Alumna artist’s Winnipeg exhibition inspired by women she met at BU

Mending with Tradition, an art exhibition by Brandon University alumna Jessie Jannuska featuring a comic inspired by three women she met at BU, will be on display this fall and winter at Winnipeg’s Graffiti Gallery.

The exhibition will run from Sept. 4, 2026 to Jan. 22, 2027 at the Gallery, located at 109 Higgins Ave. The exhibition will open with an artist talk on Friday, Sept. 4 at 8 p.m.

Jannuska, a member of Canupawakpa Dakota Nation, is a Bachelor of Fine Arts graduate from BU’s IshKaabatens Waasa Gaa Inaabateg Department of Visual Art. She was the creator of Brandon University’s Convocation artwork presented to graduates in 2024.

From Graffiti Gallery:

In Mending with Tradition, Jannuska explores Indigenous storytelling through a large mixed media comic and variety of mixed media art pieces. ‘The Wolf and the Eagle in the Rain’ comic focuses on the personal stories of growth and
perseverance of knowledge keeper Debbie Huntinghawk, Julia Stoneman, and land-based teacher Grace Masse. The comic is heavily connected to the Brandon, MB community with Jannuska having met all three women while they were all attending Brandon University, and appearances in the comic from other local Brandon elders. The show explores themes of motherhood, community, ceremony, the Red Road, grief, and self-exploration. The comic chapters have given Jessie the ability to create a visual language for how she views the beautiful intricacies of Indigenous spirtuality and healing.

More information about the exhibition is available at: https://www.graffitigallery.ca

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