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2003
//A Shifting Terrain
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The residency project A Shifting Terrain: Contemporary Landscapes asked artists to creatively address environmental, historic, urban, political or cultural issues pertaining to land and landscape in site-specific and viewer interactive works. Intercepting the local environment at a time of rapid transition, artists used criticality and community engagement to explore tensions and concerns related to the complex realities of a growing urban community in the 21st century.
2003
//A Shifting Terrain
Debbie Elliott
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Debbie Elliott creates a video installation using footage gathered along Okanagan Lake and on slopes burned in the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire. Elliott has an MFA from the University of Saskatchewan.
A former Kelowna resident, Debbie Elliott has a BFA from Okanagan University College, and has exhibited in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Québec.
2003
//A Shifting Terrain
Sandee Moore
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Winnipeg artist Sandee Moore initiates a seed exchange with local residents, seeking to collect and share narratives about nature and gardening.
Sandee Moore, who completed an MFA at the University of Regina, specializes in performance art. She has exhibited and performed in Edmonton, Regina and Toronto. She is the founder and editor of Pocket Gopher, a prairie arts and culture magazine.
2003
//A Shifting Terrain
Ryan Barrett
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Ryan Barrett covers newspaper boxes with mousetraps and multiple layers of paint, transforming them into sculptural objects that critique contemporary media practices.
Ryan Barrett studied at the University of Montana before relocating to Toronto, where he exhibits his work.
2003
//A Shifting Terrain
Teresa Billings
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Teresa Billings films local flora and fauna to create a video, Haunt (a possession), for projection on a heritage home.
Teresa Billings, who is based in Saskatoon, has an MFA from the University of Saskatchewan, where she works as an instructor. Her video works have been presented at art galleries across the country.
2003
//A Shifting Terrain
Hyojin Nic Kim
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Vancouver-based artist Hyojin Nic Kim explores the Canadian landscape with irony and humor, seeking to contrast the imagery of tourist promotions with the less iconic realities she discovers. Kim was born in Seoul and became a Canadian citizen in 1990.
Hyojin Nic Kim graduated in 2002 from the Emily Carr Institute and exhibits her photographic and video works at Vancouver artist-run centres and media festivals.
2003
//A Shifting Terrain
Jennifer Macklem
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Jennifer Macklem creates interactive resin sculptures that incorporate text and other elements. Macklem, who holds an MFA from the University of Québec in Montréal, has completed large-scale commissioned public artworks in Kelowna, Surrey, Whistler and Calgary.
Jennifer Macklem is an Assistant Professor at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick and has exhibited nationally and internationally.
