Isabel Okoro, Runnin’, 2026 - Courtesy of the artist and Hannah Traore Gallery.
TITLE_NAME :
Love Letter
06/06/2026 - 25/07/2026
Hannah Traore Gallery
150 Orchard Street,
New York, New York, 10002
https://hannahtraoregallery.com/exhibitions/
This exhibition approaches the city as a textured, eclectic, and fruitful environment for creative practice. Translated into various forms—in moments, connected by photographic processes, archival materials, and saturated palettes—much of the work on view considers place as an expression or extension of identity, explores lesser-known histories of Canada's past, and honors the pre-colonial cultures of the country's many provinces. Isabel Okoro's Fond Traces of Fluid Landscapes series, which includes Runnin', depicts scenes of Toronto alongside those from Lagos, Mexico City, and New York. Oroko explains, "weaving these distinct points in time into a single extended sequence, the work explores the converging and diverging ways we experience people and space". Sandra Brewster's series, Take a Little Trip, clips together interviews by artists and activists from Nina Simone to Claudia Jones to "allud[e] to the unfixable nature of their being and their tendency towards movement—geographically and imaginatively—while expressing themselves in ways that question perceived notions of monolithic Black communities." For Bushra Junaid, art is a means of layering "fragmentary records, oral histories, and visual culture to create images and narratives that restore presence and complexity to lives and histories that have been overlooked or obscured."
06/06/2026 - 25/07/2026
Hannah Traore Gallery
150 Orchard Street,
New York, New York, 10002
https://hannahtraoregallery.com/exhibitions/
This exhibition approaches the city as a textured, eclectic, and fruitful environment for creative practice. Translated into various forms—in moments, connected by photographic processes, archival materials, and saturated palettes—much of the work on view considers place as an expression or extension of identity, explores lesser-known histories of Canada's past, and honors the pre-colonial cultures of the country's many provinces. Isabel Okoro's Fond Traces of Fluid Landscapes series, which includes Runnin', depicts scenes of Toronto alongside those from Lagos, Mexico City, and New York. Oroko explains, "weaving these distinct points in time into a single extended sequence, the work explores the converging and diverging ways we experience people and space". Sandra Brewster's series, Take a Little Trip, clips together interviews by artists and activists from Nina Simone to Claudia Jones to "allud[e] to the unfixable nature of their being and their tendency towards movement—geographically and imaginatively—while expressing themselves in ways that question perceived notions of monolithic Black communities." For Bushra Junaid, art is a means of layering "fragmentary records, oral histories, and visual culture to create images and narratives that restore presence and complexity to lives and histories that have been overlooked or obscured."