CA · International contemporary art platformOn October 24, 2026, The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto opened Moonlit Confessions Across Deep Sea Echoes: Your Ancestors Are Whales, and Earth Remembers Everything. This marks the first major solo exhibition in Ontario for Vancouver-born, UK-based artist Zadie Xa, presented in collaboration with long-term partner Benito Mayor Vallejo.
The exhibition offers visitors a vibrant, multi-sensory experience that weaves together Xa’s ongoing interests in storytelling, Korean mythology, folklore, diasporic identity, and marine ecology. These themes are connected to the local environment through references to the shores of Lake Ontario.
This presentation in Toronto runs until March 21, 2027. It is part of a larger tour developed in partnership with the Esker Foundation in Calgary, where the exhibition was shown from May 23 to August 23, 2026, and will later be presented at PHI in Montréal from April 29 to September 12, 2027.
The Canada Council for the Arts supports the tour of this exhibition, underscoring its significance within the Canadian contemporary art scene. The collaboration between Xa and Vallejo continues to explore complex cultural narratives through immersive artistic practices.
For audiences in Toronto, this exhibition provides a unique opportunity to engage with contemporary art that bridges global diasporic experiences and local ecological contexts.
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