Vanny

Vanny is a multidisciplinary two-spirit artist and game developer, whose practice engages with questions of sustaining knowledge and carrying traditions forward, while also experimenting with new media. Focused on Anishinaabe video game development, their research sits at the cross-section of Indigenous futurism and Algonquian linguistics. Vanny’s work also draws visual inspiration from their beadwork and weaving practices. orange pekoe earned the New Artist in Digital and Interactive Award at imagineNATIVE festival (2025), the world’s largest presenter of Indigenous screen content. Vanny works as the Skins Coordinator at Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC) teaching Indigenous youth how to adapt stories from their community into experimental digital media, such as video games.