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Vancouver Photoconceptualism

This hub connects artists whose conceptually rigorous photography, film and image-making helped establish Vancouver’s global art-historical visibility.

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Contemporary Vancouver artistJeff Wall

Internationally influential Vancouver artist whose constructed photographs connect pictorial traditions, cinema and the everyday spaces of the city.

Contemporary Vancouver artistStan Douglas

Vancouver artist using photography, film, video, installation and theatre to examine history, technology and collective memory.

Contemporary Vancouver artistIan Wallace

Artist and educator combining photography and monochrome painting while treating Vancouver as both social space and art-historical context.

Vancouver artist — legacy recordRodney Graham

Vancouver polymath whose photography, film, music and installations drew on literary, philosophical and popular references.

Contemporary Vancouver artistJin-me Yoon

Vancouver artist whose photo, video, performance and installation work examines identity, migration, memory, tourism and contested ideas of place.

Vancouver-born artist — wider practiceKen Lum

Conceptual and representational artist whose work across text, portraiture, sculpture and public art examines identity, language and spatial politics.

Contemporary Vancouver artistRoy Arden

Vancouver artist whose photography and archival work examine urban transformation, economic landscapes and the construction of history.

Vancouver photoconceptual contextVikky Alexander

Canadian artist whose photography and installations examine consumer imagery, artificial nature, beauty and the construction of desire.

Contemporary Vancouver-connected artistAdad Hannah

Artist known for staged tableaux that use video, photography and installation to slow down looking and reframe art-historical scenes.

Contemporary Vancouver artistEvan Lee

Vancouver artist using photography, painting and image manipulation to examine value, migration, representation and overlooked subjects.

Contemporary Vancouver photographerKarin Bubaš

Photographer whose staged figures and atmospheric landscapes draw on cinema, fashion and the emotional construction of place.

Vancouver-trained artist — wider practiceOwen Kydd

Artist known for video works that appear nearly still, using subtle motion to test the boundary between photography and film.

Contemporary Vancouver photographerStephen Waddell

Photographer observing figures, labour and ordinary environments through carefully composed images grounded in the social world.

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VancouverBritish Columbia CoastVancouver Island

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