A member of Kenhtè:ke | Tyendinaga Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, Hannah Claus (Kanien’kehá:ka | English) engages with memory, identity and histories through material and cultural expressions in her artistic practice. Often working within Kanien’kehá:ka frameworks, her installations and two-dimensional artworks explore ways of understanding as active and transversal concepts. She is a recipient of the Eiteljorg Fellowship (2019) and the Prix Giverny (2020). Recent group exhibitions include Contextile: Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art (Guimarães, Portugual), Ascending Horizons (McMaster Museum Art Gallery, Hamilton, Ontario) and the North American touring exhibition, Radical Stitch. Her solo exhibition, tsi iotnekahtentiónhatie [where the waters flow], will be exhibited at the Canada House Gallery in London, England in September 2025. Claus served as a board member for the Indigenous Curatorial Collective (2013-2018), the Conseil des arts de Montréal (2017-2023) and is a co-founder and board member of Quebec’s first Indigenous-led artist-run centre, daphne (2019-ongoing). She is an Associate Professor in the Studio Arts Department at Concordia University in Tiohtià:ke | Montreal where she holds a Concordia University Research Chair in Onkehonwené:ha (2022-2027), and is Co-director of the Indigenous Futures Research Centre (2024-2027). Claus lives and works in Kanien’kehá:ka territory, Tiohtià:ke | Montreal.
