Kokum; Vancouver showing, 2022.

~A reconstructed installation of Kokum for group exhibition, Related, at Libby Leshgold Gallery, Vancouver, BC.~

Related; Namaakii Bee Bear Hat, Gabi Dao, Terrance Houle & Neko Wong-Houle, Zinnia Naqvi, March 3 - April 24, 2022.

—Excerpt from curator Lyndsay Pomerantz— “When considering family and ancestry, we place ourselves in a group, partnership, or as part of a long line. In a society that values individualism, how do we stress the importance of maintaining this interconnectedness? How can we ensure that relationships are built, rather than severed, through the accumulated separations of distance and time?

Inheritance is a common thread throughout Related. The objects, stories, skills, and traits we inherit from our ancestors range from physical appearances and second hand items to anecdotes passed down from the generations before us. The artists all look to a variety of materials including archival family photographs, cooking tools, shared activities, and memoirs to recount the ways in which they are linked to their ancestors.”