MOA at UBC: World Premiere of “Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother”

The Museum of Anthropology at UBC (MOA) presents the world premiere of Jaad Kuujus: Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother, on display from December 4, 2025–March 29, 2026. Co-curated by artist Jaad Kuujus–Meghann O’Brien (Haida, Kwakwaka’wakw, Irish), Kate Hennessy (Associate Professor, Simon Fraser University), and Hannah Turner (Associate Professor, University of British Columbia), the exhibition features a varied collection of naaxiin (Chilkat) weavings and their digital translations. From intricately handwoven ceremonial regalia to digitally rendered reproductions, the exhibition is a space of reflection on themes of repetition, regeneration, and return. “This exhibition is an expression of respect and love towards my ancestors and their ways of making, while looking forward to how new technologies can be used to represent our stories,” says O’Brien. “My hope is that visitors to Everyone Says I Look Like My Mother will experience the strength of the lands and cultures these works are connected to, even in the contemporary iterations. I believe that how we see can change the world. I hope visitors form a deeper connection to the foundational thread of ancestry—whether that be the lineages represented in the exhibition or to their own.”
December 4, 2025–March 29, 2026
Museum of Anthropology
6393 N.W. Marine Drive, Vancouver
https://moa.ubc.ca/