Karen is a first generation Chinese immigrant, a digital comic artist (@bigbrowcomics) and writer. She's a recent graduate from UBC with a Bachelors of Commerce and is currently based out of Vancouver. She enjoys poetry, animated films and flea…

Granddaughter of shipbuilding japanese internment camp survivors who relocated back to the BC coast after the ban was lifted in the 50's. For the past 10 years Silke has been rediscovering her ancestral pull of the ocean through paintings,…

I am a proud grandma, who has a design background, and, who is submitting photos of an artwork created during COVID-19 by my grandson, Matthew. The Arts Umbrella Drawing and Painting Class was something for him to look forward to, to be happy…

I was born and raised in Japan. When I came to Canada in the early nineties, I first landed in Toronto and then moved to Vancouver a few years later. Vancouver is a fascinating place where mountains and oceans meet and greyish urban setting in a…

Pamela Chen is a first generation Chinese-Canadian illustrator based in Vancouver, Canada with a BFA in Visual Arts. She is enthralled by botanical and scientific illustrations, as well as tattoo culture and flash. Her work often combines unusual…

My name is Long Xi Vlessing (龙喜; happy dragon) and I was born, and continue to live and work, on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including that of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-…

This series experiments with space by documenting sites where I felt the most fulfilled within my own body movement during COVID-19. Through the process of printmaking with dried hand sanitizer cloths, this allowed me as the artist to learn more…

I wrote this song last June on the piano, and when I read about QQ, it seemed so appropriate that I decided that I would submit it. It was and is literally my Asian Canadian experience with the COVID quarantine. I had to do some cutting and…

The piece I am submitting was created in Feb 2021 by my 8 yr old grandson Matthew. He created this ink drawn and coloured still life while adhering to all COVID-19 safety protocols during his first ever Arts Umbrella Program Drawing and Painting.…

omo.yomo AKA Joshua Lam (he/him) is an emerging filmmaker from Vancouver, located on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam Nations. Joshua specializes in directing, producing, and creative writing; he experiments with…

In the early stages of the pandemic, I had resigned myself to the fact that I was powerless over the lockdown. In defiance, I decided to fight back by making art. . . through painting. The Chinese characters of crisis ( danger + opportunity )…

I am John, I moved to Canada in 2003, and have been living in the lower mainland ever since. I had done some water color paintings in the past. I love nature and painted dramatic landscapes. I did this for a number of years, I had accumulated a…

This series experiments with space by documenting sites where I felt the most fulfilled within my own body movement during COVID-19. Through the process of printmaking with dried hand sanitizer cloths, this allowed me as the artist to learn more…

Jasmine Liaw is an emerging, Chinese-Canadian cross-disciplinary artist in dance performance and digital art. Currently residing in Vancouver, Jasmine graduated with Distinction with the Conteur Academy, a contemporary dance training program under…

Rachel Lau is a community-engaged multidisciplinary artist, writer, and radio producer based in what’s colonially known as “Vancouver”. Through sound art, photography, and zine-making, they contemplate what it means to experience longing in a world…

The music video represents the feeling of losing yourself in the midst of a relationship and the realization of losing interest in each other.

In the Chinese zodiac, the ox represents hard work, patience and strength. It reflects the year I want 2021 to be. This year, I hope to dedicate myself to illustration and to grow my imagination and technical skills.

My name is Harry Sung, a Vancouver-based Filmmaker. I am currently in the pursuit of directing and editing Music Videos, as I have been passionate about music ever since I was a kid. A goal of mine is to express the inexpressible, and while being an…

"A film created and produced by Kaylee Louie finds its catalyst over the course of isolation during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Being stuck in her home for the course of 2020, this film was the first time Kaylee has explored capturing movement,…

"Titled “Not Your Puppet” is a digital illustration that depicts my response to discrimination and fetishization. Racism and the sexualization of women towards Asians have always been prevalent in history. However with the pandemic in 2020, the…

I am a 4th-year student at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and will be graduating this spring with a Bachelor of Visual Arts. I pursue an interdisciplinary art practice involving painting, sculpture, photography, film, print media, and…

Gavin Tran is a Vietnamese-Canadian Film Editor and Filmmaker from Vancouver, BC who enjoys crafting the story and energy behind the keyboard in the editing room. He has graduated from Capilano University with a Bachelors's Degree in Motion…

This self-portrait is titled “TRAPPED”. I wanted to embody the overwhelming sensation of feeling alone throughout the pandemic. For me COVID-19 only proved to amplify the issues I’d been dealing with, making it more difficult to cope. Ultimately, I…

Jared is a recent graduate from UBC and was born here in Vancouver, BC. His art style consists primarily of self-portraits and photos of friends.

"Hiatus, Hope, Harmony. All is good. And then, something changes. You feel incomplete, unaccomplished and restless. You almost disappear. It is a pause, a hiatus, a break...anything but a stop. It is time to pay attention to your mental health…