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This thesis support paper is about the journey of my development in art and illustration during the MFA program. The paper includes an introduction of my identity and background that is influential to my artistic practice. The focus of my practice…

Annika likes to download free computer apps on her (self-built, or so she claims) computer - and trying out DaVinci Resolve led her here somehow. For that same reason, she's also tried out digital art, graphics editing, coding, and other stuff…

Andy Wong is a co-producer of the fabulous QQ in BC. He was inspired to bring the Toronto Initiative to BC to be a part of something he thought was an incredibly special project, especially because he had a project he wanted to submit to this…

Yasmine Ross grew up in Beijing where she first developed a passion for film. After being accepted into the program at UBC, her main passion lay in cinematography. However, over the years she has grown to love production design and acting. However,…

This thesis proposes that if people and local communities were more skilled in making and repair, they could be more resourceful with the objects around them, making it possible to engage in more sustainable practices. Such skills afford a revised…

“How is the body a vessel for memory?” and “How do the stories we recall and recount create who we are?” These are the questions explored in this thesis through the lens of memory loss and family, alongside an analysis of the challenges of…

Hello! My name is Alexandra Bustos. I had just turned 23 a few weeks ago, and I have a passion for 2D Background painting. I enjoy reading, and indulging myself into forms of pop culture through comics. I often pursue creative writing communities…

I’m Crystal Chen, I usually go by Coco and I’m a 14 year old student that currently attends moscrop secondary school. I’ve always really enjoyed songwriting and I’ve been playing the piano since I was 4.

This project was done with a kindergarten class (ages 5-6) at Lord Strathcona Elementary, in the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood of Strathcona in Vancouver BC. This was my son’s class and he assisted with making the sample I based the project from.…

How do images and diagrams inform cultural identity and the navigation of social space? This is a core question motivating my art practice. To produce my artwork, I glean images and texts from magazine collections, which I deconstruct and…

The following essay includes information that surrounds my investigations into the human desire to invest in objects. This writing accompanies questions concerning systems built for, by, and with things, as well as the possibilities of breaching…

Through sculptural explorations using everyday objects and materials, my work investigates the potential for social transformation through material explorations in art. Drawing on strategies found in both art and design, I explore connections…

The thesis titled Chasing the Light, delves into the experience of art through a phenomenological approach to painting. By examining the relationship between painting, embodied experiences, and the built environment, the artist incorporates the…

This research addresses the affects experienced by most people in response to the current climate crisis. Research in the fields of psychology and human behaviour have termed the negative-value emotion “climate-anxiety.” My research inquires into…

Identisploitation explores charged representations of identity in pop culture through painted paper figures, video art, and garments. The complicated public images of historical figures, including the iconic Black performer, Josephine Baker, are…

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 make intimate scale objects that encourage audience interaction through their mobile devices, or small to larger scale works utilizing phenomenological engagement with projections, or mirrors. My research is focused on the Anthropocene, our…

Threads Entwined, Stories Unfolded, Futures Imagined is a thesis project which begins to unravel narratives of becoming, personhood and the radicality of imagination that Punjabi Sikh women, in my life, have cultivated. I bring forward and explore…

Screen-based digital experience design is blooming among the local businesses in Metro Vancouver along with the increased pervasiveness of information technologies, new digital products in contemporary society. However, there are significantly fewer…

Sound is a prominent feature of our urban environment, affecting us in many ways. Studies show that sound levels in cities are increasing every year. Considering the fact that our well-being is closely related to everyday sound, there is an apparent…

My practice interrogates the space between an object and its ecology: the relationship between material practice and complex systems, such as living ecosystems, and the environments in which they are situated. My main interest is our current…

Sensory drawing is the aesthetic practice of recording a cognitive process through tracing mental imagery that emerges in a different state of consciousness. Images are drawn with eyes closed as they appear in the mind’s eye while visiting distinct…

I am a self-taught illustrator born and raised in Vancouver, BC. My family is from Hong Kong and it is my second home.

Born in Victoria, I've been playing music my whole life – piano and school band when I was younger, and then teaching myself guitar as a teenager and going out to play rock and/or roll music. Since then I've been in a few bands, the last…