Grizzli Winery Art Gallery in West Kelowna is launching a new exhibition in celebration of National Indigenous History Month (June).

The exhibition 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ˜Tmixw- That Which Gives Life91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™, is a Syilx Okanagan art installment showcasing works from Suknaqinx artists David Wilson Sookinakin and Coralee Miller.

Tmixw - That which Gives Life will be on display to the public from June 2 to August 31.

Grizzli Winery says it wants to celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures, and outstanding achievements of the Okanagan91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s Indigenous peoples with the summer installment of its Grizzli Art Gallery.

The work of David Wilson explores traditional ways of Interior Salish People; An evolution of ancient artform using symbols to form a unique style of Okanagan pictographs.

Wilson is Syilx nation, born in the Vernon area of the Okanagan Valley and a member of the Okanagan Indian Band. He has studied Coast Salish, Haida and Plains First Nation artforms.

Wilson works with various surfaces and mediums; canoes, drums, canvas, and wood. His work is published and exhibited in various galleries and public spaces throughout the Okanagan Valley and the Lower Mainland.

Coralee Miller is an Okanagan/Syilx artist who portrays cultural pride through her paintings. She gains valuable inspiration from her family, community and oral stories of which are her favourite theme.

Miller uses art as a way of looking deeper into the Syilx cultural values and bridging the moral lessons and values into a modern-day understanding. She focuses on the lessons of humour and the importance of humility through the ever boastful and immortal trickster spirit, senklip (coyote).

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