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67 spun copper cups, grande size
2009
Image courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery (Install #1)
Text courtesy of Sonny Assu and Kathleen Ritter.
1884/1951 was part of the exhibit "How Soon Is Now?" at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Sonny Assu merges traditional North West Coast Aboriginal iconography with the aesthetics of popular culture. In the past, he has satirically "branded" Salmon Loops as a breakfast cereal and appropriated the Coca-Cola slogan to welcome people to Coast Salish Territory.
In 1884/1951, Assu has rendered 67 disposable coffee cups in copper referencing everyday objects that are given away during a potlatch. His use of copper refers specifically to its unique value to the Aboriginal people of the West Coast.
"Copper was a form of wealth for the First People of the West Coast. However the basis of wealth for the Aboriginal people was significantly different than what the European settlers were accustomed to. As a Western society, we horde to prove our wealth, keeping it for ourselves or buying objects that demonstrate our placement in society. The First Peoples of the Pacific North West (specifically those who practised the Potlatch) saw wealth in a dramatically different way; saving for years, hoarding wealth only to give away. It was that demonstration of giving that deemed you wealthy.
The status of wealth for a Chief was his copper shield; I've heard stories of Chiefs who felt they were so rich after a potlatch, that they destroyed parts of their Copper to prove it. Chief's would commonly one-up themselves by breaking off pieces of their copper and tossing them in the fire.
One story I heard gave rise and relevance to 1884/1951. It was a story of a Chief who felt he was so wealthy after a potlatch that he no want of anything. He proved his bravado by tossing his full copper in the fire.
I found it an interesting juxtaposition of culture, were we as a western society will happily spend $5 on a latte and walk around town displaying our wealth in these disposable cups, only to toss them away in an unconsoous act of proving ourselves."
With 67 cups in total, 1884/1951 presnets a cup for each year that the potlatch ceremonies were banned by Canadian law. The positioning of the cups started to play heavily on the meaning of the piece for him. The systematic discarded piling of the cups references the the act of the banning and our momentum toward become a disposable society.
"The Potlatch moved underground in those 67 years of the ban. But the will of the people remained strong, knowing it was their right to practice their beliefs. An Indian agent would be sent to confiscate all the regalia, materials and gifts to be given away during a Potlatch. Jailing the host and piling up the regalia and other materials to be given away. Taking photo's of confiscated wealth, like trophies, to be hoarded away in museums."
2009
Image courtesy of the Vancouver Art Gallery (Install #1)
Text courtesy of Sonny Assu and Kathleen Ritter.
1884/1951 was part of the exhibit "How Soon Is Now?" at the Vancouver Art Gallery.
Sonny Assu merges traditional North West Coast Aboriginal iconography with the aesthetics of popular culture. In the past, he has satirically "branded" Salmon Loops as a breakfast cereal and appropriated the Coca-Cola slogan to welcome people to Coast Salish Territory.
In 1884/1951, Assu has rendered 67 disposable coffee cups in copper referencing everyday objects that are given away during a potlatch. His use of copper refers specifically to its unique value to the Aboriginal people of the West Coast.
"Copper was a form of wealth for the First People of the West Coast. However the basis of wealth for the Aboriginal people was significantly different than what the European settlers were accustomed to. As a Western society, we horde to prove our wealth, keeping it for ourselves or buying objects that demonstrate our placement in society. The First Peoples of the Pacific North West (specifically those who practised the Potlatch) saw wealth in a dramatically different way; saving for years, hoarding wealth only to give away. It was that demonstration of giving that deemed you wealthy.
The status of wealth for a Chief was his copper shield; I've heard stories of Chiefs who felt they were so rich after a potlatch, that they destroyed parts of their Copper to prove it. Chief's would commonly one-up themselves by breaking off pieces of their copper and tossing them in the fire.
One story I heard gave rise and relevance to 1884/1951. It was a story of a Chief who felt he was so wealthy after a potlatch that he no want of anything. He proved his bravado by tossing his full copper in the fire.
I found it an interesting juxtaposition of culture, were we as a western society will happily spend $5 on a latte and walk around town displaying our wealth in these disposable cups, only to toss them away in an unconsoous act of proving ourselves."
With 67 cups in total, 1884/1951 presnets a cup for each year that the potlatch ceremonies were banned by Canadian law. The positioning of the cups started to play heavily on the meaning of the piece for him. The systematic discarded piling of the cups references the the act of the banning and our momentum toward become a disposable society.
"The Potlatch moved underground in those 67 years of the ban. But the will of the people remained strong, knowing it was their right to practice their beliefs. An Indian agent would be sent to confiscate all the regalia, materials and gifts to be given away during a Potlatch. Jailing the host and piling up the regalia and other materials to be given away. Taking photo's of confiscated wealth, like trophies, to be hoarded away in museums."
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Aiming to shed light on the dark, hidden history that Canada continues to harbour towards its Indigenous population, Sonny Assu's work is conceptually and aesthetically designed to challenge the authenticity of Indigenous art while simultaneously reflecting upon our western civilization's consumption culture.
His work is a richly layered introspection of our consumer driven monolithic society. He infuses his work with wry humour to open the dialogue towards the use of consumerism, branding and technology as totemic representation. Within this, his work deals with the loss of language, loss of cultural resources and the effects colonization upon the Indigenous people of North America.
Sonny Assu (b.1975)
Interdisciplinary Artist Regarded as a 'Vanguard' for his piece in the Vancouver Art Gallery's exhibit, How Soon Is Now?, Sonny Assu continues to push the boundaries of contemporary art by challenging the perception of Indigenous art. An interdisciplinary artist, Assu merges Indigenous iconography with the aesthetics of popular culture to challenge the social and historical values placed upon both. An exploration of his mixed ancestry, his work appropriates or transforms items of consumer and popular culture to trace the lineage of his own personal life. Interested in ideas around Indigenous issues and rights, branding and new technologies, he works across many boundaries and disciplines and in doing so, reveals a ravishing oeuvre that speaks to many.
Interdisciplinary Artist Regarded as a 'Vanguard' for his piece in the Vancouver Art Gallery's exhibit, How Soon Is Now?, Sonny Assu continues to push the boundaries of contemporary art by challenging the perception of Indigenous art. An interdisciplinary artist, Assu merges Indigenous iconography with the aesthetics of popular culture to challenge the social and historical values placed upon both. An exploration of his mixed ancestry, his work appropriates or transforms items of consumer and popular culture to trace the lineage of his own personal life. Interested in ideas around Indigenous issues and rights, branding and new technologies, he works across many boundaries and disciplines and in doing so, reveals a ravishing oeuvre that speaks to many.
Assu's work has been featured in several solo and group exhibits over the past years, notably Don't Stop Me Now! and Comic Relief at the National Gallery of Canada, Beat Nation and How Soon is Now? at the Vancouver Art Gallery and Changing Hands: Art With Reservation Part 2 at the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City.
His work has been accepted into the National Gallery of Canada, the Seattle Art Museum, the Museum of Anthropology at UBC and in various other public and private collections across Canada and the United States.
Sonny is Liǥwildaʼxw of the We Wai Kai First Nation (Cape Mudge). He graduated from the Emily Carr University in 2002. He currently lives and works in Montreal and has been long-listed for the 10th annual Sobey Art Award (2012).
Solo Exhibitions
2011
Silenced - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Longing - West Vancouver Museum, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
Coke Salish - Labyrinth Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Longing: An Anthropological Intervention - Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010 Sonny Assu - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2009 iDrums - Equinox Gallery (Gallery 2), Vancouver, Canada
2007 iPotlatch - Art Gallery of South Western Manitoba, Brandon, Canada
2006 Sonny Assu: As defined by the Indian Act. - Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2012
Beat Nation - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Throw Down - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, Canada
A Stake in the Ground: Contemporary Native Art Manifestation - Art Mur, Montreal, Canada
2011
Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art From the Audain Collection - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Decolonize Me - Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Art, Revolution and Ownership, New Forms Festival 11 - Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver, Canada
Summer Live - Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The United Nations Safe Planet Campaign:The Ocean in Us - The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, BC
Artist Circle Exhibition, Harmony Arts Festival - West Vancouver, BC, Canada
Don't Stop Me Now - National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Exquisite Corpse: Who is that body in the window? - Grunt Gallery (Special Project), Vancouver, BC
(Be)longing - Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA, USA
We:Vancouver 12 Manifestos for the City (Preview of Digital Natives Public Art Project) - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2010
Exhibit E - Rennie Collection at Wing Sang, Vancouver, Canada
The Home Team - Equinox Gallery (Gallery 2), Vancouver, Canada
Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast - The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Alternorthern - The LAB - San Francisco, CA, USA
Endlessly Traversed Landscapes (Public Transit Exhibit) - Vancouver, Canada
Seattle City Light Portable Works: Part lll - Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery - Seattle, WA, USA
2009
Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast - The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
Continuum: Vision and Creativity on the Northwest Coast - Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art - Vancouver
Blue Like an Orange - Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Beat Nation: Hip Hop as an Indigenous Culture
- Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
How Soon Is Now? - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Pop Goes the World - The Red Shift Gallery, Saskatoon, SK Canada
2008
Winter Group Exhibit - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
INFLUENCE - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
World Histories - Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines, IA, USA
Comic Relief - National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2 - Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ, USA
2007
SAM at 75 - Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA, USA
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2
- Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, AK, USA
- Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2006
The Altered Image - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Past to Present - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2
- Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL, USA
- Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Earth: the World Urban Festival - Great Northern Way Campus, Vancouver, Canada
90º - The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, BC
2005
HIVE: A New Works Group Show - Studio #1, 901 Main St. Vancouver, BC.
Dem(ouse)graphics - New Perspective Gallery, Passmore, BC.
Evolution (Alumni Exhibition) - Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2 - Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY, USA
Futuristic Regalia
- Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC, Canada
- Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC, Canada
2004 Futuristic Regalia - Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2003 Thinking Textile - Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Canada
2002
Urban Red Wire - The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, BC
Emily Carr Graduation Exhibit - Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
The Vancouver Review (Cover) Fall 2011
Troubling Tricksters (w) ISBN# 978-1554581818
The Vancouver Review (w +i ) Fall 2010 + Fall 2009
beckoningforchange.org (w) Featured artist
The Vancouver Review (i) Summer 2009
Mini International (i) #22
Bibliography
2010 The Museum of Anthropology ISBN-13: 978-1553654155
2009 Challenging Traditions ISBN# 978-1-5536-414-8
How Soon IS Now? ISBN# 978-895442-74.8
2008 World Histories ISBN# 978-1-879003-53-8
2005 Changing Hands:
Art Without Reservation 2 ISBN# 1-890385-11-5
2004 Thinking Textile ISBN# 0 - 9692572 - 8 -7
Futuristic Regalia ISBN# 1 - 895329 - 60 - 4
2002 Grad Catalogue Emily Carr University
Media (print/tv/radio/web)
2010 SAD Mag Fall
2009 Pushing the line:
Art without reservations Bravo!
Socket CBC Radio One
North by Northwest CBC Radio One
2008 Art Papers Vol. 5, Issue #32
The Vancouver Sun Sept. 10th
2007 Common Ground August
The Olympian May 5th
Seattle Post-Intelligencer May 3rd
2006 Socket CBC Radio One
The Vancouver Sun July 3rd
The Vancouver Sun June 22nd
The Vancouver Sun June 17th
The Georgia Straight March 2th
2005 The Vancouver Courier March 6th
The National Post January 6th
2004 Colour TV CityTV
North by Northwest CBC Radio One
2004 Westender February 26th
Richmond News January 7th
2004 Art Zone (Season two) APTN
2003 The Georgia Straight December 4th
The Richmond Review December 4th
North by Northwest CBC Radio
Red Wire Magazine Vol. 5 Issue # 3
2002 ZeD CBC TV
Art Zone APTN
Westender March 28th.
Red Directions. Vol. 2 Issue #4
2001 North by Northwest CBC Radio One
Education
2002 Emily Carr University of Art + Design
BFA (Visual Art: Print Making, Painting, Digital Arts)
Vancouver, BC, Canada
1999 Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Transfer to Emily Carr
Surrey, BC, Canada
Community Services
2009 - 2011 Grunt Gallery - Vice President, Board of directors.
2007 - 09 Grunt Gallery - Board of directors.
2011
Silenced - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Longing - West Vancouver Museum, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
Coke Salish - Labyrinth Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Longing: An Anthropological Intervention - Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2010 Sonny Assu - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2009 iDrums - Equinox Gallery (Gallery 2), Vancouver, Canada
2007 iPotlatch - Art Gallery of South Western Manitoba, Brandon, Canada
2006 Sonny Assu: As defined by the Indian Act. - Belkin Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Group Exhibitions
2012
Beat Nation - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Throw Down - Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, Canada
A Stake in the Ground: Contemporary Native Art Manifestation - Art Mur, Montreal, Canada
2011
Shore, Forest and Beyond: Art From the Audain Collection - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Decolonize Me - Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Art, Revolution and Ownership, New Forms Festival 11 - Waldorf Hotel, Vancouver, Canada
Summer Live - Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada
The United Nations Safe Planet Campaign:The Ocean in Us - The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, BC
Artist Circle Exhibition, Harmony Arts Festival - West Vancouver, BC, Canada
Don't Stop Me Now - National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Exquisite Corpse: Who is that body in the window? - Grunt Gallery (Special Project), Vancouver, BC
(Be)longing - Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, WA, USA
We:Vancouver 12 Manifestos for the City (Preview of Digital Natives Public Art Project) - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2010
Exhibit E - Rennie Collection at Wing Sang, Vancouver, Canada
The Home Team - Equinox Gallery (Gallery 2), Vancouver, Canada
Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast - The Reach Gallery Museum, Abbotsford, BC, Canada
Alternorthern - The LAB - San Francisco, CA, USA
Endlessly Traversed Landscapes (Public Transit Exhibit) - Vancouver, Canada
Seattle City Light Portable Works: Part lll - Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery - Seattle, WA, USA
2009
Challenging Traditions: Contemporary First Nations Art of the Northwest Coast - The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
Continuum: Vision and Creativity on the Northwest Coast - Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art - Vancouver
Blue Like an Orange - Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
Beat Nation: Hip Hop as an Indigenous Culture
- Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- SAW Gallery, Ottawa, Canada
How Soon Is Now? - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Pop Goes the World - The Red Shift Gallery, Saskatoon, SK Canada
2008
Winter Group Exhibit - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
INFLUENCE - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
World Histories - Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines, IA, USA
Comic Relief - National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2 - Tucson Museum of Art. Tucson, AZ, USA
2007
SAM at 75 - Seattle Art Museum. Seattle, WA, USA
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2
- Anchorage Museum of History & Art, Anchorage, AK, USA
- Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2006
The Altered Image - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Past to Present - Equinox Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2
- Naples Museum of Art, Naples, FL, USA
- Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, Santa Fe, NM, USA
Earth: the World Urban Festival - Great Northern Way Campus, Vancouver, Canada
90º - The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, BC
2005
HIVE: A New Works Group Show - Studio #1, 901 Main St. Vancouver, BC.
Dem(ouse)graphics - New Perspective Gallery, Passmore, BC.
Evolution (Alumni Exhibition) - Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
Changing Hands: Art Without Reservation, 2 - Museum of Arts & Design, New York, NY, USA
Futuristic Regalia
- Campbell River Art Gallery, Campbell River, BC, Canada
- Alternator Gallery, Kelowna BC, Canada
2004 Futuristic Regalia - Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2003 Thinking Textile - Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC, Canada
2002
Urban Red Wire - The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, BC
Emily Carr Graduation Exhibit - Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
Artist Talks
2012
Current Body of Work
- Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
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Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
- Camosun Collage, Victoria, BC, Canada
2011
Longing - West Vancouver Museum, West Vancouver, BC, Canada
(Be)longing - Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA, USA
Current Body of Work - Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC
Sound Of Conversation - Satellite Gallery, Vancouver BC
2010
Current Body of Work
- University of Lethbridge Visiting Artist Series
- Vancouver Island University Speaker Series
- Capilano University, North Vancouver, BC.
- Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art - Vancouver, Canada
2009
The McMichael Canadian Art Collection - Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
REMIX, Open Education Conference - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Current Body of Work - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2008
World Histories - Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines, IA, USA
2007
Contemporary Traditions: The Work of Sonny Assu
- Seattle Art Museum Lecture, Seattle, WA, USA
- UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2006 90º - The Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver, BC
2004 Full Circle - Grunt Gallery, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Studio Tours/Talks
2011 Associates from the Vancouver Art Gallery
2009 Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
2007 Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
Artist Panel discussions
2011
B4C: NYC Freedom Panel - Demos, New York, NY, USA
Digital Natives Symposium - UBC Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Foundation Forum - Emily Carr University, Vancouver, BC
2009
Art + Identity - Hotshots Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pleasure and Doom -Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Artist in Residence
2010
Baie St. Paul International Artist Symposium - Baie St. Paul, Quebec, Canada
The Richmond Art Gallery - Richmond, BC, Canada
2009 The McMichael Canadian Art Collection - Kleinburg, Ontario, Canada
2008
Des Moines Art Center - Des Moines Art Center. Des Moines, IA, USA
ArtStarts in Schools - Kitsalano Secondary, Vancouver, BC, Canada
2007 ArtStarts in Schools - North Delta Senior Secondary, North Delta, BC, Canada
2003 NEW MEDIA INNOVATION CENTRE - Vancouver, BC, Canada
Grants and Awards
2012
Sobey Art Award - Long List
Canada Council for the Arts - Production grant
2011
British Columbia Achievement Foundation: Award of Excellence, Creative Achievement in First Nations Art
Canada Council for the Arts - Travel grant
British Columbia Arts Council - Mid-Career Production grant
2010 British Columbia Arts Council - Mid-Career Production grant
2009 British Columbia Arts Council - Mid-Career Production grant
2007
Canada Council for the Arts - Production grant
British Columbia Arts Council - Production grant
Emily Carr University - Distinguished alumni award
2005 Canada Council for the Arts - Travel grant
2004 British Columbia Arts Council - Artist production grant
2003
First Peoples' Cultural Foundation - Production grant
Vancouver Foundation (VADA) - Development grant
Peer Assessment Juries
2010 Canada Council for the Arts. - International Residency jury.
2008 British Columbia Arts Council -Level 1 & 2 Awards jury.
2007 Visual Arts Development Awards (VADA) - Awards jury.
2005 Canada Council for the Arts. - Emerging artist grant jury.
2004 Art Underfoot Selection Panel -City of Vancouver
Public Collections
The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Canada
The City of Richmond, BC, Canada
Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs, Washinton, USA
Museum of Anthropology, Vancouver, Canada
The Seattle Art Museum, Washinton, USA
Public Art Projects
2011 Coke Salish (Vancouver Live 125)
Digital Natives (Produced by Other Sights for Artists' Projects) - Burrard Street Bridge, Vancouver Canada
The Vancouver Review (Cover) Fall 2011
Troubling Tricksters (w) ISBN# 978-1554581818
The Vancouver Review (w +i ) Fall 2010 + Fall 2009
beckoningforchange.org (w) Featured artist
The Vancouver Review (i) Summer 2009
Mini International (i) #22
Bibliography
2010 The Museum of Anthropology ISBN-13: 978-1553654155
2009 Challenging Traditions ISBN# 978-1-5536-414-8
How Soon IS Now? ISBN# 978-895442-74.8
2008 World Histories ISBN# 978-1-879003-53-8
2005 Changing Hands:
Art Without Reservation 2 ISBN# 1-890385-11-5
2004 Thinking Textile ISBN# 0 - 9692572 - 8 -7
Futuristic Regalia ISBN# 1 - 895329 - 60 - 4
2002 Grad Catalogue Emily Carr University
Media (print/tv/radio/web)
2010 SAD Mag Fall
2009 Pushing the line:
Art without reservations Bravo!
Socket CBC Radio One
North by Northwest CBC Radio One
2008 Art Papers Vol. 5, Issue #32
The Vancouver Sun Sept. 10th
2007 Common Ground August
The Olympian May 5th
Seattle Post-Intelligencer May 3rd
2006 Socket CBC Radio One
The Vancouver Sun July 3rd
The Vancouver Sun June 22nd
The Vancouver Sun June 17th
The Georgia Straight March 2th
2005 The Vancouver Courier March 6th
The National Post January 6th
2004 Colour TV CityTV
North by Northwest CBC Radio One
2004 Westender February 26th
Richmond News January 7th
2004 Art Zone (Season two) APTN
2003 The Georgia Straight December 4th
The Richmond Review December 4th
North by Northwest CBC Radio
Red Wire Magazine Vol. 5 Issue # 3
2002 ZeD CBC TV
Art Zone APTN
Westender March 28th.
Red Directions. Vol. 2 Issue #4
2001 North by Northwest CBC Radio One
Education
2002 Emily Carr University of Art + Design
BFA (Visual Art: Print Making, Painting, Digital Arts)
Vancouver, BC, Canada
1999 Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Transfer to Emily Carr
Surrey, BC, Canada
Community Services
2009 - 2011 Grunt Gallery - Vice President, Board of directors.
2007 - 09 Grunt Gallery - Board of directors.
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