Alumni Success Stories

Documentary AMPLIFY HER Coming to the Rio Theatre with Two Back-to-Back Screenings Official Trailer 

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Local filmmakers are bringing the documentary AMPLIFY HER to Vancouver with two back-to-back screenings at the Rio Theatre on November 28th - featuring work from 3 Emily Carr alumini; Kristen Turcotte (animation), Krista Gibbard and Molly AppleJohn (illustration).

Expect to meet many amazing members of various studios from around town at the screening!

Jeremy Shaw (BFA '00) was announced as the winner of the 2016 Sobey Art Award at a gala event on November 1, 2016, at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. 

The Sobey Art Award is the pre-eminent prize for Canadian artists 40 and under. Presented annually, the award celebrates some of our country's most exciting young artists and provides significant financial recognition. The winner receives $50,000 and each of the four finalists receive $10,000.

Alumnus + Print Media Studio Tech Shinsuke Minegishi ('98) is holding a solo exhibition at Striped House Gallery in Tokyo from June 18 to 29, 2016. An opening reception will take place on June 18 from 4:30 to 6:30pm.

A poem reading performance by Ryoko Minegishi will take place on June 25 from 7 to 8pm. 

Visit Striped House Gallery to learn more! 

Filmmaker Kevin Eastwood's ('99) latest documentary, The Death Debate, premiered February 26 on Telus Optik Local, and is now available online to the public. The film tells the story of the people behind the landmark 2015 Supreme Court of Canada case on physician assisted-dying.

Watch the film here.

The Bakery and Dynamo Arts Association present Bend Toward the Sun, Bring the Sky Beneath Your Feet, a group exhibition presented across two spaces, curated by alumna Jasmine Reimer (Toronto). 

Alumnus + Print Media Studio Tech Shinsuke Minegishi ('98)  is the recipient of the ART ZONE KAGURAOKA PRIZE at the 7th Annual Kyoto International Woodprint Association Exhibition.

An exhibition of winning works will be held at Kyoto Municipal Museum March 22 - 27, 2016.

Congratulations Shin!

Alumnus and Print Media Studio Tech Shinsuke Minegishi participates in a group exhibition Process/Expression: Prints/Impressions. 

Join the Langley Centennial Museum as they showcase the talent and creativity of local and regional print artists. This exploration of printmaking techniques will inspire a new affection for pressure, paper, and ink. From woodblock prints, to linocuts, to monotypes, the exhibition examines the complex processes behind the creation of printed artworks. Process/Expression: Prints/Impressions challenges perceptions while inspiring a new appreciation for light and shadow by investigating the unique, creative and innovative use of print media to express individual artistic points of view.

Alumnus Richard Heikkilä-Sawan ('15) is the British Columbia Regional Winner for the 2015 BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition.  

Emily Carr alumna Seeun Kim ('10) won a Gold Lion at Cannes Lions 2015 for her recent project Look at Me for Samsung.

As a creative art director she worked on the campaign at Cheil Worldwide and developed an app which helps children with autism make eye contact. The campaign which already has won both Silver and Bronze in Mobile this week at Cannes Lions, as well as a Silver Lion in PR.

Equinox Gallery presents Day School, a new exhibition of work by Sonny Assu ('02). Sonny Assu is currently a Masters Candidate in Fine Arts at Concordia University in Montreal. This exhibition marks his return to Vancouver and is his fourth solo exhibition with Equinox Gallery.