2014

Skeena Reece is a Tsimshian/Gitksan and Cree artist based on the West Coast of British Columbia. Her multidisciplinary practice includes performance art, spoken word, humor, “sacred clowning,” writing, singing, songwriting and video art. In her performances she addresses subjects such as race, political landscapes and culture, often in provocative ways. She studied media arts at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (now University). In 2010, she performed at the 17th Biennale of Sydney, Australia.

Born in Sudbury, Ontario, Vancouver-based artist Mina Totino graduated from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (now University) in 1982. She received great acclaim when her work was included in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Young Romantics exhibition in 1985. She has pursued an extended investigation of the possibilities held out in the matter and material of painting since that time. Her work has been exhibited widely, appearing in solo and group exhibitions at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver; Oboro Gallery, Montreal; Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver; Diaz Contemporary, Toronto; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton; Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor; Galerie Likofabrik, Berlin and the Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, Riga.