Sonny Assu: Confluence | Jinny Yu: The world is burning and I am painting
Fall 2025 – Winter 2026 at Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina
Sonny Assu, Deja Q, acrylic and abalone shell buttons on panel, 2024.
Sonny Assu: Confluence
September 27, 2025 – January 6, 2026
Dunlop Art Gallery (Central Library)
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Curated by Wendy Peart
Sonny Assu is a member of the Ligwiłda’xw people of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nations on Vancouver Island. This exhibition, called Confluence, brings together several bodies of work that respond to the ongoing impacts of colonialism on Indigenous communities, such as the loss of land, language, cultural belongings, traditional knowledge, and self-determination.
Working in many mediums, Assu sparks conversation about Indigenous life. He often uses humour and pop culture to connect with audiences, while also drawing on the visual traditions and histories of his ancestors. Through this blending of past and present, his work reclaims stories of power and identity, celebrating Indigenous strength, resilience, and perspectives.
Sonny Assu, an Indigenous artist of the Ligwiłda’xw of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nations, was raised in North Delta, BC, and now lives on his ancestral land on Vancouver Island. He studied at Emily Carr University and earned an MFA from Concordia. His many honours include the Emily Carr Distinguished Alumnus Award, BC Creative Achievement Award in First Nations Art (2011), Hnatyshyn Foundation’s REVEAL Indigenous Art Award (2017), and the Eiteljorg Contemporary Arts Fellowship (2021). Assu has exhibited widely in Canada and internationally, with works held in public and private collections across Canada, the UK, USA, and Australia.
Opening Day – Sonny Assu: Confluence
September 27, 1 – 3pm
Dunlop Art Gallery, Central Library
Drop in and see our newest exhibition! Refreshments will be provided.
Jinny Yu, Inextricably Ours 24-10, watercolour on paper, 2024
Jinny Yu: The world is burning and I am painting
October 25, 2025 – February 11, 2026
Dunlop Art Gallery (Sherwood Village Branch)
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Curated by Wendy Peart
Jinny Yu’s paintings use geometric forms to examine ideas of belonging and place and the shifting roles of guest and host. She creates room-like spaces using cuboid shapes in her abstract work that appear to fold, flip, invert, and reconfigure, offering a visual reminder of how perspectives can change with subtle variations of tone or colour. Having lived in many parts of the world, she shares the complex and personal nature of feeling connected within a place, a concept which is different for everyone and shaped by life experience.
Jinny Yu is an artist based in Ottawa and Berlin. Through the medium of painting, she explores the complexities of belonging and place by reflecting on the shifting roles of guest and host. Her work has been widely exhibited, including at the Art Gallery of Ontario (2024), the 56th Venice Biennale (2015) and Kunst Doc Art Gallery, Seoul (2012). Her works are held in major collections such as the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, AGO, and Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec. Yu is represented by Nicholas Metivier Gallery.
Art for Lunch: Jinny Yu
October 24, 12 – 1pm
University of Regina, Riddel Center, Faculty of Media, Art, and Performance, Room RC 050
Join us for an artist talk with Jinny Yu. This event is free and open to the public.
Conversation and Reception: Jinny Yu and David Garneau
October 25, 1 – 3pm
Dunlop Art Gallery, Sherwood Village Branch
Join artist Jinny Yu in conversation with artist David Garneau.
About Dunlop Art Gallery at Regina Public Library
Central Library location
2311 – 12th Avenue
Regina SK S4P 3Z5
Gallery Hours (CST), Central Library
Mon to Thurs, 9:30am – 9pm
Fri, 9:30am – 6pm
Sat, 9:30am – 5pm
Sun, 12 – 5pm
Sherwood Village Branch location
6121 Rochdale Boulevard
Regina SK S4X 2R1
Gallery Hours (CST), Sherwood Village Branch
Mon, Thurs, Fri, 9:30am – 6pm
Tues, Wed, 9:30am – 9pm
Sat, 9:30am – 5pm
Sun, 12 – 5pm
Admission is Free to all exhibitions.
Galleries are wheelchair accessible.
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We acknowledge the support of SK Arts, and funding partners SaskCulture and Saskatchewan Lotteries, whose contributions help the arts thrive in this province.
We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
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