Subjects · 16 hubs

Art subjects & practices

Each hub gathers real artist records and then links outward to the regions and collector questions that give the category useful context.

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Landscape Painting

Vancouver and BC landscape painters across the coast, forest, alpine and urban horizon.
53 connected artists

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Vancouver Cityscapes

Artists interpreting Vancouver streets, rain, architecture, waterfront and changing urban space.
21 connected artists

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Mountain Art

North Shore, Whistler, Blackcomb and Coast Mountain imagery.
5 connected artists

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Wildlife Art

BC wildlife artists and documented bear, wolf and eagle artworks in habitat context.
10 connected artists

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Forest & Pacific Coast

Cedar, ocean, mist, shoreline and the atmospheric conditions of coastal British Columbia.
29 connected artists

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Vancouver Photoconceptualism

The internationally recognized photo-based practices associated with Vancouver.
13 connected artists

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Mapping, Memory & Place

Artists using geography, architecture, history and perception as active structures.
48 connected artists

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Indigenous Art & Land

Distinct Indigenous practices engaging sovereignty, territory, colonial history and contemporary life.
10 connected artists

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Identity, Language & Place

Artists examining migration, public language, cultural memory and spatial politics.
36 connected artists

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Public Art & Sculpture

Three-dimensional and civic works connected to Vancouver and British Columbia.
18 connected artists

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Contemporary Painting & Abstraction

Contemporary Vancouver and BC painters across observation, abstraction and material experiment.
37 connected artists

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Figure, Portraiture & the Body

Artists examining identity, gesture, embodiment and the politics of representation.
29 connected artists

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Ceramics, Textiles & Material Practice

Artists making meaning through clay, fabric, found objects, surface and sculptural process.
28 connected artists

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Moving Image & Performance

Video, film, animation, performance and time-based practices in Vancouver art.
19 connected artists

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Text & Conceptual Art

Artists using language, systems, publishing and public information as artistic material.
15 connected artists

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Urban Photography & Everyday Life

Photography and image-making focused on streets, architecture, labour and ordinary experience.
10 connected artists