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Indigenous Art & Land

This hub does not treat Indigenous art as a single style. It connects independently documented practices where land, sovereignty, material and cultural presence are central to the work.

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Vancouver-based Indigenous artistLawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun

Cowichan and Syilx artist whose work addresses Indigenous sovereignty, colonization, environmental destruction and ancestral territory.

Contemporary British Columbia artistSonny Assu

Ligwilda’xw Kwakwaka’wakw contemporary artist working across media to examine colonial history, popular culture, land and Indigenous presence.

Contemporary artist with Vancouver trainingBrian Jungen

Dane-zaa and Swiss-Canadian artist known for transforming consumer materials into sculptural forms that engage Indigenous culture, display and commodity systems.

Vancouver-based Indigenous artistDana Claxton

Hunkpapa Lakota artist working across photography, video, performance and installation to address Indigenous presence, representation and cultural memory.

Vancouver-based Indigenous artistRaymond Boisjoly

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

Vancouver-based Indigenous artistCharlene Vickers

Anishinaabe artist working through painting, sculpture and performance to explore memory, embodiment, cultural presence and urban Indigenous experience.

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 Indigenous artist with Vancouver connectionsSkeena Reece

Tsimshian/Gitksan and Cree artist working across performance, video, sculpture and installation with humour, critique and embodied cultural presence.

Syilx artist with Vancouver trainingKrista Belle Stewart

Syilx artist whose installations and moving-image works engage archival materials, land, family history and the instability of documentary truth.

Kwakwaka’wakw artist with Vancouver connectionsMarianne Nicolson

Dzawada’enuxw First Nations artist whose installations, paintings and light-based works address land, language, sovereignty and cultural continuity.

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Vancouver British Columbia Coast Vancouver Island

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