RED WASH STAND

Ellen Gabriel-Katsi’tsakwas, Raul Gonzalez-Mictlan Murals, Coca Nation, Jalisco Mexico, Jedrick Thorassie-Sayisi Dene artist and Pukatawagan Cree - Clayton Thomas-Müller

WINNIPEG, November 7, 2025 – January 7, 2026

Graffiti Gallery and Pukatawagan Cree - Clayton Thomas-Müller is pleased to present Red Wash Stand

RED WASH STAND exposes the illusion of corporate benevolence in Indigenous spaces. This bold, community-rooted exhibition confronts the growing trend of corporate sponsorship in Indigenous education, arts, and culture—exposing it as a strategic tactic to gain social license and mask ongoing environmental destruction and colonial violence.

 “Redwashing” is the practice whereby corporations and settler colonial institutions rebrand themselves as “good neighbors” to Indigenous communities by sponsoring programs for youth, women, Elders, and leaders. These actions, the REDWASH collective argues, are not acts of reconciliation—but calculated moves to legitimize harmful industrial activity, including land grabs, water poisoning, and the violation of Treaty rights.

 “Sponsorship is not support when it comes at the cost of our lands, our bodies, and our futures,” says Clayton Thomas-Müller, featured artist and longtime Indigenous climate justice leader. “It’s time we tell the truth about the real cost of these so-called partnerships.”