Exhibition: DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed In-Person / Online
DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed
Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026
Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St.
Lekwungen Territory
Curated by Sherri Shinobu Kajiwara, Director/Curator at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, Burnaby, BC with support from her Past Wrongs Future Choices project curatorial team: Ciel Dong, Naomi Keenan O’Shea, Sarah Stillwell, and Lesley Marshall.
DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed pairs concurrent group exhibits at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre and the University of Victoria Legacy Art Gallery, bringing together work from contemporary artists exploring the lasting influence of the Second World War on Nikkei communities globally.
Through installation, video, sculpture-informed 2D/3D work, performance, illustration, and text-based practices, participating artists engage inherited memory, cultural continuity, and intergenerational experience.
Artists:
- Brava Kilo (Brian Kobayakawa)
- Renay Egami
- Elysha Rei
- Nao Uda
- Michael Prior
- Rachel Kiyo Iwaasa
- Justin Seiji Waddell
TWO EXHIBITIONS:
University of Victoria Legacy Gallery, Victoria, BC – Sept 16 – Dec 5, 2026
Artists from the Past Wrongs Future Choices artists and scholars residency programs at the University of Victoria.
Karasawa Gallery, NNMCC, Burnaby, BC – Sept 19, 2026 – Feb 28, 2027
Japanese Canadian artists reflecting on the enduring impact of the 1940s uprooting and dispossession and its continuing influence on identity, memory, and artistic practice.
SAVE THE DATE:
Opening Reception - DIS – displaced, dispersed, dispossessed
Date: Sat., Sept 19, 2026
Time: 3:00 pm | Virtual Opening - 4 pm (Pacific Time)
Location: Legacy Downtown | 630 Yates St.
Lekwungen Territory
Join virtually here!
Join us as we celebrate the opening of two concurrent group exhibits at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre and the University of Victoria Legacy Art Gallery!
Image: ‘Repatriation’ to Japan, Slocan, British Columbia, c. 1946. Courtesy of the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre, Odamura Family Collection (1996.178.1.33.a-b).
This exhibition is made possible through funding from:
Howard Green Foundation | Lloyd Howard | Martin Bonham | Deux Mille Foundation
- Date:
- Friday, November 20, 2026 Show more dates
- Time:
- 10:00am - 4:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Pacific Time (British Columbia) (change)
- Location:
- Legacy Gallery (Map )
- Library/Gallery:
- Legacy Art Gallery
- Online:
- This is an online event.
- Event URL:
- https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81247694818#success
- Audience:
- Faculty and instructors General public Graduate students Library staff Open to everyone Undergraduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- Arts and Crafts Celebration Exhibition Lecture or talk Social Event