Entwined
Sara Angelucci, Alana Bartol & Latifa Pelletier Ahmed, Ari Bayuaji, Carrie Allison, Katherine Boyer, Glenna Cardinal & Seth Cardinal Dodginghorse, DaveandJen, Emily Jan, Tyler Los Jones, Qavavau Manumie, Sabrina Ratté, Kuh Del Rosario, Alberta Rose, Sandra Sawatzky, Adrian Stimson, Xiaojing Yan
December 5, 2025—March 15, 2026
Entwined brings together works by artists from Alberta, the Prairies, and beyond to consider our relationship as humans with the land and all forms of life. Using both natural and manufactured materials and working across different visual media, the artists in this exhibition reflect on urgent issues affecting our ecosystem. They offer converging perspectives on the interdependency of all species, engaging traditional knowledge, mythological beliefs, futuristic imagination, and scientific exploration to articulate artistic approaches that encourage a deeper, empathetic understanding of our connected world. Intent on drawing attention to the consequences of human impact, they sensitively advocate for a reconsideration of prevalent anthropocentric outlooks to prioritize the ecosystem’s survival. As urban development and industry increasingly encroach on the natural environment and gifts of the land are insatiably exploited as resources, only a renewed understanding of kinship may restore an existence based on responsibility and reciprocity that can sustain the future.
Curated by Mona Filip.
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About the Curator
Mona Filip (she/her)
Mona Filip’s curatorial career spans two decades of developing critical visual art programs, supporting the production of new works, and introducing national and international artists to Toronto through first local exhibitions. As a former Curator at the Art Museum, University of Toronto, and previously Director/Curator of the Koffler Gallery, Mona has led numerous exhibitions, site-specific projects, public programs, and educational initiatives, focusing on themes of displacement and adaptation. Her projects have explored the intersections of collective memory, place, and belonging, examining artistic strategies that redress sidelined histories, restitution and repair, and storytelling as world-building.
Originally from Bucharest, Romania, Mona holds a BFA from the Corcoran School of Art, Washington DC, and an MFA from SUNY at Buffalo. She has commissioned significant new works by Canadian artists such as Caroline Monnet, Sameer Farooq, Ghazaleh Avarzamani, Karen Tam, and José Luis Torres, while also curating the first Canadian exhibitions of acclaimed international artists Raphaël Zarka, Christian Hidaka, Sigalit Landau, and Isabel Rocamora. Her commitment to fostering artistic innovation and cross-disciplinary exchange makes her an invaluable addition to Contemporary Calgary.
