwork, two historically contrasting materials, she references Haudenosaunee visual and material culture. Reclaiming and connecting stories both known and unknown,  

"My paintings reflect and balance the layered experiences of my identity. Through oil painting and beadwork, two historically contrasting materials, I create a language that interprets my inner world. Referencing Haudenosaunee visual and material culture, I create a space to explore my relationship to stories, both known and unknown. This process reclaims and connects me to the stories that are a part of me and that I belong to."

Sierra Barber (she/her) is an Upper Mohawk / mixed-European artist from Port Dover, ON, registered at the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. Sierra completed an MFA in 2025 in the Painting and Drawing program at Concordia University in Tiohtiá:ke/ Montreal, QC. She graduated from OCAD University with a BFA in 2015, majoring in Sculpture and Installation with a minor in the Indigenous Visual Culture Program.

Her work has been shown in the annual Indigenous Art juried exhibition at the Woodland Cultural Centre, internationally in Aotearoa (New Zealand) at HOEA! Gallery and in the 7th edition of the Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA), Creation Stories, at Stewart Hall Art Gallery and the Rimouski Regional Museum. Her latest solo exhibition, Carrying Stories, was held at daphne, (Indigenous artist-run centre) in Montreal, QC.