Showcasing the remarkable work of Gigaemi Kukwits, this exhibition includes a selection of his paintings, many from the last 20 years. Now in his seventh decade as an artist, Gigaemi has consistently sought to create compelling work that joins his
Indigenous heritage and experience with the artistic influences around him.

In 1966, he spent several months on a trip that took him across
Europe, stopping in London, Paris,Amsterdam, and Munich, where he viewed the art in such museums as the Tate, the
Louvre, and Rijksmuseum and made new works that he sold along the way. After spending two years at the Vancouver School of Art from 1967 to 1969, he concluded that his learning would be more productive if he returned home. Ensuing travels and time spent in Morocco, Thailand, Indonesia, and the American desert in Arizona, among other places, furthered his sense of creative curiosity and experimentation. The subjects of Gigaemis paintings range from narrative to symbolic, to purely formal play, all unified by his intention to explore.

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