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

Vancouver-based artistGraham Watts

Canadian oil painter connecting rain-lit Vancouver streets, Coast Mountain landscapes and western Canadian wildlife through vibrant colour and palette-knife texture.

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.

Contemporary Vancouver painterErin McSavaney

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

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 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 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.

Contemporary Vancouver artistLorna Brown

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

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 Practice

Media

How work is made

Oil PaintingPaintingPhotographySculpture & InstallationWorks on PaperVideo & PerformancePublic & Digital ArtText, Books & Publishing