Robert Houle RCA (born 1947) is a Saulteaux First Nations Canadian artist, curator, critic,[1] and educator.

Houle often appropriates historical photographs and texts, repurposing and combining them with Anishnaabe language and traditionally used materials such as porcupine quills within his works.

After graduating, he augmented his art training by attending the Salzburg International Summer Academy focusing on painting and drawing.

His work at the CMC consisted of researching and writing about the pre-existing collection, as well as advocating for new acquisitions and developing his own practice.

[4] However, the inhospitable, often irresponsible culture at museum began to take its toll, and after three years, Houle resigned, later stating: I realized that artistically and aesthetically I was in hostile territory.

There was no place to exhibit the contemporary works I bought for the museum, and I just could not accept that, as a practising artist, what I made had to be relegated to the realm of anthropology.