Contemporary British Columbia artist

Sonny Assu

Ligwilda’xw Kwakwaka’wakw contemporary artist working across media to examine colonial history, popular culture, land and Indigenous presence.

Why this artist matters here

Geography and practice

Assu’s Emily Carr University connection and interdisciplinary practice expand the atlas beyond landscape genre toward critical questions of land, identity and representation.

Media and subjects

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Sonny Assu is connected here through painting, sculpture & installation, public & digital art.

PaintingSculptureInstallationDigital media

Artwork evidence

Individual artwork records

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