Jane Ash Poitras | Landscapes of Indigeneity

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Jane Ash Poitras, "All Children Are Sacred"

mixed media on canvas, 24 x 36 Inches. Courtesy of the Gallery.

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 22, Artist in attendance from 2 - 4 PM

"My art is speaking to generations yet to come. As an artist, I am reclaiming kinship and memory; reassembly, and we, as artists, are the cultural bearers of today and tomorrow. The reuse of historical photographic in my work is a metaphor speaking to future generations. The new generation today is the future for tomorrow.”

                                                                                                         -Jane Ash Poitras

Over her long, productive and acclaimed career, Jane Ash Poitras has taken viewers of her work down many different paths of discovery reflecting her own journeys in search of knowledge, inspiration and spiritual revelation.

In the process her works have explored a wide range of topics ranging from Aboriginal history, culture and politics; the influence of plants on indigenous cultures; the impact and influence of significant historical and contemporary high profile individuals. In all of her works she has been the storyteller, combining disparate idea and images to create works that express new ways of looking at the world.

She continues that storytelling in this exciting body of new work, focussing on, but not limited to, some of the most iconic and influential people in both the historical and modern worlds. Each work tells a story, sometimes obvious, sometimes obscure, expressing her unique perception of her world and the issues, elements and people that define it.  What she is doing visually is to honour and continue the storytelling tradition of her ancestors.