Polly Almond

Polly is a North Vancouver based artist and poet. She spent the first 18 years of her life in Russia pursuing her artistic dreams. In Canada, her creative pursuits were put on hold and, for the last 12 years, she has been practicing law in Vancouver.

Polly wants to celebrate women, female empowerment and what happens when we put ourselves at the top of our endless to-do list.

In many of her paintings you will also find references to Eastern European folklore and the life that couldn’t swim across the Atlantic Ocean.

Mathew Fierke

Mathew Fierke's densely layered abstract paintings embrace saturated colours and bold line work. He is focused on constructing a unique visual vocabulary that straddles the boundaries between painting, drawing and writing. His process is guided by the notion that the entire composition must be considered at once, instilling a holistic unity and a sense of performativity in the work. He is originally from Toronto, ON and currently live and works in Vancouver, BC. He received his BFA in Visual Arts from Emily Carr University in May 2022. His work has been exhibited across Vancouver, including at the Emily Carr University Writing Center, the Royal Bank of Canada Media Gallery, and the North Vancouver Community Arts Council.

Andre Guyot

André Guyot's artistic repertoire encompasses a diverse range of mediums, including oil, acrylic and watercolour paintings, graphite drawings and various types of printmaking. With a predilection for figurative and realist art, his subjects often revolve around nature, portraits and urban landscapes.  His latest series of oil paintings is on the landscapes and seascapes of the Pacific Northwest.      

Nickie Lewis

My artwork aims to evoke the magical connection we all had with nature as children. We all found wonder and delight in the simple things - the texture of rocks, the shapes of trees, the reflections in puddles. Through my sculptural works, I seek to rekindle that sense of awe and amazement.   My pieces are made from organic materials, often taking inspiration from the shapes and forms found in nature. The creatures I create are fantastical, but rooted in the familiar - a mix of the strange and the recognizable that invites viewers to engage with the work on a deeper level.   I am constantly challenging myself to create works that are ephemeral in nature and biodegradable by design. My hope is that this inspires other artists, as well as viewers, to take on more sustainable practices.  

We Mumble

Kennedy Snider explored ceramics and jewelry to decipher the relationships between art, craft, memory making, and our daily human experience. Her passion for ceramics led her to attend Emily Carr University of Art and Design, where she graduated in 2020. Throughout Kennedy’s time at Emily Carr she began and maintained her jewelry business We Mumble, selling jewelry in boutiques and online. Her most recent work is situated in the day to day. Using relief sculpture, she depicts seed pods, flowers, moths, and other creatures to express the potential energy we carry and cumulate through the day.