Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
2020- Present
Apprenticeship with Debra Sparrow, Vancouver, BC
Apprenticeship with Aaron Nelson-Moody, Vancouver, BC
2021 Screen Printing course, Wachiay Studio, Comox, BC
2018-2020
Fine Arts Program Student, Langara College, Vancouver, BC
2017 Indigenous Design Program, Richmond School District, Richmond, BC
High school Diploma, Matthew McNair Secondary, Richmond, BC
GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS
2020 Indigenous Arts Program: Indigenous Arts Scholarship, First Peoples Cultural Council, Brentwood Bay, BC
2019 YVR Art Foundation Emerging Artist Scholarship, YVR Art Foundation, Richmond, BC
Langara Fine Art Purchase Award, Langara College, Vancouver, BC
2018 Scott Plear First Year Drawing Scholarship, Langara College, Vancouver, BC
2017 YVR Art Foundation Emerging Artist Scholarship, YVR Art Foundation, Richmond, BC
Richmond District Scholarship Award- Aboriginal Student Scholarship, Matthew McNair Secondary, Richmond, BC
District/Authority Scholarship Applied Skills Technology Education- Metal Art, Matthew McNair Secondary, Richmond, BC
Gilmore Park United Church Scholarship: First Nations Student Scholarship, Matthew McNair Secondary, Richmond, BC
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 “Works on Paper: Hue Nguyen and Atheana Picha”, Slice of Life, Vancouver, BC
2018 Youth Month, City Centre Community Centre, Richmond, BC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 “Ghostly Makers and Tending Otherworlds: New Acquisitions”, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
“Invisible Fish”, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
“100 Amigos”, Oxford properties, Vancouver, BC
2022 UNYA Box Auction, Lattimer Gallery, Vancouver, BC
“True to Place: stímetstexw tel xéltel”, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Vancouver, BC
“Beaded Nostalgia”, Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art, Vancouver, BC
“What We Leave Behind”, Fort Gallery, Fort Langley, BC
“Indigenous Showcase 2022”, Harmony Arts Festival, Vancouver, BC
2021 “Children of Takaya”, Part Of Studios, Deep Cove, BC
“New Acquisitions”, Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
2020 “HeArt Show”, Skeena Salmon Art Festival, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC
“That’s Hot!”, Maladjusted Collective, Vancouver, BC
“Nixticuil”, Interurban Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2019 “100 Amigos”, El Kartel, Vancouver, BC
“VMF: Year 4”, VMF Gallery Space, Vancouver, BC
“Indigenous Artists Only”, Crescent Beach Pop Up Gallery, Surrey, BC
“Pushing Boundaries”, North Van Arts, Vancouver, BC
“Staring in Coast Salish”, KPU Arbutus Gallery, Surrey, BC
“Feminine in the Pacific Northwest,” Basalt Collective, Moses Lake, WA
“Indigenous Showcase 2019”, Harmony Arts Festival, Vancouver, BC
“Skeena Salmon Art Festival”, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC
“Arts 2019”, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
Langara Grad Show, Langara College, Vancouver, BC
2018 YVR Art Foundation 2017 Scholarship Recipients, YVR Airport, Richmond, BC
Urban Screen, Chuck Bailey Stadium, Surrey, BC
“VMF: Year Three”, Burrard Art Foundation, Vancouver, BC
2017 “Beyond the Horizon”, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
2017-2019 Various Group Exhibitions, Buffalo Lounge, Langara College, Vancouver, BC
PUBLIC ART
2023 Homma Elementary mural 2, City Of Richmond, Richmond, BC
Copper house post, Salishan Place, Surrey, BC
The Springs Mural, Port Moody, BC
“Brother Wolves” Mural, Vancouver Mural Festival, Vancouver, BC
Healing Mural, Frog Hollow Creates, Vancouver, BC
École Secondaire Jules-Verne Mural with Debra Sparrow, Vancouver, BC
2022 Garden City Elementary School mural, Richmond, BC
Strathcona School mural, Vancouver, BC
“Echoes”, Surrey Arts Centre, Surrey, BC
Wachiay Studio mural, Courtenay, BC
Crosswalk design, Westridge Elementary school, Burnaby, BC
Frog Hollow mural, Frog Hollow Neighborhood House, Clinton Park, Vancouver, BC
Picnic Bench, Britannia Shipyards, Richmond, BC
Salmon Mural, Brittania Shipyards, Steveston, BC
Frog Banners, City of Surrey, Surrey, BC
Spring Banners, Kwantlen First Nation/Langley Township, Fort Langley, BC
2021 “7 Sisters” mural, Churchill Secondary school, Vancouver, BC
Homma Elementary School mural 1, City of Richmond, Richmond, BC
Buddy Bench, Green Timbers Elementary, Surrey, BC
2020 “Waterways”, Vancouver BIA, Vancouver, BC
“Untitled (Frogs)”, #MakeArtWhileApart, Vancouver Mural Festival, Vancouver, BC
2019 Salish Longhouse Façade with Panels, BCIT, Burnaby, BC
Langara 49th Candaline Station Glazing, Collectively Different, Vancouver, BC
Salish Eye, Langara College, Vancouver, BC
2018 “Hole In the Sky”, Vancouver Mural Festival, Vancouver, BC
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
2023 Voices of Indigenous Youth Leaders on Reconciliation Report, Deloitte Canada
2022 Orange Shirt Design, Aritzia, Vancouver, BC
Deloitte Indigenous Student Scholarship Banner, Victoria, BC
National Indigenous Peoples Day Design, Noons Creek Hatchery, Port Coquitlam, BC
2020 Logo design, Donna Gabriel Robbins Elementary School, Langley, BC
2019 Block Printing Workshop, Native Education College, Vancouver, BC
“Indigenous-Made Monthly Matinee” Flyer design, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
Logo Design, James Mckinney Elementary School, Richmond, BC
Teaching Guide Graphic Design Work, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2018 Logo Design, Jikiden Reiki North American Congress, Vancouver, BC
Graphic Design, Native Shoes x Vancouver Mural Fest Collaboration, Vancouver, BC
2017 Banner Design, Steveston Maritime Festival, Richmond, BC
Logo Design, Kingswood Elementary School Logo, Richmond, BC
2016 Logo Design, Richmond Aboriginal Education Enhancement Agreement, Richmond, BC
RESIDENCIES
2023 Blue Cabin Floating Artist Residency, Blue Cabin, Steveston, BC
2021 POD Residency, James Black Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2018 Indigenous Contemporary Art Intensive, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
RELATED EXPERIENCES
2022 Artist in conversation, Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
2021 Artist Talk, for Homma Elementary school, Steveston, BC
2019 Ferry Building Gallery Program Development Group, Ferry Building Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2018 Artist Talk, THRIVE Art Studio, Western Front, Vancouver, BC
Artist Talk, Professional Practices Class, Langara College, Vancouver, BC
Mentorship Program Participant, Richmond Art Gallery, Richmond, BC
2017 Artist Talk, Kingswood Elementary School, Richmond, BC
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Campbell, Alan. “Former Kingswood Student Soars In To Design New Logo.”
Richmond News. 7 Apr. 2017.
Clarkson, Becca. “Vancouver’s Historic Pop-Up Murals Show the Positive Possibilities of Rule Bending.” SAD magazine. 1 Jun. 2020.
Dawkins, Alex. “Summer 2017 Notables.” Lattimer Gallery News. 12 Jun. 2017. Lattimer Gallery.
House, Tina. “Young Woman From Kwantlen First Nation Makes Big Strides In The Art World.” APTN National News. 17 Jun. 2022
Kennedy, Grace. “Delta Indigenous Youth Artists Showcased In Vancouver Airport.”
Surrey Now-Leader 1 Jul. 2018.
Lau, Lucy. “Diversity at Vancouver Mural Festival Puts A New Face On Public Art.”
Georgia Straight 1 Aug. 2018: 14-15.
Richmond News. “14th Annual Maritime Festival Gets A Boost For Canada 150.”
Richmond News. 1 Aug. 2017.
Wood, Graeme. “Local First Nations History Enters Richmond Classrooms.”
Richmond News. 17 Feb. 2017.
COLLECTIONS
Bill Reid Gallery Of Northwest Coast Art, Vancouver, BC
Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby, BC
Museum of Vancouver, Vancouver, BC
Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC
Langara Fine Art Collection, Vancouver, BC
Langara Fine Art Teaching Collection, Vancouver, BC
Matthew McNair 2D Collection, Richmond, BC
Private Collections