![Hannah Claus
chant pour l’eau | water song [Kahrhionhwa’kó:wa],
vue d’installation | installation view, Centre culturel Yvonne L. Bombardier, Valcourt, 2024.
Photo : permission de l’artiste](https://staging.esse.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/114_PF_Johnson_Hannah-Claus_chantpourleauKahrhionhwako-wa_2024_01-scaled.jpg.webp)
Photo: courtesy of the artist
A member of the Tyendinaga Mohawk community, artist Hannah Claus employs an Onkwehón:we (Indigenous) epistemology in the creation of works in which the recurrence of motifs reflects the multiplicity of relationships at the heart of Kanien’kehá:ka cosmovision. She creates sensory universes inspired by the connections between humans and nature through installations that often incorporate a photographic dimension. Using diverse processes derived from beading, she assembles images to create evocative forms unburdened by the limitations of figurative representation.
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