Xuuya’ - Terrance Richard Baker (Haida/Skwxwu7mesh/Hawaiian), is a traditional artist and storyteller who was born in the waterways close to his mother’s homeland in Haida Gwaii. He began carving at the age of 6, and was self-taught until the age of 16, when he began to knife carve with Skwxwu7mesh artists Stan Joseph, and Floyd Joseph.

Steven Cottingham is an artist and curator based in Vancouver. His recent work investigates the spectral qualities of material culture and labour relations under capitalism, with particular attention to real estate markets and unceded territory.

The Griffin Art Projects is collaborating with PortLiving, to facilitate an international Curatorial Residence Program. The project is an innovative partnership which brings career support and cultural development opportunities to local artists so that they may grow international relationships by bringing established curators to Vancouver so they may know, engage with and enrich our community.

We are happy to welcome Berlin based artist, Beate Terfloth to our Artist in Residence program. Terfloth (b. 1958) engages with an artistic practice that conveys a sense of vast openness through the simple use of reduction.

Griffin Art Projects is excited to welcome Berlin based artist Mario Asef for a brief stay in our Artist Residence. Mario Asef’s artistic works develop—as he himself states—out of “the illusory construction of social reality.”

The Griffin is excited to welcome Vancouver-based artist Hamidreza Jadid to our Artist-in-Residence program from February to April. Jadid works in painting, sculpture and installation, and recently received his Masters in Fine Arts from the School for the Contemporary Arts, SFU.