Zoe Cire is a visual artist born and raised on Treaty 6 territory of central Alberta, currently residing as a guest on unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh territories. Cire is an amalgam of Cree, Métis descent through her maternal side and mixed European paternally. Cire’s works talk with the culture that raised her, her kookum’s Cree lineage of Beaver Lake Cree Nation and mushoom’s Métis lineage. These conversations are expressed through forms of painting, beading and textile work. With a focus on the terrains of material association, Cire’spractice speaks with language and memory, where it can be found, and what it says when it reaches.

Carlyn Yandle’s art practice interweaves a childhood steeped in West Coast counter-culture, a range of skills in traditional craft methods and her previous profession as an award-winning newspaper journalist. She finds inspiration by literally playing with ideas, often using culturally-embedded found materials and regularly sharing this creative process through writing. She splits her time between an off-grid studio of her own design on Lasqueti Island and her hometown of Vancouver, B.C.

Taryn Sheppard (she/her) is an artist currently based in Vancouver on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations, originally from the Province of Newfoundland/ Ktaqmkuk and Labrador. Taryn's work explores the notion of meaning within architecture from psychological and technological perspectives, through a variety of mediums. Many of her works are investigations on architecture, space and infrastructure, the human experience of space and the changing effects of technology on the relationship between people and architecture. Drawing on her background as an architect specializing in digital fabrication, her process involves oil painting from 3d models and renderings as well as experimental robotic drawing and clay printing.

Shawna Kiesman was born in Prince Rupert, BC and was raised in Victoria, BC. Her mother is Tsimshian/Nisga’a and her father is Haida/German. Shawna graduated from Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Arts (First Nations Fine Art Diploma). Kiesman continued her education at Emily Carr University of Art + Design to gain her Bachelor of Fine Arts and further develop her artistic skills.

Since graduating, Shawna received a grant from First Peoples' Cultural Council, as well as attended the RBC Audain Museum Emerging Artist Program, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, and Bonnie McComb Kreye Studio residencies. Shawna is currently part of the Frame Sovereignty Collective as an invited Artist to create a personal project utilizing training and technologies.

Maggee Day is a visual artist working predominantly in the medium of oil paint. She studied at OCAD University in Toronto, ON where she received her BFA (2016), and completed her MFA at Emily Carr University in Vancouver, BC (2020). Day’s work challenges traditional conventions of representational painting by exploring new ways to utilize tools in our contemporary painting world. She combines traditional painting techniques, rendering approaches from the digital realm, and loose vandalizing brushstrokes to create complex paintings that oscillate between illusionism and autonomous abstraction. Day has exhibited across Canada and was awarded the 2018 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant in painting. Day lives and works in Vancouver, on the unceded land of the Coast Salish peoples.

Olivia Di Liberto is a freelance artist and graphic designer located in Vancouver, BC. Her work focuses on illustration, installation, painting and mural art. She is influenced by the 1960/70s counterculture and uses vibrant illustrative elements, specific colour palettes and intricate line work to convey a feeling of cultural nostalgia. Vintage design and psychedelia is often referenced alongside her inspirations through her love for music, nature and travels.

Monique Motut-Firth is a multidisciplinary visual artist, writer and educator working primarily in paper, paint and textiles.  Her current works investigate the use of collage and photomontage as critical strategies for exploring the role of technical images in knowledge production and cultural representation. The resulting scrap-systems link, layer and weave together disparate image cultures, eras and visual signifiers.

Laura Clark is a Visual Artist based in Vancouver, Canada. Clark’s photography, mixed media art, sculptures, and wearable art explores the vulnerability and fragility of the human landscape. Her artistic practice focuses on remnants left behind to reveal the change and transformation that takes place to shape thought, recollections and surroundings. Clark has extensively exhibited in galleries, public spaces and appears in private collections across British Columbia. She is an active and supportive member of the arts and culture community.

Jack Kenna is an artist working on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations. Recent Exhibitions include ‘Inside Cat’ at Telephone Gallery in Vancouver and ‘A Clog in the Machine’ at the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art in Kelowna. He graduated from ECUAD in 2019.

“As an emerging artist, I’ve begun to shape my artistic identity around the natural wonders of our planet by combining geology with ceramics. Through this combination, I am able to explore through a modern approach, the timeless beauty and endless stories that are derived from the unceeded land we inhabit.”

Gillian Haigh is a visual artist based in Vancouver, BC working on the unceded traditional land of xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. 

Gillian holds a BFA from Emily Carr University and her work has been featured in exhibitions across Canada including Trapp Projects, Arts Umbrella Splash Action, and The Morris & Helen Belkin Gallery. 

Grounded in painting, Gillian’s practice engages with a larger framework of queer theory and feminist thought which pursues the limits of our understanding and perception.