OTAMI-ᐅᑕᒥ- is an independently owned Cree/Nêhiýawᐃᑘᐏᓇ graphic designᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᒪᓯᓃᐏᐣ studio based in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal with a focus on multilingual typography and visual identity designᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ ᒪᓯᓃᐏᐣ.

OTAMI-ᐅᑕᒥ- expressesᐃᑘᐏᐣ itself by exploring nature, visual culture, art, literature, philosophy, and the aesthetics of everyday lifeᐱᒫᑎᓯᐏᐣ.

We follow a contemporary approach but based in Cree/Nêhiýawᐃᑘᐏᓇ traditionsᐋᓂᐢᑯᑑᑕᒧᐏᐣ. We createᐅᓯᐦᒋᑫᐤ innovative, unconventional, meaningful, experimental and lasting visual concepts. We are extremely passionateᑭᑎᒫᑫᔨᒧᐏᐣ about strong typography-driven and graphic-based work, which is the main focusᓇᐦᐋᐸᐦᒋᑫᐏᐣ of our projects.

Collaboratingᐚᐦᑰᐦᑐᐏᐣ is our main way of working since collaborationsᐚᐦᑰᐦᑐᐏᐣ helpᓈᑕᒫᑫᐤ to build bridges between communitiesᐃᐦᑖᐏᐣ.

Sébastien AubinAllen's CruzSita Singh
OTAMI- 2023
Photos by Antoine Lussier

CURRENT MEMBERS
Sébastien Aubin - Creative Director
Allen’s Cruz - Lead Designer
Sita Singh - Designer
Michael Rattray - Administrator


COLLABORATIONS
Caroline Monnet
Jason Baerg
Jeffrey Gibson
Suzanne Kite
Amanda Strong
Raven Chacon
Tanya Lukin Linklater
Candice Hopkins
Sonny Assu
Jean Marshall


CLIENTS

AmazonAGOOffice National du Film du Canada.
National Film Board of Canada.AGAVFArt Gallery of Southwestern ManitobaagYUARPArsenal 
Art contemporain.
Contemporary Art.BACA (biennal d'art contemporain autochtone)Axe NeoBANFF Centre for Arts and CreativityDaphne Art GalleryContemporary CalgaryConcordia University PressISUMA tvMusée d'art MacKenzie.
MacKenzie Art Gallery. Kitchener-Waterloo Art GalleryRemain ModernMetaOcicciwanPlug In ICALes productions Terre InnueThunder Bay Art GalleryUniversity of Manitoba PressVancouver Art Gallery