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In his artwork, Nick Conbere investigates ways to convey changes in the character of landscapes over time through multi-layered narrative imagery. He received an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Minnesota and an MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts in New York. Past exhibition venues include the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the International Print Center. Much of his artwork has been created through residencies, including Anchor Graphics in Chicago and Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium. His illustration clients have included McGraw-Hill Publishing and The New York Times. Conbere's current studio work is supported through an Insight Development Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

celia jacqueline king is a multi-disciplinary artist, international award-winning published author, curator and producer; her print artists books, sculptural books and video book media exhibited in Italy, Canada and USA.
Published by Chronicle Books, San Francisco and Raincoast Books, Canada, she has appeared with CBC, Vancouver International Writer's Festival, Knowledge Network, and received awards from BC Book Awards and Bologna Book Fair, the Critici in Erba. She has curated and produced many group exhibitions in Vancouver, in artists book media, visual and installation arts, media and performance, with the A440Hz Project, New Forms Festival, Word on the Street and Emily Carr University. An Honours Graduate of ECUAD in Interdisciplinary Fine Art and Alumni Emily Award 2000, she has piloted new curriculum at ECU in Book Media, Photography, Foundation, Continuing Studies, Industrial and Communication Design.

Sara-Jeanne Bourget was born in Lévis, Québec in 1988. She moved to Montreal to pursue her studies in Fine Arts. In 2015, she obtained her BFA in Studio Arts at Concordia University and later moved to Vancouver to study at Emily Carr University, where she graduated with an MFA (2019). She is currently teaching drawing at Emily Carr University, as a sessional faculty.

In 2016, she took part in residency programs, in Finland, Quebec and Vermont (USA) where she exhibited her work. She received on two occasions (2017 & 2019) grants form the Elizabeth Greenshields foundation in support of her work and pursuit of her studies. In the spring of 2020, her work will be exhibited as the result of a yearlong participation in Leaning Out of Window, a SSHRC founded collaborative project between artists, scholars and physicists from TRIUMF (Canada's national particle accelerator centre). She is the recipient of the Studio Residency Award at Griffin Art Projects, taking place from August to December 2019.

Emily Hermant is an interdisciplinary artist whose large-scale sculptures and installations explore themes of communication, gendered labor, and the spatial experiences of the body. She received her BFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University, Montréal, and her MFA as a Trustee Merit Scholar in Fiber & Material Studies from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work has been exhibited widely. Hermant has been awarded grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des Arts et Lettres du Québec, and residencies at ACRE, Ox-Bow School of Art, The Ragdale Foundation, Nordic Artists’ Centre, and the Vermont Studio Center. Hermant has taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Virginia Commonwealth University, Concordia University, and Tulane University in New Orleans. Hermant is based in Vancouver, where she is Assistant Professor in the Audain Faculty of Art and Assistant Dean of Engagement + Intiatives.

Julie York is a sculptor who works in traditional craft materials with non-traditional approaches. Her recent works are based on ideas related to perception. She received a BFA from Emily Carr and an MFA from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY. Her work has been included in numerous exhibitions and galleries including the Garth Clark Gallery in New York and Perimeter Gallery in Chicago. York is also the recipient of a number of grants including a Pew Fellowship in the Arts, a Window of Opportunity Grant from the Leeway Foundation, and two Creative Production Grants from the Canada Council. Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Huston Museum, the Schein Joseph International Museum of Art, the Burchfield Penny Art Center and major private collections.

Annie Briard investigates visual perception paradigms through video, photography and installation. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions and public art projects across Canada as well as group shows, festivals and fairs internationally, including at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Joyce Yahouda Gallery (Montreal), Three Shadows Photography Centre (Beijing), the Lincoln Film Centre New York (NYC), Matadero Madrid, and the Switzerland Architecture Museum (Basel). She has been awarded residencies in New York City, Spain and at the Banff Centre, among others, and is the recipient of grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council and the Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council. Annie Briard holds a BFA from Concordia University and an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design where she teaches and manages public engagement for the Audain Faculty of Art. She has previously led NPOs including CARFAC BC and Studio XX.