This survey exhibition of Onondaga (Turtle Clan) artist Arnold Jacobs’s paintings, prints, and sculpture spans over four decades of his creative practice. A condoled confederacy chief, Jacobs’s artwork and service to his community are deeply intertwined. His artwork is recognised for incorporating clan emblems, traditional stories, and animal symbolism drawn from Haudenosaunee culture and oral history.

Having worked as a commercial artist for over twenty years, Jacobs’s paintings combine the precision of commercial illustration with the boundless freedom of abstraction. Similarly, his prints of flora and fauna – ranging from white pines to bald eagles – are highly stylised, brightly coloured, and electrified with movement. The exhibition also features Jacobs’s first large-scale sculpture, an almost life-size Sky Woman landing on the back of a turtle, which resonates with spiritual meaning. Through a variety of media, Jacobs’s extraordinary body of work presents Haudenosaunee culture in original and unexpected ways.