Place hub · 10 artists · 2 artworks
Downtown Vancouver
Streets, towers, heritage buildings, reflected light and the urban core as an art subject.
Connected artists
People connected to this place
Canadian oil painter connecting rain-lit Vancouver streets, Coast Mountain landscapes and western Canadian wildlife through vibrant colour and palette-knife texture.
Video and media artist whose practice examines identity, race, sexuality, public memory and the social history of Vancouver.
Vancouver-based visual artist and writer using sculpture, installation, painting and public art to examine technology, identity and contemporary culture.
Artist producing meticulously observed paintings of architecture and urban space that question the apparent neutrality of photographic vision.
Photographer whose sustained studies of cities, architecture and changing neighbourhoods connect personal history with wider urban transformation.
Sculptor using humour, popular culture and familiar animal or domestic forms to examine desire, consumption and cultural cliché.
Artist developing collaborative photo, film and performance projects that examine institutions, communities and how people represent themselves.
Visual and media artist exploring the spatial politics of history, language, community, migration, food and cultural translation.
Artist whose drawing, photography and installation examine migration, labour, cultural memory and the changing spaces of cities.
Artist and curator using text, public space, archives and social research to examine civic memory, labour and collective knowledge.
Named works
Artwork evidence in this place
Oil on canvas · Granville Street, downtown Vancouver, British Columbia
Oil on canvas · West Georgia and Granville Street, downtown Vancouver, British Columbia
Subjects
What artists explore
Vancouver CityscapesMountain ArtWildlife ArtForest & Pacific CoastMoving Image & PerformanceIdentity, Language & PlaceMapping, Memory & PlacePublic Art & SculptureText & Conceptual ArtUrban Photography & Everyday LifeCeramics, Textiles & Material PracticeMedia