Opening Reception for Mohawk Warriors, Hunters & Chiefs: The Art of Tom Wilson tehohåhake
Thu, Nov 14
|TAP Centre for Creativity
Join Tom Wilson tehohåhake in the gallery to celebrate this solo exhibition.
Time & Location
Nov 14, 2024, 7:00 p.m.
TAP Centre for Creativity, 203 Dundas St, London, ON N6A 1G4, Canada
About The Event
This event is free and open to the public. Artist Tom Wilson tehohåhake will be in attendance. All are welcome to attend and no advance registration is required.
Prior to the reception with Tom, we will be the host site for the launch of VENUExVENUE. Indie Week organizer Darryl Hurs will provide highlights of the music festival & conference weekend, and there will be a short presentation by guest speakers (6:00 to 7:00PM).
About the Exhibition
TAP Centre for Creativity presents, Mohawk Warriors, Hunters and Chiefs, a solo exhibition of the artwork of Tom Wilson tehohåhake (two roads). Tom is a musician, writer and visual artist based in Hamilton, Ontario.
Musically he is known for his work with the bands Blackie & The Rodeo Kings, Junkhouse and Lee Harvey Osmond, the latter receiving a 2020 Juno Award for the album Mohawk.
Wilson’s memoir, Beautiful Scars: Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home, in which he reveals the impact of discovering his indigenous heritage at the age of 53, became a national bestseller. He was appointed as a Companion of the Order of Canada in June 2023 for, “his multifaceted contributions to the arts in Canada, notably as an iconic musician, as well as for his advocacy of Indigenous communities in Canada.”
Decades ago he began dedicating more of his time and energy to his second passion, painting. Painting has become a way for him to connect with his Mohawk identity and convey his feelings on the injustices experienced by Indigenous peoples. The exhibit includes Fading Memories of Home, an installation piece by Tom located in TAP’s LAB203 Gallery. The idea for the installation with accompanying video and sound recording was seeded during a family dinner with Jane Lazare, Tom’s biological mother. She recalled a traumatic experience from residential school when the grade five teacher had asked the room of Indigenous students to look at those around them, and then told the class these would be the last Indians they would ever know.
For more about the artist and his projects visit https://tomwilsononline.com/