Jagdeep Raina
Textile Museum of Canada
Softness is power, especially in a world that puts so much faith in unyielding hardness. The works in Jagdeep Raina’s exhibition “Chase” embrace tenderness and the pursuit of dreams through immigrant life. His art—via embroidered tapestries, quilts, drawings, and videos—captures moments from the lives of Kashmiri and Punjabi Sikh communities around the globe. Each piece seeks to highlight the bonds people create to foster a sense of home and build a family, be it chosen or by blood. This show also provides an opportunity for the Textile Museum of Canada to contend with its own inherently