Megan (Guná) Jensen

Jensen is of Dakhká Tlingit/Tagish Khwáan ancestry from the Dahk’laweidi Clan. She honours her ancestral Tlingit art form while merging formline into a bold contemporary vision. Trained by masters such as William Wasden and Mike Dangeli, and educated at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, she channels her culture into art that challenges and confronts, shaping her unique approach to visual storytelling. Her work, which has been recognized with awards like the William and Meredith Saunderson Prize for Emerging Canadian Artists, has been exhibited in galleries across Canada.

Jensen’s work travelled to Dawson City to set the spiritual (and literal) stage for a public dialogue entitled, The Willow Basket Project: Practices of Community Resilience with Jackie Olson, Aubyn O’Grady and Ayana Young; hosted by Illuminating Worldviews. The event was held in the rarely inhabited Masonic Hall on a balmy late August evening.

Gold Dust Woman Buries the Diggers’ Hearts (Triptych) and Self Portrait are on display in the PBG Gallery until September 29th, 2025.