A Distant Presence | MFA Low-Residency Thesis Exhibition 2023
Emily Carr University of Art + Design hosts its annual Master of Fine Arts Low-Residency thesis exhibition July 8 through 19, featuring work from the 2023 cohort of MFA Low-residency degree candidates.
Location
On Campus
Michael O’Brian Exhibitions Commons and RBC Media Gallery at Emily Carr University
520 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, BC, V5T 0H2 See on Map
Contact
Graduate Studies | gradstudies@ecuad.caOpen to Public?
Yes
Opening Reception: July 13, 6pm-9pm.
The culmination of two years of intensive artistic research, A Distant Presence showcases the results of studio-based education and critiques integrated with seminar readings and discussions.
This thesis exhibition showcases the diverse practices made by the MFA Low Residency class of 2023, with work addressing the materiality of plastic and chronic anxiety, thrifting stories, Philippine colonial economies, repetition and caregiving, ‘two-eyed seeing’ between Western and Indigenous Métis knowledge, grief, loss and memory through/of the natural world, cognitive biases and optimism, land-based practices from an Indigenous perspective, how and why we build things, Bermuda’s colonial history on land and water and finally, re-membering presence and the “ongoingness” of life through practices including animation, ceramics, drawing, filmmaking, installation, painting, photography, and sculpture
Participating artists: Lucas Anderson, Lewis Bennett, Maria Alethea Canlas, Megan Carroll, Lara Felsing, Valentina Figueroa, Carla Lipkin, Michelle Markatos, April Matisz, Sydney Pickering, Cody Smith, Rachel Swinburne, and Joyce Yam.
The thesis exhibition and opening reception are held at Emily Carr University’s Michael O’Brian Exhibition Commons and RBC Gallery at 520 East 1st Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Members of the public are invited to our opening reception, taking place on July 13 from 6–9pm.
The exhibition is open to the public during regular building hours July 8 through July 19.
The MFA program comprises an international cohort of emerging artists who work with renowned faculty and distinguished visiting curators, scholars and artists.