ElizaBeth Hill

ElizaBeth Hill is an interdisciplinary Mohawk artist from Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Canada — a singer-songwriter who built her craft through years of Nashville songwriting. She learned to compose in her Mohawk language and continues to advocate for endangered Indigenous languages.

Her album productions working with Robert Doidge (Gordon Lightfoot, Bruce Cockburn) gained multiple nominations in the Canadian Juno Awards and Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards including a timeless duet with legendary American songwriter John Hiatt.

In the late nineties ElizaBeth began scoring music for independent Indigenous filmmaker Shelley Niro (The Shirt, Kissed by Lightning, The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw, Cafe Daughter) going on to create for Michelle Derosier (Grandfather Drum, Audrey's Story). Her most recent musical contribution to film is Love Will See It Through, a documentary film by Zoe Gordon and Michelle Derosier is scheduled to release this summer.

Over the years her numerous television appearances, concert performances, workshops and constant involvement in Native North American community building through the arts is a testament to ElizaBeth's versatility. Using both music and visual arts, ElizaBeth has spent many years in social development within First Nations communities working to inspire youth arts and creativity.

Her art is often celebratory, humorous, and sometimes questioning as she challenges contemporary and historical viewpoints. She often conceptualizes thoughts and ideas through combinations of mixed media as easily as she does with words and music.

Incorporating her ideas of sound design, Indigenous performance and professional singing she created "Breath, Body and Voice" — a practice that assists performance artists in strengthening vocal and artistic skill regardless of the genre or type of performance art.

ElizaBeth is a member of the Thunder Bay arts collective Mindful Makers, dedicated to supporting mental health awareness. She is also a Co-founder of the Iroquois Arts Collective along with Shelley Niro, developing collaborative world projects with other Indigenous artists such as the Ainu, Akamba, and Rapa Nui. Iroquois Arts Collective is currently working on a screenwriting project with television screenwriter Jordan Wheeler and filmmaker Darlene Naponse.

Her interdisciplinary work ranging from music and sound to photography and fiction is regarded as introspective, provocative and humorous. ElizaBeth continues to explore and create new work, and is currently working on multiple projects in music, visual art, literature and film.