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My research has consisted of a series of artworks that are aimed at identifying effective methods of generating an immersive experience that gives pause for reflection. Art for me is a transformative process that increases awareness of self. Art…

My work aims to question how historic tropes shape the way personal identity is formed in relation to sexuality, specifically in relation to masculinity and queerness. By using the symbols which are representative of my cultural background, I aim to…

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…

Photo by Philip Timms. “Old Chinatown Dupont St. at Main St. 5a.m., Vancouver, B.C.” 1904. Courtesy of the Chung Collection, UBC Rare Books and Special Collections. Created for inclusion in the 2019 Makers Artists United (MAU) calendars

Shana Wolfe is a dance artist on the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Her artistic practice is based in dancing, performance and more recently in choreography, crocheting, and houseplant crafting. She toured…

The MFA thesis writing reflects how accessing memories assists me in constructing a new visual language for my representational paintings. Through the process of collecting visual references of objects, space and figures, from auto-ethnographic…

Liquid Land is an art thesis project informed by decolonization and Andean Phenomenology. Working from an Ecuadorian perspective, this art project proposes alternate ways of perceiving nature as an attempt to decolonize our gaze towards the more…

How does one form a meaningful, generative understanding of the one’s surroundings in contemporary society? Currently, social media and portable electronics appear to serve widely as methods of filtering and segmenting the world around us into…

Hello, I'm Sonia (She, Her, Hers), a 3rd year undergraduate media studies student at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. I grew up in Hong Kong & Macau, then I came to Canada in 2016. I am interested in different forms of…

The Vancouver School of Art: Rain Beaux-Arts Ball, Hyatt Regency Hotel, April 3, 1976. The Rain Beaux Arts Ball celebrates the rain - one of the grandest and certainly most plentiful resources of the Pacific Northwest - in association with the First…

This thesis documents focuses on painting and mythology and how they investigate thematic questions regarding consciousness and existence. The study investigates how world building and the creation of fictional characters through the medium of paint…

Travelling to the Peace River Valley from Vancouver, I saw firsthand the impact upon the land, from large mining enterprises leaving polluted rivers, streams, and lakes; the clear cutting of forests, and the introduction of industrial work camps…

This paper discusses strategies for breaking conventional semiotic systems of signs and symbols towards machines and technologies, and considers alternative modes for interactive technologies and common technological objects. My research explores…

This thesis document titled Palm Readings is informed by entangled topics that take up plein air painting, watercolour as a primary medium and the relationship of colour to the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. The specific questions that I address…

The research I performed during the MAA program was focused on establishing a theoretical framework for creative and collaborative participation, using dialogue and encounter in place-specific contexts. I discuss the development of this methodology…

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…

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.

This thesis investigates the difficulties of reclamation and decolonization within the context of Hong Kong, recognizing the fluidity of how decolonization is defined, and the transitional nature of both people and place. Through printmaking and the…

This paper explores the conventions and limitations of the photographic medium, both material and representational. Suggesting that photography is situated at an important point within its evolution, the paper searches for new directions within a…

Harmony with the land is a series of explorations of graphic narratives based on my lived experience and received knowledge relating to my homeland of Yunnan. The narrations are rooted deeply within the memory, culture and sensation that inhabit my…

This thesis is about my recent works and some questions intimately related to them, with particular attention to my thesis project; the single channel video, I usually live abroad. This work plays with voice-over in order to discuss its traditional…