Traces is a group exhibition at DesignTO 2026, featuring the work of ten local and international artists, designers and collectives, exploring the weight of migration, forced relocation and preserving culture and identity: what we carry, what we leave and how we belong again. Featuring Hangama Amiri, Sonny Assu, Meena Chowdhury, Nilojan Jegatheeswaran, Jenn Kitagawa, Dennis Lin, Rose Nordin, Anahita Norouzi, Waard Ward and Abhishek Wagle, this multidisciplinary exhibition includes a broad range of works in sculpture, installation, cyanotypes, geographic maps, furniture and textiles to foreground lived experience and shared storytelling.

As the climate crisis, geopolitical conflict and economic precarity reshape our sense of place, Traces considers creative expression as a form of protection, dignity and hope. Weaving together themes of emotional and personal experience, cultural identity, conflict, community and collaboration, the exhibition invites audiences to reflect on how places are unmade and remade, and how culture persists through movement.

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