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Zeegwon ShillingZeegwon Shilling is a 17 year old Anishnaabe (Wasauksing First Nation) actor and singer songwriter, who is just beginning to share his voice with the world. In 2019 Zeegwon made his television acting debut as a guest star on the second season of CBC’s The Coroner (One Drum). In November 2018 he was captured on camera singing Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah which went viral on Facebook garnering over 100,000 views in 3 days (600k+ in total). In 2023 Zee will appear in a lead role for the new series, Circuit Breaker, being produced by Apple TV.
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Since he was a small child Zeegwon has expressed his passion for music and performance and he has since expanded his musical expression to heart felt song-writing beyond his years, recently collaborating with Ishkode Records. In 2022, the singer IKSWE named Zeegwon an emerging protégé and he was awarded a Johanna Metcalf Prize which celebrates individuals who will play a pivotal role in defining the performing arts sector’s future.
Zeegwon has always expressed immense cultural pride and vision of his Anishinaabe identity admiring the many great Indigenous talents that have come before him, as well as the many art forms of his people. He is the great nephew of the renowned Ojibway painter Arthur Shilling, and has been nurtured by a family with a loving respect for artistic expression. Like the significance of his name: Zeegwon - his spirit signifies springtime, a time of renewal and rebirth, when the fast flowing waters of life offer a new cycle of living.
Zeegwon has always expressed immense cultural pride and vision of his Anishinaabe identity admiring the many great Indigenous talents that have come before him, as well as the many art forms of his people. He is the great nephew of the renowned Ojibway painter Arthur Shilling, and has been nurtured by a family with a loving respect for artistic expression. Like the significance of his name: Zeegwon - his spirit signifies springtime, a time of renewal and rebirth, when the fast flowing waters of life offer a new cycle of living.
