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Exhibition

Labour’s trace

Karin Jones
Amy Malbeuf

February 15 - August 8, 2020

Karin Jones
Above:  Amy Malbeuf, "heart", 2018, Ochre and bear grease on canvas tarp, Dimensions variable. Photo: Chelsea Yang-Smith. Bottom: Karin Jones, "Yoke", 2017 (detail). Steel, corn, sterling silver, brass, leather, handmade brass mount on wood panel. W 61 cm, H 122 cm, D 30.5 cm. Photo: Anthony McLean.

Karin Jones and Amy Malbeuf bring to prominence cultural identities and histories through the objects they make by leveraging materials and concepts within a contemporary context. Jones, an artist of African descent living in Vancouver, and Malbeuf, a Métis artist based in Nova Scotia, work with traditional and contemporary materials and techniques that encourage discussions regarding labour, identity, cultural knowledge, and cultural legacies.

Karin Jones is an interdisciplinary artist with a background in jewellery. She received a Diploma in Jewellery Art & Design from Vancouver Community College in 1993, before embarking on a 20-plus year career as a goldsmith and independent artisan.  She received an MFA in Craft from NSCAD University (2018), where she began her most recent work dealing with the ways historical narratives shape our sense of identity. Her work has been shown across Canada, and in the United States, Japan, and Finland. She is currently Department Head of Jewellery Art & Design at Vancouver Community College.

Amy Malbeuf is a Métis visual artist from Rich Lake, Alberta. Utilizing materials such as caribou hair tufting, beadwork, installation, performance, and video, Malbeuf explores notions of identity, place, language, and ecology. Malbeuf has exhibited her work nationally and internationally at such venues as Art Mûr, Montréal, MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina; Art Gallery of Alberta; and Pataka Art + Museum, Porirua, New Zealand and has participated in many international artist residencies.  Malbeuf holds a MFA in Visual Art from the University of British Columbia Okanagan. In 2016 Malbeuf received a Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Emerging Artist Award and a William and Meredith Saunderson Prize for Emerging Artists in Canada from the Hnatyshyn Foundation and was long listed for the 2017 Sobey Art Award.

 

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Karin Jones
Above:  Amy Malbeuf, "heart", 2018, Ochre and bear grease on canvas tarp, Dimensions variable. Photo: Chelsea Yang-Smith. Bottom: Karin Jones, "Yoke", 2017 (detail). Steel, corn, sterling silver, brass, leather, handmade brass mount on wood panel. W 61 cm, H 122 cm, D 30.5 cm. Photo: Anthony McLean.
WATCH: Artist Karin Jones discusses her works in the exhibition.
WATCH: Artist Amy Malbeuf discusses her works in the exhibition.
WATCH: Check out our virtual tour of our current exhibition, "Labour's trace", by artists Karin Jones and Amy Malbeuf.

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Sunday 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Monday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Tuesday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Wednesday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Thursday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Saturday 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Closed on statutory holidays.

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Richmond Cultural Centre
7700 Minoru Gate
Richmond, BC  V6Y 1R8
Canada Line Station: Richmond-Brighouse

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