Artist Tour with Alex Jacobs-Blum

Wed Oct 22 2025 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm UTC-04:00

Art Museum at the University of Toronto - University of Toronto Art Centre | Toronto

Art Museum at the University of Toronto
Publisher/HostArt Museum at the University of Toronto
Artist Tour with Alex Jacobs-Blum
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A program of the exhibition: Earthwork
About this Event

Discover the captivating work of Alex Jacobs-Blum in the exhibition through a tour led by the artist. Alex invites audiences into a thoughtful conversation about her lived experiences as a Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga) and German visual artist and independent curator and her practice’s deep connection to the land and natural world.

Refreshments will be available at the event.

Artist Bio

Alex Jacobs-Blum (she/her) is a Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫʼ (Cayuga) and German visual artist and independent curator living in Hamilton, ON. Her research focuses on Indigenous futurities and accessing embodied ancestral Hodinöhsö:ni' knowledge. The core of her practice and methodology is a strong foundation in community building, fostering relationships, empowering youth, and Indigenizing institutional spaces. Her creative process is rooted in storytelling and challenging hierarchical power structures. Alex seeks to facilitate transformative change infused with love and care.

Alex received a Bachelor of Photography at Sheridan College in 2015, where she was awarded the Canon Award of Excellence for Narrative Photography. Her artistic work has been exhibited at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, University of Ottawa, Woodland Cultural Centre and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. Alex's curatorial projects include Ascending Horizons (2025) at the McMaster Museum of Art, In the Shadow of the Eclipse (2024) at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Treaty Girl (2024) at Longhouse Labs, University of Waterloo, and Born Celestial (2022) at Hamilton Artists Inc.

Portrait by Marc LeSage.

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Art Museum at the University of Toronto - University of Toronto Art Centre, 15 King's College Circle, Toronto, Canada

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