Pop-Up Exhibition with Indigenous Knowledge Holder: Owisokon Lahache

Join the Indigenous Studies and Community Engagement Initiative (ISCEI) and the Indigenous Studies Program for a Pop-Up Exhibition with their 2023 Knowledge Holder, Owisokon Lahache

Where: Arts Council Room (Arts 160)

When: Friday, March 24th, 2023, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Artist bio:

Owisokon Lahache is a Haudenosaunee Mohawk Artist & Matriarch of the Turtle Clan, living in Kahnawake. Her first passion is painting, believing that art can speak volumes and that telling our own stories is important for our children and for other Peoples to gain a better understanding of who we are, about what makes our Spirits sing.

Owisokon has been fortunate to learn Haudenosaunee stories, which are gems that have been passed on through the generations. She loves the spiritual symbolism and personal significance that highlight the complexity of our deeply cultural stories and other aspects of Iroquois life. She believes it is important to visually record these for the future generations to learn from, to examine and celebrate.

Since 1987, Owisokon's works have sold to clients from Brazil, China, Germany, Mexico, France, Belgium, Peru, Italy and across Canada & the USA. Her work has won awards by jury including 'Best in Show' and 'People's Choice Award' on both the national and international art scenes and recently exhibited at la Biennale di Venezia in Verona Italy; Imago Mundi, and BACA Biennial in Montreal. Recent Commissions include two 1% contract art awards and painting art performances for Deloitte, Indigenous Tourism and Business Celebration Gala, and Kruger Energy.