Adiya’s two pieces are from a larger work, a fable rooted in native culture and nature. 3 characters take a journey in the hope that Lord Glooscap will grant them their wishes. The language of the story and Adiya’s visual choices, in intricate drawing, and patterned backgrounds, are interwoven. Her pieces emphasize the connections between narrative and what makes us human.

In response to our question, “Has any art piece made you cry or fight with or become closer to someone else?” Adiya says:

“There is this painting by Henri Matisse titled "Dance." It's not the painting itself that made me cry but the photo of it taken in the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The photo shows a few children, aged five or six, holding each other's hands, dancing in a circle in front of the painting, thereby recreating the scene in the piece. Maybe this is what art is all about: longing for connection between abstract and real, past and the present, old and young. How these children understand art in its most raw form, in a simple yet sincere sense. Perhaps to create art is to make a mirror, both for yourself and others.”