Staring at a wall on the side of the building is like looking at a blank canvas for artist Ilya Viryachev. Taking on mural painting in the last couple years, he talks about the work involved, what inspires him and how it brings the community together. “I like the idea that one person can do…

Nep Sidhu, Toronto-based interdisciplinary artist, is showcasing his latest solo exhibit, Shadows in the Major Seventh, at the Surrey Art Gallery. He was born in England, raised in Scarborough, Ontario and has showcased his art across Canada and the U.S. Sidhu is an artist of presence, claiming his art practice as being rooted in antiquity,…

Imagine literally stepping into a painting – a painting that begins on the floor and goes up the wall. This is the first thing you will see, and walk on, when you enter Patrick Cruz’s exhibition Bulaklak Ng Paraiso (Flower of Paradise) at Centre A, Vancouver International Centre For Contemporary Asian Art. The exhibition is…

  This year’s Ebb and Flow exhibit at the North Vancouver Community Arts Council features artist Tony Yin Tak Chu’s drawing installation inspired by the Chinese pictograph for water. The theme of the exhibit is enhanced by four other artists – Carole Arnston, Sylvia Bayley, Tracey Tarling and Michal Tkachenko – whose paintings are encouraged…

The Sepik River in Papua New Guinea is home to the Iatmul people, an indigenous community of over 400,000 people whose cultural identity, economy, and way of life is threatened by impending mining operations. In the Footprint of the Crocodile Man: Contemporary Art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea will be the first exhibit…

Years after his first exhibition at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam, photographer Zebulon Zang returns to the same site to display No Name Creek. His personal project examines his city at its earliest uninhabited form to give a sense of familiarity and the changes he witnessed. Zang says the story behind the name of…

Laura Wee Láy Láq, an accomplished potter and ceramic artist, will be presenting at the Surrey Art Gallery as part of the Thursday Artist Talk series (Mar. 3) where she will share her unique technique and love for working with clay. With roots in the Stó:lō Nation, Wee Láy Láq’s art is steeped in tradition…

As part of Chinese New Year celebrations, the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden launches the exhibition Gathering: Chinese New Year Folk Art by Chinese artist Gao Jing. Her art, which is considered innovative compared to classical Chinese New Year paintings, depicts traditions before and during Chinese New Year. This is the first time that…

Chanel Blouin, museum assistant at the Jewish Museum & Archives of British Columbia, is launching the online exhibit, New Ways of Living: Jewish Architects in Vancouver, 1955–1975. The exhibit features Vancouver residential landmarks designed and built by Jewish architects in the postwar years in order to recognize their work and pay tribute to those architects…

The Museum of Anthropology at UBC is celebrating Taiwanese culture with (In)visible: The Spiritual World of Taiwan Through Contemporary Art. Since its doors opened on Nov. 20, the exhibit has showcased the works of seven contemporary Taiwanese artists and will run until April 3 of next year. New to the role of curator for the…