tsi iotnekahtentiónhatie (Tiohtià:ke)
November 19, 2025 to February 7, 2026
tsi iotnekahtentiónhatie (Tiohtià:ke)
Hannah Claus
Curator: Nicole Burisch
Opening reception with artist and curator in attendance: Wednesday November 19, 2025, from 4 PM to 7 PM
Focusing on the island of Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), this major solo exhibition brings together sculpture, video, and 2D works by artist Hannah Claus. Featuring two new large-scale installations, as well as selected older works, Claus exhibition explores and embodies her personal connection to this particular territory. Drawing on the land, waters and skies of Tiohtià:ke, Claus reveals the world through a lens shaped by Kanien’kehá:ka worldview.
This project was made possible by the Leonard & Bina Ellen Program in Support of Artistic Production
Focusing on the island of Tiohtià:ke (Montréal), this major solo exhibition brings together sculpture, video, and 2D works by artist Hannah Claus. Featuring two new large-scale installations, as well as selected older works, Claus exhibition explores and embodies her personal connection to this particular territory. Drawing on the land, waters and skies of Tiohtià:ke, Claus reveals the world through a lens shaped by Kanien’kehá:ka worldview.
This project was made possible by the Leonard & Bina Ellen Program in Support of Artistic Production
Hannah Claus (Kenhtè:ke | Tyendinaga Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte) is a Kanien’kehá:ka | English visual artist who engages with material and sensorial relationships to express Kanien’kehá:ka epistemology and ontology. Recipient of the Eiteljorg Fellowship (2019) and the Prix Giverny (2020), Claus’ recent group exhibitions include Contextile: Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art (Guimarães, Portugual) and the North American touring exhibition, Radical Stitch. Her solo exhibition, tsi iotnekahtentiónhatie – éntie nonkwá:ti – where the waters flow – south shore is currently showing at Canada House Gallery (London, England). She is an Associate Professor in Studio Arts at Concordia University in Tiohtià:ke | Montreal.