Public Talks + Conferences
Thursday, Feb 22, 2018 – 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Reliance Theatre | First floor

Join us for an artist talk by Shawn Hunt.

Shawn Hunt was born in Vancouver Canada in 1975. He is an artist of Heiltsuk, French and Scottish ancestry. He has a diploma in studio art from Capilano college as well as a BFA from the University of British Columbia where he majored in sculpture and drawing. Shawn comes from a family of artists. His father is Bradley Hunt, a prominent Heiltsuk artist with whom he apprenticed for 5 years. Shawn also did an apprenticeship with Coast Salish painter Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun from 2012 – 2015. Shawn’s work takes on a complexity of influence from both his training in traditional Heiltsuk design, wood carving, jewelry carving and painting and his engagement with contemporary questions of subversion, preconception and fluid meanings. Hunt has recently completed a commissioned project with Microsoft and presented a projection mapped video at the Vancouver Art Gallery for Facade Fest 2018.

Visual Art Forums is presented by the Audain Faculty of Art.