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Exhibition / Seattle

Joiri Minaya: To Hell with Hibiscus

SeattleA standing figure fully wrapped in a blue fabric printed with tropical leaves and red flower spikes, with a strip of bare skin at the waist, set against a mottled blue-and-green background
Joiri Minaya, Shield, 2022, archival pigment print. Photo: Joiri Minaya. Courtesy of the artist and Praise Shadows, Boston, MA
On view

Joiri Minaya’s To Hell with Hibiscus fills the Henry’s double-height Lower Level Gallery from July 25, 2026 through May 2, 2027. Using textiles associated with Aloha shirts and floral spandex, Minaya addresses tropical imagery, colonial monuments and what decoration conceals.

The work

A companion audio program, Frequencies, brings responses from Kalehua Kim, Berette S. Macaulay and Tara Tamaribuchi.

Sources and provenance +

Research baseline: November 6, 2026. Physical access and exhibition schedules may change.