Kapwani Kiwanga
Kapwani Kiwanga
Sunlight by Fireside: The Ash Annals
Solo exhibition curated by Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre and Kristy Trinier
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge
Jun 23 – Sep 8, 2019

“The complex issues of current and historical colonization processes are at the core of Kapwani Kiwanga’s artistic practice. Kiwanga, who studied anthropology and comparative religion at McGill University, continues this querying of decolonial gestures with her exhibition Sunlight by Fireside: The Ash Annals.

As part of Sunlight by Fireside: The Ash Annals, Kiwanga chose to create opportunities for dialogue and sharing, inviting viewers to engage with her installation by handling the works in the gallery. By digging a hole on the grounds of the SAAG and moving the displaced soil into the gallery, Kiwanga asks visitors to repatriate the dirt, one bucket at a time.
The ultimate aim of Kiwanga’s work is to help people reflect on the colonial experience as a whole, to explore the gesture of giving and returning in contrast to the dominant learned gesture of taking and seizing. Through the use of materials such as soil, ceramics, cloth, and light and shade, the artist addresses economic and social issues in relation to colonial acts of extraction and the exploitation of natural resources.”
Kapwani Kiwanga
Seeds: Containers of a World to Come
Group exhibition curated by Meredith Malone & Svea Braeunert
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint-Louis
Feb 21 – Jul 28, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
Inner Spirits and Outer Landscapes
Group exhibition curated by Mistura Allison
Hangar Center for Artistic Research, Lisbon
Nov 22, 2024 – Jan 11, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
BIO – The Biennial of Design in Ljubljana, Double Agent
Group exhibition curated by Alexandra Midal
Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana
Nov 21, 2024 – Apr 6, 2025
Kapwani Kiwanga
DANCING WITH ALL: The Ecology of Empathy
Group exhibition curated by Yuko Hasegawa
21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa
Nov 2, 2024 – Mar 16, 2025