FCCS ART – UBCO Creative Studies Virtual Gallery

March 17, 2025

13 Lenses – Advanced Practice in Photography

13 Lenses, an exhibition showcasing photography by the Advanced Practice in Photography class at UBCO, pays homage to 13 Cameras, Vancouver, a photobook published by the National Film Board in 1979. This collection featured renowned artists like Roy Kiyooka, Paul Wong, IAN BAXTER&, and Barrie Jones, among others. 13 Cameras, Vancouver always resonated with me as a symbol of a...

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March 13, 2025

Be in My Chador- Tara Yadollahi

In the past few years, my projects have been engaged with themes of feminism, societal norms, and freedoms of expression; “Be in My Chador” is a video installation to explore themes of self- censorship and imposed identity. The installation consists of two videos, each projected onto opposite sides of a room through painted fabrics installed in the gallery’s center. The...

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February 19, 2025

Solace: Healing Through Art

Solace: Healing Through Art Exhibition from members of the UBC Okanagan Black Student Association in the FINA Gallery, CCS Building. February 10 to 20, 2025 Artists Names and Blurbs Jordan Hermanus Given that weather is often linked to emotions I wanted to capture the way seasonal depression can feel like it is creeping up on you as one tries to...

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February 19, 2025

VISA 300 – Advanced Drawing

A collection of works showcasing the VISA 300 advanced drawing class taught by Dr Aleksandra Dulic.

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February 7, 2025

Playing With Guns – Rylan Broadbent

It’s a subject that raises eyebrows the moment it’s broached – Guns. A highly divisive symbol, a gun is a nudge towards fear, a barrier to intrusion or a means to a meal. Rylan Broadbent has taken ‘the gun’ on and in Playing With Guns presents new layers of significance and even though he has peeled the onion with eyes wide open,...

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February 3, 2025

Computational Poetics – MDST 310

The Computational Poetics exhibition explores the impact of computer technology on systems of representation and the question of meaning in the interdisciplinary field of fine and performing arts. The artists engage with digital technologies to answer questions as to what kind of images we create using these creative means? What form do these images take? What are their philosophical influences,...

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January 15, 2025

Taylor Baptiste

q̓ayisxn—Off the Rocks q̓ayisxn—Off the Rocks curated by UBC Okanagan Gallery Curator, Dr. Stacey Koosel along wtih Curatorial Assistant Ryan Trafananko, features the work of emerging Sylix artist Taylor Baptiste. Baptiste’s work combines the traditional practice of pictograph making with contemporary sculpture to bring the cultural teachings of her ancestors “off the rock” and into three-dimensional space. This exhibition, Baptiste’s second...

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December 20, 2024

The Gay Agenda

The Gay Agenda is a pejorative phrase and idealogy coined by conservative religious groups targetting the advocacy of the 2SLGBTQ+ community. The idea being that queer people have created an elaborate scheme to recruit people to the queer lifestyle, encourage deviant behaviour, and dismantle institutions such as “traditional family and marriage”. While the queer community definitely has an agenda, this...

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December 20, 2024

Seeing Things, Part II

Seeing Things, Part II exhibition in the FINA Gallery, featuring artwork from the Advanced Art Practices VISA 482 class. Artists featured: Faith Bye, Laura McCarthy, Fredrik Thacker, Connor McCleary, Odelle Walthers, Jian Suniga, Rhys DeFehr, Paige Coleman, Ella Cottier, Cady Gau, Damla Ozkalay

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December 20, 2024

Seeing Things, Part I

Seeing Things, Part 1 exhibition in the FINA Gallery, featuring artwork from the Advanced Art Practices VISA 482 class. Artists featured: Jack Prendas, Elly Hajdu, Asana Hughes, Stephen Ikesaka, Hailey Gleboff, Nadia Fracy, Kate Nicholson, Anna Semenoff, Grace Nascimento-Laverdiere, Amy Bugera, Wenjing Wang, Telina Wales

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