[BCMA] Kamloops Art Gallery Media Release | ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᒃ Double Vision exhibition opens January 20

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MEDIA RELEASE

For immediate release from
Kamloops Art Gallery
January 10, 2024

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Jessie Oonark, (Qamani’tuaq [Baker Lake], 1906–1985) Untitled, c. 1972–1973, wool felt on wool duffle
129.5 x 85 cm, Government of Nunavut, Fine Art Collection On long-term loan to the Winnipeg Art Gallery, 2.76.2


Jessie Oonark, Janet Kigusiuq, and Victoria Mamnguqsualuk
ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᒃ Double Vision

January 20 to April 6, 2024
Central Gallery, Kamloops Art Gallery
Jessie Oonark Redefined Inuit Textile Making at Age 59: View the Artistic Legacy of Oonark and Her Daughters at the Kamloops Art Gallery

The exhibition ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᒃ Double Vision is centred on the Inuit textile works of Jessie Oonark (1906-1985) and two of her daughters, Janet Kigusiuq and Victoria Mamnguqsualuk. Despite only beginning her practice once moving to Qamani’tuaq (Baker Laker, Nunavut) at age 59, Oonark became one of the most influential Inuit textile makers. Her family’s distinctly matriarchal practice centers on the dynamics and interrelationships between people, animals, and the spiritual world. Visitors to the Central Gallery are greeted by the bright colours of nivinngajuliaat (wall hangings) and a complementary exhibition from the Gallery’s collection, Sleeping in Skins: Life in Inuit Nunangat, which features a selection of prints and one beaded front-piece by Inuit artists.

Read the full ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᔪᒻᒪᕆᒃ Double Vision<https://kag.bc.ca/all-exhibitions/double-vision> and Sleeping in Skins: Life in Inuit Nunangat<https://kag.bc.ca/all-exhibitions/double-vision-adfaj> exhibition texts.

Media Information
Charo Neville, Curator
250.377.2410
cneville at kag.bc.ca<mailto:cneville at kag.bc.ca>

About the Kamloops Art Gallery

The Kamloops Art Gallery, established in 1978, is located in Tk̓emlupsemcúlecw, the traditional and unceded lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. The largest art gallery in Secwepemcúl̓ecw (the Interior of British Columbia), the Gallery offers national caliber art experiences through a diverse range of accessible and affordable exhibitions, talks, tours, and studio-based programming for all ages and abilities, and boasts a collection of over 3,000 works of art.


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KAMLOOPS ART GALLERY
101 – 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC  V2C 2A9
250.377.2400  |  www.kag.bc.ca<http://www.kag.bc.ca/>


The Kamloops Art Gallery is situated on the traditional unceded lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc within Secwepemcúl’ecw; the traditional territory of the Secwépemc people.

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