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Index

2021-2022
Crowd Forms

2019-2021
Eden Grove
Archival Routes

Collaborative Work
Pandemic is a Portal

Open Access: Claiming Visibility

2017-2018
Resonant Forms
Blue is the Distance
Encampments

Other Projects
#tearitdown
Leaning out of Windows

2016-2017
If Tomorrow is Yesterday

2015
Animation

About
 CV

HEATHER KAI SMITH
Resonant Forms (2017-18)
Encampments
Installation view, Beginning with the 70’s: Collective Acts (September 4 – December 2, 2018), at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia. Left to right: Attributed to Adeline Lorenzetto, Untitled (weaving), 1950–1970. Courtesy of the Chilliwack Museum and Archives, 2016.070.002.; and Heather Kai Smith, Encampments series, 2017– ongoing. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Rachel Topham Installation view: Beginning with the 70’s: Collective Acts (September 4 – December 2, 2018), at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia Photo: Rachel Topham

Crowd Forms


Eden Grove Artist in Residence, Pacheedaht Territory, 2021
www.edengroveair.com
curated by Jessie Demers

For more information on the Fairy Creek Blockade and the Rainforest Flying Squad please go here:
https://laststandforforests.com/

“The Eden Grove Artist in Residence program offers artists the opportunity to be immersed in ancient temperate rainforest ecosystems while witnessing the frontlines of the forest protection movement and building relationships with the local community.”

I'm thankful to have the opportunity to spend time as a visitor on unceded Pacheedaht territory, amplifying and documenting the work of the activist community on-site. Drawing is an act of slowing down and observing, a process that is crucial in these times. Through representations of the movement, I aim to support the work of ecological justice and solidarity in challenging overt misuse of power.
Resonant Forms (2017-2018)

Blue is the Distance

Installation view, Beginning with the 70’s: Collective Acts (September 4 – December 2, 2018), at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia.Photo: Rachel Topham Installation view, Beginning with the 70’s: Collective Acts (September 4 – December 2, 2018), at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia.Photo: Rachel Topham Installation view, Beginning with the 70’s: Collective Acts (September 4 – December 2, 2018), at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia.Photo: Rachel Topham Installation view, Beginning with the 70’s: Collective Acts (September 4 – December 2, 2018), at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia.Photo: Rachel Topham Installation view, Beginning with the 70’s: Collective Acts (September 4 – December 2, 2018), at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia.Photo: Rachel Topham Installation view, Beginning with the 70’s: Collective Acts (September 4 – December 2, 2018), at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The University of British Columbia.Photo: Rachel Topham

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