Kablusiak Solo Exhibition on View in Vancouver
Kablusiak’s solo exhibition Double Feature is currently on view at the Contemporary Art Gallery (CAG), Vancouver, BC. In keeping with its title, the exhibition features two bodies of work in the form of two large-scale murals that use humour to reflect on the absurdities of the art world. In one, which appears on the facade of the CAG, Kablusiak adapts their signature doodle figures to spell out messages; the other is an offsite mural that features large-scale images of the artist’s ookpiks, wrapping the facade of Yaletown-Roundhouse Station. In November 2023, Kablusiak became the first Inuvialuk artist to win the Sobey Art Award and the third Inuk to win after Annie Pootoogook in 2006 and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory in 2021. Double Feature is on view until January 2025.
Group Exhibition on Female Perspectives in the Arctic to Open in Santa Fe
A group exhibition that focuses on female perspectives from the Arctic will open on August 16, 2024, at the Institute of American Indian Affairs (IAIA) Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) in Santa Fe. Curated by Iñupiaq and Athabaskan artist Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Common Thread: Female Perspectives from the Arctic brings together work by a number of circumpolar women artists. Through their work, the exhibition examines how the North constantly changes in the face of climate change and colonization. Among those featured is Taqralik Partridge, who was shortlisted for the 2024 Sobey Art Award in June. MoCNA is the only museum in the United States dedicated to exhibiting, collecting and interpreting work by contemporary Indigenous artists. It cares for over 9,500 works in its permanent collections. Once open, Common Thread will run until January 5, 2025.
Pia Arke Solo Exhibition Opens in Berlin
Arctic Hysteria, a solo exhibition featuring works by Kalaaleq and Danish artist Pia Arke (1958–2007) is now open at the KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, Germany. This marks the first time a solo show of Arke’s work has been exhibited outside of Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) and the Nordic countries. Arke, who was predominantly active in the arts in the late 1980s to the early 2000s, is best known for her photography, primarily her self-portraits and landscape photographs of Kalaallit Nunaat. Arctic Hysteria brings together a diverse assortment of Arke’s work that includes photography, sculpture, performance, writing and works on paper to shed light on narratives around colonial relations between Kalaallit Nunaat and Denmark. A publication featuring newly commissioned texts by contemporary feminist scholars will accompany the exhibition. Arctic Hysteria is on view until October 20, 2024.
Alaska Triennial Opens Submissions
Submissions to the 2025 Alaska Triennial (formerly Alaska Biennial) are now open to artists from across the state and region. Organized by the Anchorage Museum and formerly held every two years, the contemporary art event will operate every three years starting in 2025 to allow for longer exhibition runs and more opportunities for programming and outreach. The 2025 triennial will also be juried—a change from the non-juried iterations in 2020 and 2022. The deadline for submissions is 9:59 p.m. AKT on October 1, 2024. The triennial will run from February to September 2025.