Talks
Ba’oya Hubuk’esi (I Love Them By the Edge):
Vance Wright Artist Talk
29 January 2026
11:30am-12:30pm
Image Courtesy of Vance Wright. Photo: Toonasa Luggi Photography
Participants: Vance Wright
Location
Aboriginal Gathering Place
Room C2290 (Main Floor)
Emily Carr University
520 E 1st Ave
Vancouver, BC
V5T 0H2
Please join us on Thursday, January 29, at the Aboriginal Gathering Place, located in Room C2290 on the main floor of Emily Carr University, for a public artist talk with artist Vance Wright.
Co-presented by Or Gallery in partnership with the Aboriginal Gathering Place at Emily Carr University, this public program is an opportunity to engage the conceptual territory of Vance Wright’s artistic practice as it relates to the exhibition Ba’oya Hubuk’esi (I Love Them By the Edge), on view at Or Gallery from January 22 to May 2, 2026.
This program is free and open to all. Registration is not required.
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Participant Bios
Vance Wright
Vance Wright (they/them) is a reconnecting two-spirit member of the Tl’azt’en Nation, and was raised on the unceded territories of the Sinixt Nation in what is colonially known as Nelson BC. Currently residing in the occupied and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Nations in Vancouver, they are an emerging artist, curator and writer. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University, with a major in Critical and Cultural Practices and a minor in Curatorial Studies. Their artwork has been exhibited in the Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA), as well as artist-run centres such as Massy Arts Society or Oxygen Art Centre.