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Taawnishii,
My name is Jesse Campbell, my ancestry on my Mother’s side is Métis, Salteaux, and Cree and on my Father’s side I am mixed European. I am a registered member of the Manitoba Métis Federation. I live and work on
the unceeded lands of the Lekwungen people. I have worked as a professional Mural Artist since 2010 and have worked full time as a professional artist and arts facilitator since 2018. Presently I am a Masters of Fine Arts Student at Uvic, the director of Tah’lum Indigenous Artists Collective and the soul proprietor of Campbell Visual Arts. Most of my practice centres public art installation and working with other First Nations artists as an arts advisor and facilitator. My philosophy in my work is around the principles of Wakatowin, “work in a good way”, meaning I try to show up with good intentions in my work and provide space for collaboration with other First Nations artists through a relationship of mutual respect

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Guná is a Tlingit artist, educator, dancer, and cultural worker of Dakhká Tlingit and Tagish Khwáan ancestry from the Dahk’laweidi Clan. Rooted in Northwest Coast art and design, her interdisciplinary practice weaves together formline, painting, storytelling, performance, and cultural knowledge to explore themes of identity,
cultural continuity, decolonization, healing, and Indigenous resurgence.

Trained by Northwest Coast masters including William Wasden and Mike Dangeli, and educated at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Guná honours ancestral Tlingit art practices while expanding them through a bold contemporary visual language. Her work moves between classical Northwest Coast design and contemporary mediums, creating spaces where cultural memory, truth-telling, and embodied storytelling
converge.

Guná’s work has been exhibited in galleries across Canada and recognized through awards and nominations including the William and Meredith Sanderson Prize for Emerging Canadian Artists, the Yukon Art Prize longlist, and the Sobey Art Award longlist. Alongside her studio practice, she has shared her work through lectures,
workshops, artist talks, and cultural programming at institutions including Princeton University, Emily Carr University, and Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

For Guná, art is not separate from cultural responsibility. Through visual art, education, performance, and public engagement, she remains committed to strengthening Indigenous visual literacy, advocating for cultural sovereignty, and creating work that invites reflection, connection, and healing.

Graeme Jones is a photo artist working with still and moving image. His work searches for narrative in life experiences and interrogates the use of different visual languages in media. He works in analog processes, reclaiming control from digital technologies that threaten creativity and valorising the unique nature of an original physical artwork. Jones grew up in Victoria before spending his formative years in Toronto. After returning to British Columbia for his studies, he completed a Bachelor of Arts with a minor in Visual Arts at the University of Victoria in 2026. He is now pursuing a Master of Fine Arts at UVic with a focus on photography.

Jones’ practice involves a diaristic approach to photography, creating photographs of day-to-day events. Curated into series, these photographs invent the story of life through his eyes. In his constructed photographic work, Jones creates scenes reminiscent of stills from films or magazines, casting himself and others as imaginary characters in open-ended stories. The use of cinematic and other visual languages determines the sense of reality in the work, and challenges viewers to take notice of the invisible influences on their interpretation of media.

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