Jeneen Frei Njootli is a contemporary Vuntut Gwich'in artist who works in performance, contemporary visual arts, and audio-visual technologies. Their work engages with culturally intimate materials that manifest in sculpture, regalia, performance and sound. They have gotten to work with many mentors and knowledge holders over the years in addition to holding an MFA from the University of British Columbia and a BFA from Emily Carr University.

Represented by Macaulay & Co. Fine Art in Vancouver, Frei Njootli’s work has been presented in many galleries, museums and artist-run centers around the world. Recent exhibitions include Jeneen Frei Njootli: The skies closed themselves when we averted our gaze, at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, Toronto, ON (2025), Indian Theatre: Native Art, Performance, and Self-Determination Since 1969 at the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK (2025), Makeshift Memorials, Small Revolutions at KADIST San Francisco (2024) Noise of the Flesh: Score for Gina Pane at the FRAC (Fonds régional d’art contemporain) France (2023), Indian Theatre, curated by Candice Hopkins at CCS BARD Hessel Museum, NY (2023), I don’t know you like that: The Bodywork of Hospitality at UB Art Galleries, Buf- falo (2023), Early Days: Indigenous Art at the McMichael at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection (2021), Soft Water Hard Stone an exhibition at the New Museum Triennial, New York (2021), Listen Up: Northern Soundscapes, Anchorage Museum (2021), Where Do We Go From Here? At the Vancouver Art Gallery (2021), Kunstverein Braunschweig in partnership with the Contemporary Art Gallery in Germany (2021); and the Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver (2018). Selection of group exhibitions, biennales, and conferences include The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (2019-2018); Vancouver Art Gallery (2018-2016); Anchorage Museum, Alaska (2020); and the Toronto Bienniale of Art (2020) among others.