FOIRE | CONDUCTOR
C’est parti, la foire est maintenant ouverte au public!
Cette semaine, rendez-vous au kiosque B6, où nous présentons de nouvelles œuvres de Renée Condo, Caroline Monnet, Nadia Myre et Nico Williams.
Heures de la foire :
Jeudi 30 avril : 11 h à 19 h
Vendredi 1er mai : 11 h à 19 h
Samedi 2 mai : 11 h à 19 h
Dimanche 3 mai : 11 h à 17 h
📍Powerhouse Arts, 322 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY
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ART FAIR | CONDUCTOR
Let’s go, the fair is now open to the public!
This week, visit us at Booth B6, where we are presenting new works by Renée Condo, Caroline Monnet, Nadia Myre, and Nico Williams.
Fair Hours:
Thursday, April 30: 11am–7pm
Friday, May 1: 11am–7pm
Saturday, May 2: 11am–7pm
Sunday, May 3: 11am–5pm
📍Powerhouse Arts, 322 3rd Ave, Brooklyn, NY
The exhibition Le Cadeau is presented by Écart from April 23 to June 14, 2026. It features a beaded eagle staff from the Great Lakes region, along with newly created tin can cedar rattles produced during the residency, each with original hand-beaded labels by Williams. The exhibition also includes beaded medallions by Stevi Riley and sweetgrass quill baskets by Burl Tooshkenig.
The works speak to ongoing histories of displacement while celebrating contemporary Anishinaabek/Neshnabék artistic practices (mamazinibii’igewein).
A performance at the opening will feature a tribute to the Water Song, shared with the Anishinaabe community by Darren Day. It was first sung to Nico by Giiwedinanong Giizis, and later retaught by his cousin Sarah, alongside Aamjiwnaang community member Ashley Stone.
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L’exposition Le Cadeau est présentée par Écart du 23 avril au 14 juin 2026. Elle comprend un bâton d’aigle perlé de la région des Grands Lacs, ainsi que de nouveaux hochets en canettes et cèdre réalisés durant la résidence, chacun portant une étiquette perlée faite à la main par Williams. L’exposition comprend également des médaillons perlés de Stevi Riley et des paniers en piquants de porc-épic et foin d’odeur de Burl Tooshkenig.
Les œuvres évoquent les histoires continues de déplacement tout en célébrant les pratiques artistiques contemporaines anishinaabek/neshnabék (mamazinibii’igewein).
Une performance lors du vernissage présentera un hommage au chant de l’eau, partagé avec la communauté anishinaabe par Darren Day. Il a d’abord été chanté à Nico par Giiwedinanong Giizis, puis réenseigné par sa cousine Sarah, aux côtés de la membre de la communauté d’Aamjiwnaang, Ashley Stone.
#LeCadeau
#AnishinaabeArt
#Beadwork
#ContemporaryIndigenousArt
#Mamazinibiiigewein
Sobey Art Award–winning artist Nico Williams takes us through his favorite works at Plural 2026.
We gave him a lucky draw budget.
Let’s see if his taste fits it.
Watch till the end.
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#pinknetstudio #Plural2026 #nicowilliams
Woof! (Dog Collar for Pilote / Collier pour Pilote — Raphaël-Lambert Closse), 2026
First beaded release of 2026—marking a new chapter for our studio work engaging the 355-year history of @hudsonsbay
With thanks to Anie D. for sharing the story of Pilote!!! 🐕memorialized at Place d’Armes with Raphaël-Lambert Closse.
Bred to hunt Indigenous people, that history remains embedded in this work—holding the complexity of Québec and Canada.
Available tonight with @blouindivision at @foireplural
Première œuvre perlée de 2026—marquant un nouveau chapitre pour notre studio, issu d’un travail soutenu autour des 355 ans d’histoire de HBC.
Merci à Anie D. d’avoir partagé l’histoire de Pilote—commémoré à la Place d’Armes aux côtés de Raphaël-Lambert Closse.
Élevé pour traquer les peuples autochtones, ce passé demeure ancré dans cette œuvre—portant la complexité du Québec et du Canada.
Disponible ce soir avec @blouindivision .
WOOF
11/0 Japanese glass
cylinder beads,
polyethylene thread;
Hudson Bay Company
dog collar components/composantes de collier de chien de la Compagnie de la Baie d’Hudson. Image: Paul Litherland.
Nadia's Ticket, 2025, 11/0 Japanese Glass Cylinder Beads, thermally-fused/braided polyethylene thread, 3” x 6”. Photo credit: Paul Litherland. Courtesy of Nico Williams Studio
The Hudson’s Bay Company was never just blankets. It shut down last year.
My heart broke when I learned that during a war between nations, a handkerchief infected with smallpox was thrown into an Indigenous community, devastating an entire nation.
These Nish motifs existed long before factories printed them—preserved in a book called Ojibwe Crafts.
This work is from the exhibition Bingo, which begins its tour across the country in Fall 2026.Woven using handmade Murano glass beads.
Miigwechiwendan
Ioana Dragomir, Virginie Fillion-Fecteau, Samwell Guertin, Christy Kunitzky, Emlyne Marchand, Caroline Moiny, Laurel H. Rennie. I am immensely grateful for work on the beaded Chi-miigwetch!
Special thanks goes out to Michelle LaVallee from National Gallery @natgallerycan for showing me where the Beads are located is in Venice!
Shout outs to Daniel Fiset, the curator of this monumental exhibition, and to @phi.officiel PHI’s administrative, technical, and gallery staff. Who are sending this work on tour.
Photo credit: Paul Litherland
Image courtesy of Nico Williams Studio, 2026
It's the last week to see 𝘓𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴: 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘰 at Union Gallery! Come by Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-4:30pm (late hours til 8pm on Wednesday) to experience this phenomenal exhibition by Visiting Artist Nico Williams (@odehmin ) + Mishomis Uncollection.
𝘓𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 and its related programming are made possible through the generous support of the George Taylor Richardson Memorial Fund and the Inclusive Community Fund at Queen's University.
Photos courtesy of Shanique Peart (@thecandidcreative.co )
Images:
1. Exhibition view of 𝘓𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 central display case; in the foreground, Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang First Nation), 𝘉𝘶𝘺 𝘉𝘈𝘊𝘒 mat.
2. Artist once known, quillwork box.
3. Maggie Thompson (Fond du Lac Ojibwe), 𝘍𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
4. Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang First Nation), 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵 𝘗𝘪𝘭𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮 𝘷𝘴. 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘤𝘩 2025.
𝘓𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴: 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘥𝘰𝘰 (@odehmin ) has been here for one month, and we've been touched by the response from gallery visitors ❤️
𝘓𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 presents ancestral beadwork, baskets, quillwork, and bandolier bags—many once lost or displaced—that are treated not as objects but as living relations carrying memory, kinship, and responsibility. Anchored by Nico Williams’ Mishomis Uncollection—a project about giving back and taking back—the exhibition reclaims practices of exchange, resists erasure, and transforms Union Gallery into a space of community and reciprocity.
The exhibition will be on display through Saturday, December 13, 2025, and is open to the public. Union Gallery is located on the first floor of Stauffer Library, and admission is always free ✨
𝘓𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 and its programming have been made possible through the generous support of the George Taylor Richardson Memorial Fund and the Inclusive Community Fund at Queen's University.
Photos courtesy of Shanique Peart (@thecandidcreative.co )
Image 1: Spencer Lunham Jr. (Chippewas of Kettle & Stony Point First Nation), Traditional black ash basket with a flat bottom lid with fencing, Strawberry fancy basket, and Cauldron fancy basket.
Image 2: Wayne Robinson (Biigtigong Nishnaabeg), 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬. Cedar Eve (Saugeen First Nation), 𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘯 𝘍𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. Natalie Pelletier/Nenookaasi (Missanabie Cree First Nation), 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴.
Image 3: View from above of multiple works in a glass display case, including Nico Williams (Aamjiwnaang First Nation), 𝘚𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 1998, and once-known artist, quillwork box.
It’s the final week to view our current exhibition, P/RESERVE: Audie Murray & Nico Williams.
P/RESERVE features two of Williams’ celebrated shopping bag sculptures representing two generations of Walmart designs. Venus de Walmart (2025) replicates the megacorporation’s most recent reusable bag design, incorporating 24k gold lined glass beads and floral designs archived from an early Ojibwe bandolier bag in the artist’s personal collection. The title of one of Williams’ earliest bags, Aaniin (2022), is a greeting in Anishinaabemowin, which the artist has included along the bag’s side in Saskatchewan Plains Cree. Dollar signs pattern this beaded copy of the ubiquitous light blue plastic bag featuring the Walmart’s now-vintage Roll Back yellow smiley face. Aaniin is filled with porcupine quills – an homage to grandmothers who gather quills, and a wider acknowledgment of the importance of quills throughout trade histories, from exploitative trade for land to reciprocal, intertribal gift economies.
Read more about the exhibition at the link in our bio.
Images: Venus de Walmart, photo by Rik Sferra. Aaniin, photo by Don Hall, courtesy of the MacKenzie Art Gallery.
We understand that the Tkaronto art fair was a success, with key pieces finding new custodians. It todays news.... nico williams studio would like to say Salut Kingston ! "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Switch (2025)" was completed this morning, on schedule for its inclusion in tomorrow's "LOAN STARS" exhibition at The Union Gallery, which will feature 20 distinguished indigenous artists from across Turtle Island.
Happy reading week! The gallery is now closed for deinstall, but we have something big around the corner 💸💫💲💍✨
Union Gallery is excited to announce our Fall 2025 visiting artist, Nico Williams! Through 𝘓𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴, the Main Space will be transformed into an homage to pawn shops, featuring breathtaking beadwork sculptures and more by Williams and friends.
Exhibition: October 28–December 13, 2025
Opening reception: Saturday, October 25, 5pm (all are welcome)
Nico will be teaching a beading workshop alongside local artist Taylor Tye of @jackpine.designs at @kingston_native_centre on Wednesday, October 22, at 6pm! Email [email protected] to sign up.
Nico will also give a public talk for the Queen's BFA program on Thursday, October 23, 4:30pm, in Dunning Hall, rm. 12. Open to all!
Learn more about 𝘓𝘰𝘢𝘯 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 at uniongallery.ca ✨
This exhibition is supported by the George Taylor Richardson Memorial Fund.
Nico Williams, 𝘚𝘮𝘰𝘬𝘦 𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 (1998), 2024. Glass beads, original VHS tape and thread. Photo by Paul Litherland, courtesy of the artist.
