Whess Harman

Whess Harman is Carrier Wit’at, a nation amalgamated by the federal government under the Lake Babine Nation. They graduated from the emily carr university’s BFA program in 2014 and are currently living and working on the territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh as the curator at grunt gallery.

Their multidisciplinary practice includes beading, illustration, text, poetry and curation. They use their practice as way of interpreting questions of identity and relation and prioritize internal community dialogue over colonial frameworks. As a mixed-race, trans/non-binary artist they work to find their way through anxiety and queer melancholy with humour and a carefully mediated cynicism.

Cassia Powell

Cassia Powell is an emerging contemporary artist based in unceded lands of Lekwungen-speaking territories; those of the Songhees, Wyomilth and W̱SÁNEĆ nations. Her work focuses on the art of extended painting, using acrylics, oils, Photoshop, 3D models and the Sims™ 2 in various medi-ums, both digital and physical in format. Utilizing spirituality and digitized contemporary folklore, stemming directly from her own personal experiences, Powell acts to create an ominous presence and conversation between her work and the viewer. By using snippets of various internet findings, Y2K-related popular culture and pattern, everything she makes is meant to be an active reminder of our relationship with time, and the looseness of identity in a modern era.
(she/her)
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cassiapowell/
website: https://www.cassiapowell.com

Dre Gutierrez Reyes

Dre Gutierrez Reyes is an Afro-latina tattoo artist and illustrator currently residing on Lekwungen territory. In her tattoo practice Dre strives to provide an all-inclusive space for the BIPOC and LGBTQ2S community to adorn their bodies.  Dre’s work is inspired by the bold colour palettes of vintage comic books,  Mexican folk art, and the symbolism of Catholic iconography as well as Chicano culture. Her goal as an artist is to elevate other artists of colour, and look for inclusive opportunities so others can find healing through creativity as well.

 
Headshot by Christian Maradiaga @marcelduchump 

Laveen Gammie

Laveen Gammie is currently based on the unceded Lekwungen territory and is in her 5th year at the University of Victoria completing a double major in Bio-Psychology and Visual Arts. Gammie’s scientific practice focuses on factors that change our bodies chemical composition, and how these changes effect our perception, behaviour and personal thoughts, and ultimately how such simple changes have the ability to alter an individuals personal experience. Much of her artistic practice stems from subjects she’s reading/researching about that take on new narratives when applied to situations around her. Her work often explores themes of dualistic identity, vulnerability, and challenging both self limitations and the limitations created within our social zeitgeist.

Reid Urchison

Reid Urchison is a queer/trans artist living on the unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Lekwungen and W̱SÁNEĆ nations. Their work focuses on literary theory, memoir, text, and often takes the form of videos, zines or other multiples.

Kate Wallace Fry

Kate Wallace Fry's writing has appeared in Prism International, Bad Dog Review, This Side of West, The Albatross and more. She is the winner of the 2019 UVic English Student's Association Poetry Contest and the 2018 On the Verge Poetry Contest. From 2018-2020, she served as Editor-in-Chief of The Warren Undergraduate Review. She currently lives on the unceded territories of the Lekwungen-speaking peoples, otherwise known as Victoria, BC.

Rowan Mackenzie Zouboules

Rowan makes more bone broth than poems. They are a white settler and non-binary poet who’s lived on the unceded territories of the Songhees and WSÁNEĆ nations for the past 8 years. Their writing has appeared in the Warren Undergraduate Review, international public health journals, and even made a cameo on the “Starved City” Tarot deck. They recently published a collection of prose called “Smoke Season” about small towns. Rowan loves playing telephone Pictionary with visual artists.

Photo by Kaylan Lorraine