An opening reception for UBCO’s next exhibit as part of the Indigenous Art Intensive takes place May 28. Art work by Peter Morin as part of his work called For Grandma Louise.
What: Exhibition opening, produced by the Troublemakers, UBC Okanagan Gallery and the Indigenous Art Intensive
Who: Artists Peter Morin, Nicole Neidhardt, Justine Woods
Opening reception: Wednesday, May 28, 4 to 6 pm
Exhibition dates: Monday, May 26 to Tuesday, August 19, open daily from 10 am to 4 pm
Where: FINA Gallery, Creative and Critical Studies Building, 1148 Research Road, UBC Okanagan
UBC Okanagan Gallery, in collaboration with the Indigenous Art Intensive, is hosting an innovative new exhibition. Troubling Times: Traces, Portals and Groundings opens on Monday, May 26 and runs until August 19. The exhibition highlights works from The Troublemakers art collective.
The Troublemakers consists of Peter Morin, Justine Woods and Nicole Neidhardt and traces ancestral lines in skin, fabric and light which are captured with digital devices to reflect distinct experiences with family, heritage and the passing of time.
The exhibition features photography, a three channel video installation and sculptural artworks that reflect the knowledge shared between people and territories, explains UBCO’s Tania Willard, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies and the Indigenous Art Intensive Program Director.
“In our current troubling times the exhibition acts as a disruption to time itself, asking the viewer to pause and examine their relationship to the lands and ecologies around us,” Willard adds. “The exhibition seeks to challenge the static space through creative practices that extend the gallery to imaginative and real places outside the gallery walls.”
Troublemakers:
Peter Morin is a grandson of Tahltan Ancestor Artists. Initially trained in lithography, Morin’s artistic practice moves from printmaking to poetry to beadwork to installation to drum making and performance art. Morin’s artistic offerings can be organized around four themes that articulate land/knowing, Indigenous grief/loss, community knowing, and understanding the creative agency and power of the Indigenous body.
Nicole Neidhardt is a Diné (Navajo) multi-disciplinary artist and award-winning illustrator who grew up in Tewa territory (Santa Fe, New Mexico). Her Diné identity is the heart of her practice which encompasses illustration, installation and Indigenous futurisms.
Justine Woods is a garment artist, creative scholar and educator with a focus on fashion and material culture, arts-based methodologies, performance embodiment and research-creation.
The exhibition is part of UBCO’s Indigenous Art Intensive, a month-long series that hosts leading Indigenous artists and scholars along with weekly events. All activities are free and open to the public and include talks, art-making workshops, performances and additional events.
Troubling Times: Traces, Portals and Groundings opens on Monday, May 26 and runs until Tuesday, August 19. Peter Morin will offer a durational performance that is open to the public on Tuesday, May 27 from 11 am to 4 pm.
An opening reception takes place on Wednesday, May 28 from 4 to 6 pm. The exhibition and reception are both free and open to the public. The exhibition is supported by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
More information can be found at: blogs.ubc.ca/indigenousintensive/exhibitions
