JACKIE OLSON | The Land Speaks to Me
ODD Gallery – Dënäkär Zho | KIAC.
Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in territory, Dawson City, Yukon.
June 20 – July 28, 2024
Opening Reception: Thursday June 20, 5:30pm.
Artist Statement
The Land speaks to me is a solo exhibition by Jackie Olson. This exhibit offers a rare glimpse at her collected works-in-process: Olson makes works that want to be returned to the land, and many of her works have already been curated back. Olson harvests willow and other natural material from the land, breaks the material down to its fibres, and turns it into a paper pulp which she uses to cast and recast paper forms. Countering the organic, bits of industrial refuse recovered by Olson show up in her paper works as imprints, reliefs, and stains, representing the power of the land to adapt, recover, and reclaim.
BIO
Jackie Olson was born and raised in Dawson City and is a Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in citizen. Olson received a BFA from the Alberta College of Art in 1992, and has been creating and learning new art forms since. Olson’s work has been featured in exhibitions across Canada including the Walter Phillips Gallery (Banff, AB), Harcourt House (Edmonton, AB),