The American Midwest as Bastion for New Nordic Tradition

The American Midwest as Bastion for New Nordic Tradition

Layers of landscapes overlap in a video by Finnish artist Tia Keobounpheng. Found in the last room of the gallery at Scandinavia House, “WAYFIND” (2023) acts as a self-portrait, a search for ancestry and homeland after she discovered her Sámi heritage. The 24 artists in Nordic Echoes – Tradition in Contemporary Art also interrogate artistic sources: All live in the Upper Midwest (a region defined as North and South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisco…