Guest Speaker: Vance Wright

In collaboration with the Or Gallery, the AGP is hosting an artist talk by ECU alumnus Vance Wright.

Vance Wright (they/them) is a reconnecting two-spirit member of the Tl’azt’en Nation, and was raised on the unceded territories of the Sinixt, Okanagan and Ktunaxa  Nations in what is colonially known as Nelson BC. Currently residing in the occupied and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations in Vancouver, they are an emerging artist, curator and writer. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University, with a major in Critical and Cultural Practices and a minor in Curatorial Studies. Their art work has been exhibited in the Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA), as well as Artist Run Centres such as Massy Arts Society and Oxygen Art Centre.

Or Gallery
Ba’oya Hubuk’esi (I Love Them By The Edge) Exhibition
January 22 – May 2
236 E Pender, Vancouver

Ba’oya Hubuk’esi (I Love Them By the Edge) is an exhibition that explores the plurality of queer Indigenous intimacy and erotics alongside connections to family, community, and territory. The exhibition features four interrelated filmworks and a series of photographs that document multiple activations of place through co-authored performances with the artist’s collaborative partners. The performative activations will expand across media—through film, photography, language and sound—to address the ways in which relations to territory and community shape Indigiqueer identity.

Headshot Photo courtesy Toonasa Luggi Photography
Instagram: @toonasa_photography