Medium hub · 13 artist records

Text, Books & Publishing

Language, writing, books and text-based practice across painting, public art and conceptual work.

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Historical British Columbia anchorEmily Carr

Painter and writer whose sustained engagement with the coastal environment made her central to the history of art in British Columbia.

Historical Vancouver artistJack Shadbolt

Painter, teacher and writer whose modernist practice transformed natural forms and whose long teaching career shaped Vancouver art education.

Contemporary Vancouver artistIan Wallace

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

Contemporary Vancouver artistRon Terada

Vancouver artist using text, appropriation and exhibition conventions to examine how information circulates through art, media and popular culture.

Contemporary British Columbia artistGraham Gillmore

Painter using layered text, humour and contradiction to explore communication, knowledge, belief and personal experience.

Vancouver-born photographer — wider practiceGreg Girard

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

Contemporary Vancouver artistJulia Feyrer

Artist and filmmaker creating associative installations where film, sculpture, writing and exhibition design shape one another.

Vancouver-based Indigenous artistRaymond Boisjoly

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

Contemporary Vancouver artistLaiwan

Interdisciplinary artist and writer engaging language, embodiment, ecology, migration and queer cultural histories.

Vancouver-based Indigenous artistGabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill

Métis artist and writer using found materials, land-based knowledge and economic histories to examine property, value and survival.

Contemporary Vancouver media artistJudy Radul

Artist using video, installation, performance and writing to investigate spectatorship, legal space, technology and the production of public events.

Contemporary Vancouver artistKathy Slade

Artist working with textiles, film, music, publishing and appropriation to trace how cultural forms circulate and gather meaning.

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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Landscape PaintingForest & Pacific CoastVancouver PhotoconceptualismVancouver CityscapesMapping, Memory & PlaceIdentity, Language & PlaceText & Conceptual ArtContemporary Painting & AbstractionUrban Photography & Everyday LifeMoving Image & PerformanceCeramics, Textiles & Material PracticeIndigenous Art & Land

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VancouverBritish Columbia CoastFraser Valley