Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Exhibition: Tukien (Awaken)

Tukien (Awaken)

Tukien (Awaken) maps an extended community of artists, creatives, activists and, leaders who defy simple and singular understandings of contemporary Indigenous life. The exhibition title Tukien a Mi’kmaw word meaning awaken, evokes a collective raising of consciousness.

Nelson White’s portrait paintings document and celebrate kin. Portraying prominent and accomplished Indigenous people with bright colours; a “Pop” style combined with traditional motifs; and lush brushwork, White’s very contemporary paintings undermine one-dimensional understandings of Mi’kmaq people and their lived realities.

Visit the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia’s website to learn more about the artist and take a virtual tour of exhibitions Tukien (Awaken) and Family Patterns.

Co-curated by: Pan Wendt and Matthew Hills

Traveling Exhibition circulated by the Confederation Centre for the Arts and Organized by the Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Grenfell Art Gallery, Memorial University of Newfoundland, with the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts, and ArtsNL.