Art Gallery Opening Reception

Date: Jun 16
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Where: Level 3 Atrium
Opening Reception

You are invited to join us for a free public art gallery opening reception!

The exhibition Nicholas Aiden: Otherside, is the artist’s empowered reimagining of an experience of personal alienation, transforming a public space into a queer interior. Under the familiar glow of lampshades-as-mushrooms lie personally sacred objects and items of the artist’s clothing transforming the shambolic scene of the fairy dance into an intimate, inviting place. This is a metaphor for joyful rebellion, a safe space for queer expression where we can experience a deeper sense of ourselves and our common humanity.

Double Vision: Jessie Oonark, Janet Kigusiuq, Victoria Mamnguqsualuk profiles three groundbreaking artists from Nunavut—Jessie Oonark (1906-1985) and her daughters, Janet Kigusiuq (1926-2005) and Victoria Mamnguqsualuk (1930-2016). It looks at the matriarchal practice of Oonark and her daughters, and how women artists in Qamani`tuaq mentored one another in producing unique aesthetic and conceptual lineages.

There will be refreshments and a cash bar 19+. Admission to the Art Gallery exhibitions will be free during the event.

See more about the artists here:

Nicholas Aiden: Otherside | The Rooms 

Double Vision: Jessie Oonark, Janet Kigusiuq, Victoria Mamnguqsualuk | The Rooms

Image: Detail of Otherside (2023). Mixed media installation. Collection of the artist. Image: Nicholas Aiden.