Comparison reference

Contemporary Vancouver artists to know

This is not a ranking. Artists are included where current or historically significant Vancouver connections can be stated clearly and supported by sources.

Artist	Connection	Primary media	Subjects / practices
Graham Watts	Vancouver-based artist	Oil painting, Limited-edition prints	vancouver cityscapes, mountain art, wildlife art
Takao Tanabe	Contemporary British Columbia artist	Painting, Printmaking	landscape painting, forest and coast
Landon Mackenzie	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Painting, Works on paper	mapping memory place, landscape painting
Renée Van Halm	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Painting, Drawing	mapping memory place, vancouver cityscapes
Jeff Wall	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Photography, Lightbox	photoconceptualism, vancouver cityscapes, mapping memory place
Stan Douglas	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Photography, Film	photoconceptualism, mapping memory place, vancouver cityscapes
Ian Wallace	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Photography, Painting	photoconceptualism, vancouver cityscapes, mapping memory place
Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun	Vancouver-based Indigenous artist	Painting, Drawing	indigenous art and land, landscape painting, mapping memory place
Sonny Assu	Contemporary British Columbia artist	Painting, Sculpture	indigenous art and land, identity language and place, mapping memory place
Jin-me Yoon	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Photography, Video	identity language and place, mapping memory place, photoconceptualism
Brian Jungen	Contemporary artist with Vancouver training	Sculpture, Installation	indigenous art and land, identity language and place, public art and sculpture
Ken Lum	Vancouver-born artist — wider practice	Painting, Sculpture	identity language and place, public art and sculpture, photoconceptualism
Roy Arden	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Photography, Video	photoconceptualism, vancouver cityscapes, mapping memory place
Ron Terada	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Painting, Text-based art	identity language and place, mapping memory place
Vikky Alexander	Vancouver photoconceptual context	Photography, Installation	photoconceptualism, identity language and place, forest and coast
Paul Wong	Contemporary Vancouver media artist	Video, Photography	moving image performance, identity language and place, mapping memory place
Dana Claxton	Vancouver-based Indigenous artist	Photography, Video	indigenous art and land, identity language and place, moving image performance
Douglas Coupland	Contemporary Vancouver artist and writer	Sculpture, Installation	public art and sculpture, identity language and place, text conceptual art
Liz Magor	Contemporary Vancouver sculptor	Sculpture, Installation	public art and sculpture, ceramics material practice, mapping memory place
Geoffrey Farmer	Contemporary Vancouver installation artist	Installation, Collage	ceramics material practice, moving image performance, mapping memory place
Gathie Falk	Senior contemporary Vancouver artist	Sculpture, Ceramics	ceramics material practice, figure portraiture body, moving image performance
Angela Grossmann	Contemporary Vancouver painter	Painting, Collage	figure portraiture body, contemporary painting abstraction, identity language and place
Adad Hannah	Contemporary Vancouver-connected artist	Video, Photography	moving image performance, figure portraiture body, photoconceptualism
Maggee Day	Contemporary Vancouver painter	Painting, Drawing	contemporary painting abstraction, vancouver cityscapes, mapping memory place
Bobbie Burgers	Contemporary Vancouver painter	Painting, Drawing	contemporary painting abstraction, forest and coast
Philippe Raphanel	Contemporary Vancouver painter	Painting	contemporary painting abstraction, landscape painting
Ben Reeves	Contemporary Vancouver painter	Painting, Drawing	contemporary painting abstraction, mapping memory place, vancouver cityscapes
Erin McSavaney	Contemporary Vancouver painter	Painting, Photography	vancouver cityscapes, urban photography everyday life, mapping memory place
Neil Wedman	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Drawing, Painting	contemporary painting abstraction, urban photography everyday life, mapping memory place
Angela Teng	Contemporary Vancouver painter	Painting, Textile	contemporary painting abstraction, ceramics material practice
Jack Kenna	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Painting, Sculpture	contemporary painting abstraction, ceramics material practice, text conceptual art
Evan Lee	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Photography, Painting	photoconceptualism, urban photography everyday life, identity language and place
Karin Bubaš	Contemporary Vancouver photographer	Photography, Drawing	photoconceptualism, urban photography everyday life, figure portraiture body
Colleen Heslin	Contemporary Vancouver textile artist	Textile, Painting	contemporary painting abstraction, ceramics material practice
Alex Morrison	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Painting, Sculpture	contemporary painting abstraction, ceramics material practice, public art and sculpture
Gailan Ngan	Contemporary Vancouver ceramic artist	Ceramics, Sculpture	ceramics material practice, contemporary painting abstraction
Owen Kydd	Vancouver-trained artist — wider practice	Video, Photography	photoconceptualism, moving image performance, urban photography everyday life
Stephen Waddell	Contemporary Vancouver photographer	Photography	photoconceptualism, urban photography everyday life, figure portraiture body
Greg Girard	Vancouver-born photographer — wider practice	Photography, Books	urban photography everyday life, vancouver cityscapes, mapping memory place
Rebecca Brewer	Contemporary Vancouver painter	Painting, Textile	contemporary painting abstraction, figure portraiture body, identity language and place
Julia Feyrer	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Film, Sculpture	moving image performance, ceramics material practice, identity language and place
Raymond Boisjoly	Vancouver-based Indigenous artist	Photography, Text-based art	indigenous art and land, identity language and place, text conceptual art
Eli Bornowsky	Contemporary Vancouver painter	Painting, Drawing	contemporary painting abstraction, mapping memory place
Damian Moppett	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Sculpture, Drawing	public art and sculpture, figure portraiture body, ceramics material practice
Andrew Dadson	Contemporary Vancouver painter	Painting, Photography	contemporary painting abstraction, mapping memory place, forest and coast
Neil Campbell	Contemporary Vancouver painter	Painting, Installation	contemporary painting abstraction, mapping memory place
Myfanwy MacLeod	Contemporary Vancouver sculptor	Sculpture, Public art	public art and sculpture, identity language and place, ceramics material practice
Althea Thauberger	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Photography, Video	moving image performance, identity language and place, mapping memory place
Germaine Koh	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Installation, Public art	public art and sculpture, moving image performance, mapping memory place
Henry Tsang	Contemporary Vancouver media artist	Video, Photography	identity language and place, moving image performance, vancouver cityscapes
Laiwan	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Installation, Video	identity language and place, moving image performance, text conceptual art
Gu Xiong	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Drawing, Painting	identity language and place, mapping memory place, urban photography everyday life
Charlene Vickers	Vancouver-based Indigenous artist	Painting, Sculpture	indigenous art and land, identity language and place, moving image performance
Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill	Vancouver-based Indigenous artist	Sculpture, Installation	indigenous art and land, ceramics material practice, identity language and place
Skeena Reece	Contemporary Indigenous artist with Vancouver connections	Performance, Video	indigenous art and land, moving image performance, identity language and place
Krista Belle Stewart	Syilx artist with Vancouver training	Video, Photography	indigenous art and land, moving image performance, mapping memory place
Marianne Nicolson	Kwakwaka’wakw artist with Vancouver connections	Installation, Painting	indigenous art and land, public art and sculpture, mapping memory place
Judy Radul	Contemporary Vancouver media artist	Video, Installation	moving image performance, text conceptual art, mapping memory place
Kathy Slade	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Textile, Film	ceramics material practice, moving image performance, text conceptual art
Lorna Brown	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Public art, Text-based art	text conceptual art, public art and sculpture, identity language and place
Cindy Mochizuki	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Animation, Installation	moving image performance, identity language and place, mapping memory place
Howie Tsui	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Drawing, Animation	identity language and place, moving image performance, text conceptual art
Ruth Beer	Contemporary Vancouver artist and researcher	Sculpture, Video	ceramics material practice, moving image performance, mapping memory place
Lyse Lemieux	Contemporary Vancouver artist	Drawing, Textile	figure portraiture body, ceramics material practice, identity language and place