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Wildfire 


Curated by
Lara Felsing & David McGregor

Featured Artists;
Lara Felsing, David McGregor, Gabriella Heron, Lewis Bennett, Astra Papachristodoulou, Aidan Koch, Haley Bassett, Heather Hawkins, Berg Felsing, Danielle Piper, Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet, and Julie Andreyev



Opening Reception:
January 16th, 2026, 7pm - 9pm


“Sun”, Aidan Koch. Image Courtesy of Artist.

January 16th – March 7th, 2026




Wildfire contemplates our shifting relationship with fire. The experiences surrounding wildfires are increasingly shared, regardless of the country or region in which we reside. The effects ripple far, and wildfires are becoming more prevalent and severe. This exhibition features diverse, critical work from artists based across many areas and nations, and includes both urban and rural experiences. There is an emergent sense of relationship, care and loss that suggests both the need for critical responses to the climate crisis and an increase in kin-centric thinking and living.

Wildfire is on exhibit mid-winter, the most insulated moment of the year to feel distance from wildfire. The smoke from the summer has probably worked its way through our systems, and perhaps our lungs are nearly clear (or as clear as they ever are). But in a couple of months, another early fire season may be announced. Or maybe, if we are lucky, there will be enough snow in the bush, and still more to replenish our dry lakes and reservoirs. If we get the chance, perhaps this is the year we all find ways to change the things we can, to care more, and to take the time to find paths that, at first, tend to seem impossible. Collectively, we are all learning to mourn, to ignore, and to meditate on a wound that won't heal.



Lara Felsing is an interdisciplinary Métis artist from Northern Alberta, Canada, and a registered member of the Métis Nation of Alberta. Her practice explores kinship to the natural  world and advocates for the necessity of living in reciprocity with the land and all living beings. Traditional plant harvesting is at the core of her practice, and Lara gathers roots,  leaves, berries, petals, and pine needles to create compostable paintings, weavings, clothing and blankets that speak to the necessity of honouring and showing gratitude for Mother Earth's gifts. She has exhibited internationally and attended residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, and received an  MFA from Emily Carr University. 
larafelsing.com
Instagram: @magpie3studio

David McGregor is a settler artist working and living in the rural community of Goodfare,  AB on Treaty 8 territory. His work is a combination of site-specific installations, lens-based  image making, print-making, and text. He maintains a deeply observational practice, being  attentive to the systems and various experiences of time going on around them. He tries to  invite seasonal time to participate in the process. The work can be thought of as a collection of residues or traces of interactions that have taken place between the land, creatures,  natural forces and people.  
Davidmcgregor.ca 
Instagram: @david_b_mcgregor

Gabriella Heron is a Cree Métis visual artist and writer from Canada, and a registered  member of the Métis Nation of Alberta. Her work focuses on sensitivity and connections  between inner workings and surrounding environments. She renders physical and emotional sensations through a mixture of abstract and figurative creations in various mediums.  With a practice unique in its recognition of the odd and tender ways of experiencing the  dread and pleasure of being alive, Heron visually and lyrically illustrates moments that are  vibrant and spirited yet diaphanous and rosy. She graduated from Concordia University,  Montreal, with a BFA in 2024. Heron is attending the University of Brighton in Brighton,  England, for an MFA and will graduate in 2026.
Website: gabriellaheron.ca
Instagram: @gabriellaheron_ 


Lewis Bennett is an artist and filmmaker based in Vancouver with an MFA from the Emily  Carr University of Art + Design. He collects and posts old photographs and ephemera on  Instagram, and his documentaries have screened at film festivals such as the Toronto International Film Festival and SXSW.
Instagram: @lewis_archives 


Astra Papachristodoulou is the founder of The Poetry Kiosk. She recently completed a Fleck  Fellowship at Banff Centre for Creativity in Canada, and her poems have appeared in numerous UK and international magazines including Buzdokuz, Resurgence &  Ecologist and BeeCraft. 
Instagram: @heyastranaut. 


Aidan Koch is an artist and graphic novelist based in Landers, CA. Koch's work uses modes  of ecological story-telling to explore loving and fraught relationships between humans,  non-human animals, and landscapes. Her most recent book Spiral and Other Stories was  named one of the best graphic novels of 2024 by the Guardian and The Washington Post.  She has exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, South Bend Museum of Art, and  Queens University Belfast, among others. Koch's ongoing projects, Institute for Interspecies Art and Relations and Environmental Comics, act as pedagogical and collaborative extensions of her practice.
Instagram: @aidanalexiskoch 


Haley Bassett is an interdisciplinary artist of Métis and settler descent. She lives and works  between Grande Prairie, Alberta, and Sunset Prairie, BC, in Treaty 8. Her paternal Métis ancestors trace their roots to Fellers Heights, Choteau, Montana, and Saint-François-Xavier.  She is a citizen of Métis Nation BC. Her maternal ancestors immigrated from Russia and the  Black Sea Coast in what is now Ukraine.Bassett’s practice explores the intersection of identity, place, and labour—both physical and  economic. Her work encompasses beading, textiles, found objects, and sculpture, drawing  on an autoethnographic and place-based methodology rooted in the land, flora, and stories of Treaty 8.  She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts (2020) and Master of Applied Arts (2025) from Emily  Carr University of Art + Design. Her work is housed in private and institutional collections,  such as the RBC Art Collection and the Canada Council Art Bank. In 2025, she was a finalist  for the William and Meredith Saunderson Prize and the Salt Spring National Art Prize.  She has showcased her work in recent group exhibitions at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie  and the Indigenous Contemporary Art Biennial. She has an upcoming solo exhibition with  Galerie Nicolas Robert (Toronto) in October 2025. 
Haleybassett.com 
Instagram: @haley.bassett 


Heather Hawkins is a Forest Officer with Alberta Forestry and Parks from the Edson area in  Yellowhead County, AB. She appreciates art of all kinds and occasionally plays around with  a sketch pad or watercolour in her spare time. Most often she can be found taking photos  of interesting flowers, mushrooms and trees in her travels at work and exploring the trails at  home with the dogs. 


Berg Felsing is a twenty-year-old artist living in Edmonton. He is a first-year studio arts student at MacEwan University, and has exhibited in multiple solo and group exhibitions.  Berg’s work is inspired by the forests he grew up exploring around his home, as well as the  animals and ecosystems residing in them. In 2023, he was a featured muralist for The Resilience Project in Edson, Alberta. 
 
 

Danielle Piper 
My artistic practice is rooted in traditional craft techniques and articulated in a mixture of  nêhiyawêwin—my ancestral language, and english. I document and reflect on my own life  using both languages together as an expression of colonized experiences. At times this  takes form as traditional drawing and painting or creative writing, other times these reflections become objects or sound and video pieces. I also work in needlepoint, garment making, rawhide drum making, beadwork and most recently, quillwork. The labour of craft  echoes the labour of reclaiming my language and cultural identity, as well as the labour required of us to build mutual understanding. I work to honour my ancestors and to share  specific knowledge with a broader audience. I acknowledge the legacy of residential  schooling and the impacts to my family- an important aspect of my art. As an artist, my foremost duty is to my ancestors and the work that they have done to survive and pass  down the knowledge that we all need to move forward in a good way together. Peyakwan.  We must continue the work. 
daniellepiperart.com
Instagram: @mihkwapan 


Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist practicing in amiskwaci wâskahikan on Treaty 6 Territory. She grew up West of the city near the hamlet of Calahoo  where she lived with her relatives on a quarter section of land. Her family lines are Cree and  Métis descending from Michel Band, as well as Dutch and mixed European. Kiona works in painting, printmaking, drawing and installation, recollecting personal stories  of grief and tenderness. Her work draws from feelings of loss and enfranchisement, but  also from deep belly laughter, mundane gestures, and a gentle fondness for where the histories between herself and her family overlap and disperse. 
Instagram: @kiona_wynne 


Julie Andreyev 
I am an artist-activist, researcher and educator in Vancouver, located on the unceded, traditional and ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəyə̓ m (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw  (Squamish), and səl il̓ w̓ ətaʔɬ (Tsleil Waututh) Nations, as well as the unceded traditional  territories of more-than-human life including bears, deer, raccoons, eagles, ravens, crows,  hummingbirds, cedar, fir, salal and others. My multispecies studio called Animal Lover explores more-than-human creativity to develop kinships with local lifeforms and ecologies. I  am currently working on a long-term tending project with birds (Bird Park Survival Station),  and sound art experiences within old-growth forest ecologies (Branching Songs). I have a  PhD from Simon Fraser University, and I am Associate Professor in the Audain Faculty of Art,  Emily Carr University of Art + Design where I teach New Media + Sound Arts, and Critical  Studies. My work is supported by The Canada Council for the Arts, The Social Sciences and  Humanities Research Council of Canada. I love hiking with my canine companions Zorra  and Heroe, paying attention to the liveliness of the animals, trees and plants, and Earth  forces. My book is Lessons from a Multispecies Art Studio: Uncovering Ecological Under standing & Biophilia Through Creative Reciprocity. Intellect Books, 2021. 
animallover.ca




野火


2026年1月16日 – 3月7日


展覽簡介

野火反思了我們與火之間不斷轉變的關係。野火所帶來的經驗正日益成為跨越國界與地區的共同現實,其影響層層擴散,而野火的發生頻率與強度亦持續上升。本展覽匯集來自不同地區與國家的藝術家之多元且具批判性的創作,涵蓋城市與鄉村經驗,呈現一種逐漸浮現的關係感、照顧與失落,指向對氣候危機的迫切回應,以及以親屬為核心的思考與生活方式。

野火於冬季中期展出--一年之中最容易讓人與野火產生距離的時刻。夏季的煙霧或許已逐漸離開我們的身體,肺部也許幾乎恢復干净(

或至少達到它們所能達到的程度)。然而,再過幾個月,新的提早火災季可能又將被宣布。又或者,如果我們夠幸運,森林中會有足夠的積雪,並持續補給乾涸的湖泊與水庫。若有這樣的機會,也許今年將成為我們嘗試改變所能改變之事、學會更多關懷,並花時間尋找那些起初看似難以想像的路徑的一年。作為一個共同體,我們正同時學習如何哀悼、如何迴避,以及如何靜心凝視一個無法癒合的傷口。

藝術家簡介


Gabriella Heron 是一位來自加拿大的 Cree Métis 視覺藝術家與作家,並為 Métis Nation of Alberta 的註冊成員。她的創作聚焦於感知的細膩性,以及內在狀態與周遭環境之間的連結。Heron 透過抽象與具象交織的多元媒材,轉化身體與情感的感受。她的實踐以對「活著」所帶來的恐懼與愉悅之間那些奇異而溫柔的經驗的覺察為核心,並以視覺與文字描繪出既鮮活又輕盈、既充滿精神性又稍縱即逝的時刻。Heron 於 2024 年畢業於 Concordia University(蒙特利尔),取得艺术学士学位,目前就讀於 University of Brighton (英国)艺术创作硕士課程,預計於 2026 年畢業。


Lewis Bennett 是一位居住於溫哥華的藝術家與電影製作人,擁有 Emily Carr University of Art + Design 的 艺术创作硕士 學位。他在 Instagram 上蒐集並分享老照片與短暫印刷品(ephemera)。其紀錄片作品曾於多個國際影展放映,包括多倫多國際電影節與 SXSW。


Astra Papachristodoulou 是 The Poetry Kiosk 的創辦人。她近期完成 Banff Centre for Creativity(Canada)的 Fleck Fellowship,其詩作曾刊登於多本英國及國際期刊,包括 Buzdokuz、Resurgence & Ecologist 與 BeeCraft。


Aidan Koch 是一位居住於美國加州 Landers 的藝術家與圖像小說創作者。她的作品運用生態敘事的方式,探索人類、非人類動物與地景之間既親密又充滿張力的關係。她最近出版的書籍《Spiral and Other Stories》被 The Guardian 與 The Washington Post 評選為 2024 年最佳圖像小說之一。Koch 曾於 Whitney Museum of American Art、South Bend Museum of Art 及 Queen’s University Belfast 等機構展出。其持續進行中的計畫 Institute for Interspecies Art and Relations 與 Environmental Comics,作為其創作實踐的教學與協作延伸。


Haley Bassett 是一位具 Métis 與 定居者血統的跨領域藝術家,現居並工作於 Grande Prairie, 阿爾伯塔省 與 Sunset Prairie, 卑诗省之間,位於八号条约领土。她父系的 Métis 祖先可追溯至 Fellers Heights(Choteau, Montana)與 Saint-François-Xavier,並為卑诗省Métis Natio的公民;其母系祖先來自俄羅斯及現今烏克蘭的黑海沿岸地區。
Bassett 的創作探討身份、地方與勞動(身體與經濟層面)之間的交會,媒材涵蓋珠繡、紡織、現成物與雕塑,並以植根於八号条约领土、植物與敘事的自我民族誌與地方性方法論為基礎。她取得 Emily Carr University of Art + Design 的 艺术学士学位(2020)與 应用艺术硕士学位(2025)。其作品被 RBC Art Collection 與 Canada Council Art Bank 等機構收藏。2025 年,她入圍 William and Meredith Saunderson Prize 與 Salt Spring National Art Prize,並將於 2025 年 10 月於 Galerie Nicolas Robert(多伦多)舉辦個展。


David McGregor 是一位定居者藝術家,居住並工作於 阿爾伯塔省 Goodfare 的鄉村社區,位於 八号条约领土。他的創作結合場域特定裝置、鏡頭影像、版畫與文字,並建立於一種高度觀察性的實踐之上,關注多重時間系統與經驗。他嘗試邀請季節性的時間參與創作過程,其作品可被理解為土地、生物、自然力量與人類互動所留下的殘留與痕跡。


Heather Hawkins 是 Alberta Forestry and Parks 的森林官員,來自 阿爾伯塔省 Edson。她欣賞各種形式的藝術,並在閒暇時以素描或水彩進行創作。她經常在工作旅途中拍攝花朵、蘑菇與樹木,或與家中的狗一同探索住家附近的步道。


Berg Felsing 是一位居住於艾爾蒙頓的二十歲藝術家,目前為 MacEwan University 工作室藝術专业一年級學生,曾參與多檔個展與聯展。他的創作靈感來自成長過程中探索的森林,以及其中的動物與生態系。2023 年,他成為 The Resilience Project(Edson, 阿爾伯塔省)的特邀壁畫藝術家。


Lara Felsing 是一位來自加拿大北部阿爾伯塔的跨領域 Métis 藝術家,並為 Métis Nation of Alberta 的註冊成員。她的實踐關注與自然世界的親屬關係,並倡議以互惠方式與土地及所有生命共存。傳統植物採集是其創作核心,她運用根部、葉片、漿果、花瓣與松針,製作可分解的繪畫、編織、服裝與毯子,回應對大地饋贈的尊重與感謝。她曾於國際上展出,並參與 Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity 與 Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts 的駐留計畫,並取得 Emily Carr University of Art + Design 的 艺术创作硕士。


Danielle Piper 的藝術實踐根植於傳統工藝技術,並以 nêhiyawêwin(其祖傳語言)與英文交織表述。她透過兩種語言並置,記錄並反思自身生命經驗,作為殖民歷史與其延續影響的回應。其創作形式涵蓋繪畫、書寫、物件、聲音與影像,同時從事針線、服裝製作、生皮鼓、珠繡與近年的豪豬刺繡(quillwork)。工藝的勞動呼應了她重拾語言與文化身份的過程,也反映了建立相互理解所需的付出。她致力於向祖先致敬,並分享特定知識,正視寄宿學校制度對其家族所造成的影響。Peyakwan. 我們必須持續這項工作。


Kiona Callihoo Ligtvoet 是一位跨領域藝術家,現於 amiskwaci wâskahikan(六号条约领土,艾爾蒙頓)實踐創作。她成長於城市西側、靠近 Calahoo 的地區,與親戚共同生活於一片土地之上。其家族血脈包含來自 Michel Band 的 Cree 與 Métis,以及荷蘭與其他歐洲背景。她的創作涵蓋繪畫、版畫、素描與裝置,重構關於悲傷與溫柔的個人敘事。作品既源於失落與被剝奪的感受,也來自深沉的笑聲、日常的舉動, 以及她與家族歷史交會與分散之處的細膩情感。



Julie Andreyev 是一位藝術家-行動者、研究者與教育者,現居於位於 Musqueam、Squamish 與 Tsleil-Waututh Nations 未割讓領土之上的溫哥華。她的多物種工作室 Animal Lover 探索超越人類的創造力,建立與在地生命與生態的親屬關係。她目前正進行長期計畫 Bird Park Survival Station(與鳥類共作),以及於原始森林生態中發展聲音藝術體驗 Branching Songs。她擁有 Simon Fraser University 的博士学位,並任教於 Emily Carr University of Art + Design,教授 新媒體與聲音藝術與批判研究。其創作獲 Canada Council for the Arts 與 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada 支持。她著有《Lessons from a Multispecies Art Studio: Uncovering Ecological Understanding & Biophilia Through Creative Reciprocity》(Intellect Books, 2021)。