Medium hub · 37 artist records

Photography

Photo-based and photoconceptual practices central to Vancouver’s international art history.

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Artists working in this medium

Contemporary Vancouver artistJeff Wall

Internationally influential Vancouver artist whose constructed photographs connect pictorial traditions, cinema and the everyday spaces of the city.

Contemporary Vancouver artistStan Douglas

Vancouver artist using photography, film, video, installation and theatre to examine history, technology and collective memory.

Contemporary Vancouver artistIan Wallace

Artist and educator combining photography and monochrome painting while treating Vancouver as both social space and art-historical context.

Vancouver artist — legacy recordRodney Graham

Vancouver polymath whose photography, film, music and installations drew on literary, philosophical and popular references.

Contemporary Vancouver artistJin-me Yoon

Vancouver artist whose photo, video, performance and installation work examines identity, migration, memory, tourism and contested ideas of place.

Vancouver-born artist — wider practiceKen Lum

Conceptual and representational artist whose work across text, portraiture, sculpture and public art examines identity, language and spatial politics.

Contemporary Vancouver artistRoy Arden

Vancouver artist whose photography and archival work examine urban transformation, economic landscapes and the construction of history.

Vancouver photoconceptual contextVikky Alexander

Canadian artist whose photography and installations examine consumer imagery, artificial nature, beauty and the construction of desire.

Contemporary Vancouver media artistPaul Wong

Video and media artist whose practice examines identity, race, sexuality, public memory and the social history of Vancouver.

Vancouver-based Indigenous artistDana Claxton

Hunkpapa Lakota artist working across photography, video, performance and installation to address Indigenous presence, representation and cultural memory.

Contemporary Vancouver-connected artistAdad Hannah

Artist known for staged tableaux that use video, photography and installation to slow down looking and reframe art-historical scenes.

Contemporary Vancouver painterErin McSavaney

Artist producing meticulously observed paintings of architecture and urban space that question the apparent neutrality of photographic vision.

Contemporary Vancouver artistNeil Wedman

Artist working across drawing, painting and photography with images that combine narrative uncertainty, humour and the uncanny.

Contemporary Vancouver artistEvan Lee

Vancouver artist using photography, painting and image manipulation to examine value, migration, representation and overlooked subjects.

Contemporary Vancouver photographerKarin Bubaš

Photographer whose staged figures and atmospheric landscapes draw on cinema, fashion and the emotional construction of place.

Vancouver-trained artist — wider practiceOwen Kydd

Artist known for video works that appear nearly still, using subtle motion to test the boundary between photography and film.

Contemporary Vancouver photographerStephen Waddell

Photographer observing figures, labour and ordinary environments through carefully composed images grounded in the social world.

Vancouver-born photographer — wider practiceGreg Girard

Photographer whose sustained studies of cities, architecture and changing neighbourhoods connect personal history with wider urban transformation.

Vancouver-based Indigenous artistRaymond Boisjoly

Haida and Québécois artist using text, photography and installation to examine language, Indigenous representation and cultural transmission.

Contemporary Vancouver artistDamian Moppett

Artist working across sculpture, drawing, painting and photography to examine artistic process, representation and the studio as a subject.

Contemporary Vancouver painterAndrew Dadson

Artist extending painting beyond the canvas through layered monochrome surfaces, environmental actions, photography and installation.

Contemporary Vancouver artistAlthea Thauberger

Artist developing collaborative photo, film and performance projects that examine institutions, communities and how people represent themselves.

Contemporary Vancouver media artistHenry Tsang

Visual and media artist exploring the spatial politics of history, language, community, migration, food and cultural translation.

Contemporary Vancouver artistGu Xiong

Artist whose drawing, photography and installation examine migration, labour, cultural memory and the changing spaces of cities.

Syilx artist with Vancouver trainingKrista Belle Stewart

Syilx artist whose installations and moving-image works engage archival materials, land, family history and the instability of documentary truth.

Contemporary Vancouver artistLorna Brown

Artist and curator using text, public space, archives and social research to examine civic memory, labour and collective knowledge.

Contemporary Vancouver artist and researcherRuth Beer

Interdisciplinary artist and researcher using sculpture, video, photography and tapestry to examine contested geographies and landscapes in transition.

Contemporary artist — regional connection under reviewRiti Batra

Riti Batra works across painting, photography, and mixed media. The practice engages abstraction and material practice.

Contemporary artist — regional connection under reviewJordan Blackstone

Jordan Blackstone works across painting and photography. The practice engages landscape, wildlife, and figure and portraiture.

Contemporary artist — regional connection under reviewWim Blom

Wim Blom works in photography. The practice engages city and architecture, conceptual and language-based practice, and place and memory.

Contemporary artist — regional connection under reviewWarren Chiu

Warren Chiu works across oil painting and photography.

Contemporary artist — regional connection under reviewAdam Gibbs

Adam Gibbs works in photography.

Vancouver-connected artistEric Neighbour

Eric Neighbour works across painting, photography, and sculpture. The practice engages sculpture and public space.

Vancouver-connected artistAndrea Taylor

Andrea Taylor works across painting, photography, sculpture, mixed media, and drawing. The practice engages sculpture and public space and material practice.

Vancouver-connected artistTaisha Teal

Taisha Teal works across oil painting, acrylic painting, photography, ceramics, and drawing. The practice engages material practice.

Vancouver-connected artistDrew Van Unen

Drew Van Unen works across painting and photography.

Contemporary artist — regional connection under reviewTerrill Welch

Terrill Welch works across oil painting and photography. The practice engages landscape and forest and coast.

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