The Museum of Anthropology at UBC (MOA) will host the world premiere of Entangled Territories: Tibet Through Images from November 20, 2025, to March 29, 2026.
Curated by Dr. Fuyubi Nakamura, Curator of Asia at MOA and Associate Professor at UBC, the exhibition was developed in collaboration with Tibetan-Canadian community members and artists. Presented in English and Tibetan, Entangled Territories explores Tibet’s cultural heritage and contemporary political realities through the eyes of the Tibetan diaspora, particularly those who have made Vancouver home since the 1970s.
“Canada is home to one of the largest concentrations of Tibetans outside Asia,” said Dr. Nakamura. “This exhibition highlights how Tibetan-Canadians navigate their identity and preserve cultural traditions—such as language, dance, and spirituality—more than 70 years after being displaced from their homeland.”
The exhibition pairs historic artifacts and photographs with contemporary works by artists Lodoe Laura and Kunsang Kyirong. Highlights include letters and photographs from the Eric Parker Archival Collection, documenting early 20th-century Tibet, and heirloom textiles from the Yuthok Collection, donated by descendants of the family of the 10th Dalai Lama.
Laura’s work reflects on ancestry and colonialism through portraiture and installations made with handmade charcoal ink from Tibetan incense. Kyirong’s short films, Letters from Tibet and Yarlung, combine archival materials, animation, and storytelling to reimagine Tibetan identity and memory across generations.
MOA will celebrate the exhibition’s opening night on Thursday, November 20, 2025, from 6pm to 9pm, with free admission and a welcoming dance performance by students from the Lodoe Kunphel Tibetan Language School.
More information on Entangled Territories and related programs is available at moa.ubc.ca.
Last modified: November 5, 2025
