'Hold to This Earth' Surveys Indigenous Contemporary Art
'Hold to This Earth' brings together sculpture, photography, beadwork, weaving, ceramics, and mixed media by American Indigenous contemporary artists.
By Art Vault
June 24, 2026 · 2 min read
Hold to This Earth at Yorkshire Sculpture Park surveys American Indigenous contemporary art through nearly 70 works by 38 artists representing 35 Tribal Nations.
Drawn from the Tia Collection, the exhibition brings together sculpture, photography, weaving, beadwork, ceramics, and mixed media. The works honor ancestral knowledge while asserting a contemporary presence across material, landscape, memory, and representation.
Material, Memory, Presence
The show includes artists such as Jeffrey Gibson, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Raven Halfmoon, Cannupa Hanska Luger, Nicholas Galanin, Dyani White Hawk, Marie Watt, and more. It opens in Wakefield on June 13, 2026, and continues through April 18, 2027.
Images courtesy Tia Collection and Yorkshire Sculpture Park via Colossal; individual artworks © their artists. Source: Colossal. Follow the Tia Collection on Instagram.
