Currently at Worth Gallery

Worth Gallery is pleased to host Gold Dust Woman / Trading Post Humanism, a dual

exhibition featuring the work of Guná Megan Jensen and Quinn Hopkins (Nigaan

Noodin), presented by JL Phillips Gallery. The exhibition — in collaboration with

Highness Global Inc., who represents Quinn Hopkins — will be on view from June 9 to

June 28, 2026 at 830 Dundas St. West in Toronto.

Guná Megan Jensen and Quinn Hopkins arrive at the gallery from very different formal

traditions — Jensen through the physicality of oil paint and Tlingit formline; Hopkins

through digital technology, 3D modelling, and immersive installation — yet both are

working through the same urgent questions: how do ancestral ways of knowing survive

and thrive in a contemporary world that has tried to erase them?

In Gold Dust Woman, Jensen’s monumental oil paintings bring Tlingít form-line into

direct confrontation with the historical weight of Western painting—generating work that neither retreats nor capitulates, but intervenes. In Trading Post Humanism, Hopkins charts new visions of Anishinaabe and Métis futures rooted in land, community, and cultural resurgence through luminous digital works and immersive installations.

Together, the two exhibitions form a dialogue of exceptional depth and visual

power—refusing nostalgia in favour of presence and possibility.

Together, Jensen and Hopkins model what Indigenous Futurism looks like as lived

practice: a rigorous, generative engagement with tradition that insists on futurity not as

wishful thinking, but as something already being made.

About Guná Megan Jensen

Guná is of Dakhká Tlingit/Tagish Khwáan ancestry from the Dahk’laweidi Clan, and

trained by Northwest Coast masters William Wasden and Mike Dangeli. A graduate of

Emily Carr University of Art and Design, her practice has been exhibited in galleries

across Canada and recognized with the William and Meredith Sanderson Prize for

Emerging Canadian Artists. Guná has delivered lectures on cultural theft,

decolonization, and healing at institutions including Princeton University and

Stellenbosch University. Her work can be found at yukonprize.ca.

About Quinn Hopkins (Nigaan Noodin)

Quinn Hopkins (He/Him) (b. 1998) is a multimedia artist of mixed Ojibwe (Non-status,

Batchewana First Nation) and Settler Canadian heritage, currently based in Tsi

Tkaronto/Toronto. After graduating from OCAD U in 2023 with a Bachelor of Fine Art in

drawing and painting, Hopkins developed a practice focused on creating interactive and

playful public artworks. His work often explores dualities, storytelling, and relationships

within the technological era, spanning media such as augmented reality (AR),

animations, interactive projection mapping, and generative art.

His notable achievements include winning the Emerging Digital Artists Award (2024, XR Category) for his AR-enhanced murals, Stellar Narratives, at Evergreen Brickworks.

Hopkins' visual storytelling has been featured in exhibitions like Nuit Blanche Toronto, Woodland POP! at Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Ice Follies 2023, and La Leun Washisho in Vienna, Austria.

Hopkins' commercial work complements his artistic practice, encompassing

collaborations with clients like ROM After Dark, Amery, and the University of Toronto.

This work involves creating interactive exhibits, music videos, and workshops,

leveraging his skills in a professional setting.