Featuring over 20 artists, including some newly commissioned pieces, Naadohbii: To Draw Water is tri-national, sharing interdisciplinary artwork from Turtle Island, Australia, and Aotearoa (New Zealand). This exhibition illustrates an axis of solidarity between Indigenous nations across the globe around environmental, political, and cultural traditions and interconnected relationships to water.
The artists are William Noah, Jessie Oonark, Christi Belcourt, Rebecca Belmore, Lindsay Dawn Dobbin, Maria Hupfield, Marianne Nicolson, Onaman Collective (Christi Belcourt and Isaac Murdoch), Dr. Vicki Couzens, Ishmael Marika, James Tylor, Elisa Jane Carmichael, Nici Cumpston, Regina Pilawuk Wilson, Rex Greeno, Israel Birch, Nikau Hindin, Jeremy Leatinu’u, Nova Paul, Rachael Rakena, Keri Whaitiri.
The exhibition is a curatorial partnership project between Museums Victoria, Pātaka Art + Museum and Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG-Qaumajuq).
Naadohbii: To Draw Water is curated by Jaimie Isaac, Chief Curator Art Gallery Greater Victoria, Canada (formally Winnipeg Art Gallery curator of Indigenous & Contemporary Art), Kimberley Moulton, Senior Curator South Eastern Aboriginal Collections, Museums Victoria, Australia. Ioana Gordon-Smith, Curator (formally curator at Pātaka Art + Museum), and Reuben Friend, General Manager Community and Partnerships Porirua City Council (formally Director Pātaka Art + Museum).
VENUES AND DATES:
- Winnipeg Art Gallery (CAN): 14 Aug 2021 – 5 Feb 2022
- Melbourne Museum, Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre (AUS): 23 Sep 2022 – 26 March 2023
SOURCES: Winnipeg Art Gallery and Museums Victoria.