Jennifer Matotek, Director/Curator for Dunlop Art Gallery, speaks with artist Liz Ikiriko about her exhibition Flags of Unsung Countries at Sherwood Gallery. This exhibition charts the process to understand her father’s struggles as an African immigrant challenged with mental illness living in the Canadian prairies. The work asks several questions: What is required of a home? Do we choose to belong or does belonging choose us? Flags of Unsung Countries uses photography to map a path of the African diaspora. Ikiriko’s deeply personal and moving work explores memory, family and identity, and reimagines boundaries between past and present.

Liz Ikiriko: Flags of Unsung Countries runs until Friday, November 15 at Sherwood Gallery located in Sherwood Village Library.