Co.Lab Gallery presents

SHELBY GAGNON

BISKAABIIYANG | RETURNING TO OURSELVES

OPENING FRIDAY FEBRUARY 16TH, 2024, 7-10 PM.

EXHIBITION CLOSES MARCH 4TH, 2024.

ARTIST TALK | 7:30pm

Shelby Gagnon examines time as the past, present, and future flowing together like a river. To honour the resilience of the Indigenous worldview, she uses her practice to navigate, connect, and inspire both as an artist and collectively through community. Shelby’s reciprocal and relational way of being in the world is a way to heal mind, body, and spirit against systemic colonial violence.

Shelby is an Anishinaabe/Cree artist from Aroland First Nation of the wolf clan. She is an arts educator, hide tanner, muralist, and advocate for the lands and waters. Through involvement with community-engaged organizations and projects, she uses multi-disciplinary mediums to express and share her holistic feelings focused on land, water and all the spirits that call it their home.