EXHIBITIONS

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

Kent Monkman: History Is Painted by the Victors
Akron Art Museum
Akron, OH
April 11 – August 16, 2026
Curated by Léuli Eshrāghi (MBAMTL), John Lukavic (DAM), and Wendy Earle (Akron)
Works on view: over 40 works including History is Painted by the Victors, The Scream, Miss Chief’s Wet Dream, Welcoming the Newcomers, Resurgence of the People, Les Castors du Roi, Artist and Model, Sunday in the Park, The Triumph of Mischief

Kent Monkman: Miss Chief’s Picture Show
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
Melbourne, Australia
December 11, 2026 – February 21, 2027
Curated by Myles Russell-Cook
Works on view: various video works and performances from the last 20 years

LECTURES AND EVENTS

Presentation by Sean Chandler: The Buffalo Treaty and the Return of the Buffalo
Yellowstone Art Museum
Billings, MT
April 9, 2026
5pm

Free Artist Talk: Kent Monkman
With curator Wendy Earle
Akron-Summit County Library Main Branch Auditorium
Akron, OH
April 10, 2026
6:30–7:30pm

Opening Celebration | Kent Monkman: History is Painted by the Victors
Akron Art Museum
Akron, OH
April 10, 2026
7:30–9pm

This Portrait is NOT an Indian
Conceived and hosted by Wanda Nanibush
Featuring Kent Monkman, Demian DinéYahzi, Alan Michelson, Wanda Nanibush, Joseph Pierce, Jolene Rickard, and others
Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center
New York, NY
April 15
3–7pm

Reframing the Past: History Painting Now
Presented by Kathryn Calley Galitz as part of the lecture series “Making History”
The Met
New York, NY
June 28, 2026
2–3pm

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

Early Days: Indigenous Art from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, ON
September 20, 2025 — March 29, 2026
Curated by Sarah Milroy
Works on view: Wedding at Sodom, The Emergence of a Legend, Fate is a Cruel Mistress

A Family Journey: The Private Collections of the Sobey Family
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Fredericton, NB
October 18, 2025 — September 27, 2026
Curated by Ray Cronin
Works on view: The Affair, Study for The Scream

Winter Count: Embracing the Cold
National Gallery of Canada
Ottawa, ON
November 21, 2025 — March 22, 2026
Curated by Katerina Atanassova, Wahsontiio Cross, Anabelle Kienle Ponka, and Jocelyn Piirainen
Works on view: Charged Particles in Motion

The 2025 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts
MacKenzie Art Gallery
Regina, SK
December 4, 2025 — May 3, 2026
Works on view: Portrait of the Artist as Hunter, The Emergence of a Legend, We Are Made of Stardust, Intermediary Study for Constellation of Knowledge

Paintings from the Heard Collection
Heard Museum
Phoenix, AZ
January 23, 2026 – September 7, 2027
Curated by Kay WalkingStick
Works on view: Danaë Receiving the Golden Rain

Ever-Changing Nations
Trotta-Bono Contemporary
Santa Monica, CA
February 28 — April 30, 2026
Works on view: Study for Grandmother Knew All the Medicines, Compositional Study for Our Stories Come From the Land, They Knew Everything They Needed to Live, Study for nîtisân (My Sibling), Study for The Going Home Star

Native Voices: 75 Years of Creativity
Maynard Dixon Museum
Tucson, AZ
March 4 – October 10, 2026
Works on view: Charcoal Study for The Feast

Sovereign Acts III
The James Gallery, CUNY
New York, NY
March 24 – Jul 17, 2026
Curated by Wanda Nanibush
Works on view: The Emergence of a Legend

Smoke Signals x Reflections
The Market Gallery
Toronto, ON
April 16 – June 13, 2026
Works on view: The Emergence of a Legend

Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969
SITE Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM
June 6 – September 7, 2026
Curated by Candice Hopkins
Works on view: Louis Vuitton Quiver, Dreamcatcher Bra

This Land: Considering the American Landscape
The Church
Sag Harbor, NY
June 21 – September 6, 2026
Curated by Donna De Salvo and Seph Rodney
Works on view: Die Indianer

Designed to Be Red: Native American & Indigenous Poster Works
Poster House
New York, NY
September 25, 2026 – February 21, 2027
Curated by Brian Johnson
Works on view: iskonikan (Pink)

Sovereign Stitches + Wild Weaves
McCord Stewart Museum
Montréal, QC
November 13, 2026 – April 18, 2027
Curated by Wanda Nanibush and Sage Paul

WORKS ON VIEW

The Trapper’s Bride
Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Fredericton, NB

Bull in a China Shop
Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal
Montréal, QC

Bull in a China Shop
Gardiner Museum
Toronto, ON

Asinnajaq
Georgia Museum of Art
Athens, Georgia