
Recent Acquisitions
Contemporary Indigenous Artists at AGG
Artists: KC Adams, Shuvinai Ashoona, Sonny Assu, Michael Belmore, Tarralik Duffy, Maria Hupfield, Ikseetaujuk, Jason Lujan, Norval Morrisseau, Native Art Department International, Pudlo Pudlat, Don Russell, Padloo Samayualie, Jutai Toonoo
Highlighting new acquisitions that enrich the Art Gallery of Guelph’s collection and deepen the communities it represents, this exhibition features works by First Nations, Métis, and Inuit artists that bridge innovation and tradition. Together, these pieces offer a profound reflection of this cultural moment, emphasizing intergenerational dialogue and storytelling. Firmly rooted in relationality, the artworks embody practices shaped with and through the land, reflecting the enduring connections to place and environment central to Indigenous ways of knowing. Diverse in materials, techniques, and narratives, they collectively nurture reciprocal relationships that sustain and shape cultures and communities as inclusive, dynamic, and evolving.
Image detail: Shuvinai Ashoona, Inside the Mountain, 2020-2021, hand-coloured lithograph. Purchase, 2023. Art Gallery of Guelph Collection



This program is presented with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.
Artists
KC Adams
Shuvinai Ashoona
Sonny Assu
Michael Belmore
Tarralik Duffy
Maria Hupfield
Ikseetaujuk
Jason Lujan
Norval Morrisseau
Native Art Department International
Pudlo Pudlat
Don Russell
Padloo Samayualie
Jutai Toonoo
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