The first retrospective exhibition of the multi-media work of Mohawk
artist Shelley Niro
OTTAWA, Wednesday, June 19, 2024 - The National Gallery of Canada (NGC) presents Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch, the first retrospective exhibition of the multi-media work of Mohawk artist Shelley Niro. Opening at 5 p.m. EDT on June 20, the eve of National Indigenous Peoples Day, the exhibition will run until August 25, 2024.
Spanning four decades of photography, film, painting, installation, sculpture and mixed media, this major exhibition features more than 70 works, some in series-totalling 136 pieces-from public and private collections across Canada and the US. It also includes close to 20 artworks from the National Gallery of Canada’s collection. Shelley Niro: 500 Year Itch is organized and
circulated by the Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH) with the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) and with curatorial support from the National Gallery of Canada.
Major support for this project is provided by the Canada Council for the Arts and Terra Foundation for American Art. The exhibition is making its third stop at the National Gallery of Canada, after it was presented at the NMAI in New York last year and at the AGH this winter and spring.