1180 Welch St, North Vancouver, BC V7P 1B2

Join Griffin Art Projects' current artists in residence, Xwalacktun and Josephine Lee, in the studio where they will be available to share what they've been working on during their time in residence, answer questions and speak about their respective practices.

The recipient of Griffin Art Projects' inaugural Indigenous Studio Award, Xwalacktun is a renowned Master Carver of Coast Salish ancestry, from the Squamish and Kwakiutl clans. He is the recipient of the Order of British Columbia, the FANS Honours Award from the North Vancouver Arts Council and the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. In addition to his carvings and public artworks, Xwalacktun has worked in metalwork, jewelry, glass work, drawing and printmaking.

Through an interdisciplinary practice that includes sculpture, new media, installation, and performance, Josephine Lee’s work explores the psychic violence of cultural assimilation and the conditions that inform our understanding of place, citizenship, and national identity. From this groundwork, her practice has led her to question how technology plays a part in reinforcing the violence of nation states, racist economic policies, and human dispossession. She is the 2020 recipient of Griffin's BIPOC Residency Award.