Medium hub · 12 artist records

Public & Digital Art

Civic, participatory and technology-based practices operating beyond the conventional gallery object.

Connected artists

Artists working in this medium

Vancouver-based Indigenous artistLawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun

Cowichan and Syilx artist whose work addresses Indigenous sovereignty, colonization, environmental destruction and ancestral territory.

Contemporary British Columbia artistSonny Assu

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

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 media artistPaul Wong

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

Contemporary Vancouver artist and writerDouglas Coupland

Vancouver-based visual artist and writer using sculpture, installation, painting and public art to examine technology, identity and contemporary culture.

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 sculptorMyfanwy MacLeod

Sculptor using humour, popular culture and familiar animal or domestic forms to examine desire, consumption and cultural cliché.

Contemporary Vancouver artistAlthea Thauberger

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

Contemporary Vancouver artistGermaine Koh

Artist and organizer adapting everyday actions, common spaces and responsive systems to create connections among people, technology and environment.

Contemporary Vancouver media artistHenry Tsang

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

Kwakwaka’wakw artist with Vancouver connectionsMarianne Nicolson

Dzawada’enuxw First Nations artist whose installations, paintings and light-based works address land, language, sovereignty and cultural continuity.

Contemporary Vancouver artistLorna Brown

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

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Indigenous Art & LandLandscape PaintingMapping, Memory & PlaceIdentity, Language & PlacePublic Art & SculptureVancouver PhotoconceptualismMoving Image & PerformanceText & Conceptual ArtUrban Photography & Everyday LifeCeramics, Textiles & Material PracticeVancouver Cityscapes

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VancouverBritish Columbia CoastFraser Valley