Big news from the Meatpacking District: the Whitney Museum of American Art will present TITIQ/MARK, the first solo museum show in New York by Alaska Native artist Sonya Kelliher-Combs, opening February 6, 2027.
Kelliher-Combs (Iñupiaq and Koyukon, born 1969 in Anchorage) has spent nearly two decades creating work that celebrates history, cultural continuity, self-determination and land. Her art turns traditional methods like gut processing and sewing into a contemporary visual language — marine mammal gut, paint, hair, fabric, animal hide, thread and acrylic polymer all find their place in her pieces.
The title says it all: “TITIQ” is the Iñupiaq word for “MARK”, a nod to the marks colonialism left — and to the powerful act of making marks herself. The exhibition gathers her celebrated series Curls, Remnants, Idiot Strings and Secrets, each built on rhythm, repetition and craft.
This is also a milestone for the Whitney: its first mid-career survey of an Indigenous artist, co-organized with the Anchorage Museum and co-curated by Jennie Goldstein, Julie Decker and Rose Pallone.
A beautiful reason to put the Whitney on your 2027 calendar — New York keeps making room for voices that deserve the spotlight.
Photo: Whitney Museum
