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Exhibition / Pacific Northwest

Catherine Blackburn + Jeneen Frei Njootli: Traces

North VancouverAn old faded photograph of weathered wooden buildings and a hide stretched on a pole frame, with a rounded shape cut out of the image and edged with gold beadwork and dark spikes.
Catherine Blackburn, Scooped (detail), 2017 Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid. Courtesy the artist
On view

Traces pairs photographs by Catherine Blackburn and Jeneen Frei Njootli in which the body is partly withheld or known through an impression. Beadwork enters through its relation to skin, labor and memory.

The work

Blackburn is a Dënesųłinë́ artist and member of English River First Nation; Frei Njootli works from Vuntut Gwitchin homelands.

Before you go

From Seattle, this is a cross-border trip; bring a passport.

Sources and provenance +

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