“Drawing from Indigenous history, contemporary culture, and spirituality, this exhibition celebrates the career of Vancouver-based artist Dana Claxton, winner of the 2020 Scotiabank Photography Award. A Hunkpapa Lakota photographer and filmmaker, Claxton examines stereotypes and representations of Indigenous peoples in popular culture. This selection of artworks confronts issues of colonialist appropriation and commodification through an wide-ranging exploration of the artist’s family and community in the Great Plains, Saskatchewan.”
2020 Scotiabank Photography Award
Exhibited in 2021
"Defiance 1 (Rezthetics for Skeena", 2021
"Defiance 2", 2021
Installation view of "Defiance 1 (Rezthetics for Skeena)", "Defiance 2", and "Study for a Protest 2" at The Image Center, Toronto ON, 2021.
"Study for a Protest", 2021
"Manhattan: Black Fringe 1", 2015 - 2021
"Manhattan: Black Fringe 2", 2015 - 2021
"Cigar Store Indian", 1994 - 2021
"Cabri Lake BW Panorama", 2000 - 2021
Installation view of "Cabri Lake BW Panorama", "Stones 1", "Stones 2", and "Stones 3" at The Image Center, Toronto ON, 2021.
"Stones 1", 2000 - 2021
"Stones 2", 2000 - 2021
"Stones 3", 2000 - 2021
"Manhattan: Fringe 1", 2015 - 2021
"Manhattan: Fringe 2", 2015 - 2021
Installation view of "Ayuta Najin Ktewin – Kills the Enemy Who Stood Standing – Her Moccasins (my great grandmother)", "Manhattan: Fringe 1", and "Manhattan: Fringe 2" at The Image Center, Toronto ON, 2021.
"Ayuta Najin Ktewin – Kills the Enemy Who Stood Standing – Her Moccasins (my great grandmother)", 1993 - 2021
"Sauvage au Musée 1", 1994 - 2021
"Sauvage au Musée 2", 1994 - 2021
Installation view of "Sundancers' Gaze 1" at The Image Center, Toronto ON, 2021.
"Sundancers' Gaze 1", 2021
"Cabri Lake 1", 1995 - 2021
"Cabri Lake 2", 1995 - 2021
"Cabri Lake 3", 1995 - 2021
Installation view of "Cabri Lake 1", "Cabri Lake 2", and "Cabri Lake 3" at The Image Center, Toronto ON, 2021.
Installation view of "Woodmountain Moccasins 1", "Manhattan: Fringe 1", and "Manhattan: Fringe 2" at The Image Center, Toronto ON, 2021.