Rejoignez-nous Thursday, November 28, 2024, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm for an intimate evening with artists Nico Williams and Hannah Claus as they discuss their work featured in Radical Stitch and share what this exhibition has meant to them as creators. In this preview, Nico and Hannah will explore themes central to their artistic practice, including humour, relationality, family, and materiality. Through storytelling and conversation, they will reflect on how beadwork connects with their personal histories, cultural identity, and evolving artistic journeys. This event offers a unique opportunity to engage with the artists before the official opening and gain insight into the narratives behind their captivating works.
This event is free and is located in the RBC room. Please enter through the Education Centre doors.
Nico Williams lives and works in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal, Canada. Nico Williams is a member of Aamjiwnaang First Nation (Anishinaabe). He has a multidisciplinary, often collaborative practice that is centered around sculptural beadwork. In 2021, he was awarded the prestigious Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art. He has recently exhibited at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (2021), Young Elder, James Fuentes (2023), PHI Foundation (2023), and the recent group exhibition, Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969, at the Hessel Museum of Art (2023).
Photo of Nico Williams by Marco Campanozzi, La Presse.
Hannah Claus is a visual artist of Kanien’kehá:ka | English heritage who utilizes material and sensorial relationships to express Kanien’kehá:ka ways of knowing and understanding. Recipient of the Eiteljorg Fellowship (2019) and the Prix Giverny (2020), recent group exhibitions include Contextile: Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art (Guimarães, Portugual), Outside the Box (Iroquois Museum, Howes Cave NY) and the North American touring exhibition, Radical Stitch. Her solo exhibition, tsi iotnekahtentiónhatie [where the waters flow] is currently on view at the Centre Yvonne Bombardier (Valcourt, Québec). Her artwork belongs to various public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, among others. Claus served as a board member of the Indigenous Curatorial Collective (2013-2018), the Conseil des arts de Montréal (2017-2023) and is a co-founder Quebec’s first Indigenous-led artist-run centre, daphne (2019-ongoing). She an Associate Professor in the Studio Arts Department at Concordia University in Tiohtià:ke | Montreal where she holds a research chair in Onkehonwené:ha, and is co-director of the Indigenous Futures Research Centre. Claus is a member of the Kanien’kehá:ka community Kenhtè:ke | Tyendinaga Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte.
Photo credits: Photo of Hannah Claus by Elias Touil
