Lauren Crazybull
memory, atrophy
June 4 – July 23, 2026
Opening Thursday, June 4th, 4-7pm
Macaulay + Co
3712 W 10th Ave
Vancouver
Macaulay + Co is thrilled to present our second exhibition of new paintings by artist Lauren Crazybull. Lauren (b. 1994) is a Niitsítapi (Member of Kainai First Nation), Dené artist currently living in Vancouver, BC. In her work, Lauren considers Indigenous presence and multiplicity through paintings, creating worlds where honest portrayals trespass onto romantic representations of Indigeneity.
There are no windows in my studio so time passes differently. I’m trying to hold on to a moment of joy and keep it there. I want to turn a second into one hundred years.
A painting is more like a memory in the way that it isn’t always true.
Some days, I want to live forever. I don’t want to waste away, but I don’t always try my hardest not to. So I’m creating an archive of vanishing things. Forgetting is a passive disappearance. When I take a photo, I’m really asking: can I bring it all with me?
~Lauren Crazybull, May 2026
Image: Lauren Crazybull, for a moment, 2025, 12 x 9 in, Oil on canvas
ELSEWHERE:
Collection 1980s – present
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
June 1, 2025 – ongoing
Upcoming: Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969
Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
June 5, 2026 – September 7, 2026
Upcoming: Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969
Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
June 5, 2026 – September 7, 2026
Upcoming: Medina Triennial
Medina, NY
June 6, 2026 – September 7, 2026
Upcoming: Qillaniq
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa ON
June 12 – September 20, 2026
Upcoming: Catherine Blackburn + Jeneen Frei Njootli: Traces
The Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver, BC
September 25, 2026 — March 14, 2027
Caroline Monnet: Man-made Land
Curated by Jeffrey Gibson and Jenelle Porter, with Erika Umali and Max Gruber
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
Sep 25, 2025 – Jan 18, 2027
Pizandawatc / The One Who Listens
Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau, QC
March 20, 2026 – September 8, 2026
Upcoming: Nadia Myre: Analog/ues
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
September 19, 2026 – January 17, 2027
Floor Opener
Kelowna Art Gallery, Kelowna, BC
January 24, 2026 – May 31, 2026
Listening to the Land
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV
January 31, 2026 – February 21, 2027
Upcoming: Future Geographies: Art in the Century of Climate Change
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver BC
May 14, 2026 – January 10, 2027
Upcoming: Biophilia
Nanaimo Art Gallery, Nanaimo, BC
August 1 to October 18, 2026