Art Vancouver 2026 unites exhibitors exploring identity, material, and contemporary experience, May 28 to 31
Fair celebrates its 10th edition this year at the Vancouver Convention Centre, with local and international artists
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Art Vancouver 2026 presents a group of exhibitors whose practices span painting, sculpture, mural work, and interdisciplinary forms, reflecting a range of cultural backgrounds and lived experiences. The fair brings together artists whose work engages with identity, relocation, material transformation, and contemporary life.
The participating artists approach these themes through distinct visual languages shaped by personal and cultural contexts. Iraqi-American artist Sousan Alwan, who’s based in Istanbul, works with figurative painting to examine questions of identity, femininity, and resilience. Her work reflects the experience of navigating multiple cultural frameworks, where the figure becomes a site for negotiating visibility, autonomy, and self-definition.
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Opeyemi Matthew Olukotun brings a practice rooted in portraiture and lived experience between Nigeria and Canada. His paintings reflect relocation and adaptation, exploring how identity is shaped through movement, memory, and shifting cultural environments.
Based in Vancouver, Kelcy Timmons Chan works through mural and pop-inspired visual language to reflect everyday cultural symbols, food, and shared spaces. Her practice considers how community and identity are formed through lived experience within urban environments, particularly within diasporic and queer contexts.
Working in sculpture and mixed media, Jorge Izaza explores how material, light, and surface interact. His work uses wood, resin, glass, and natural materials to construct forms that shift with their surroundings, emphasizing how physical transformation shapes perception and spatial experience.
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Together, these practices reflect how contemporary artists are engaging with questions of identity, belonging, and material experience in different ways. Bringing these works into dialogue within the fair offers a reflection on how lived experience and cultural context inform artistic practice today.
As the 10th edition of Art Vancouver, the fair reflects a continued commitment to presenting a broad spectrum of contemporary practices from both international and local contexts. It brings together artists whose work engages with current cultural, material, and social conditions through diverse approaches and mediums.
Art Vancouver 2026 takes place from May 28 to 31. The fair is held within Canada Place at the Vancouver Convention Centre’s East Building in Hall B.
To purchase tickets to the event and learn more about programming, visit the Art Vancouver website.
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