Oxygen Art Centre will welcome Manuel Axel-Strain and Kalli Van Stone as artists-in-residence from June 22 to June 28, 2025.
xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam), Simpcw and Syilx artist Manuel Axel-Strain and Suqnawqin or Syilx Okanagan and Secwepemc artist Kalli Van Stone will develop a new body of work during their seven-day residency that will be on view throughout the summer in an exhibition titled, “kt̓kmin uɬ c̓ik̓ʷm,” which is Sylix for “mark and make light.” The exhibition will be on view to the public from July 2 to August 23, 2025.
In their individual practices, the artists propose opportunities for viewers to glimpse beyond the settler colonial perspective through their chosen mediums of painting and installation (Axel-Strain) and performance (Van Stone).
Often utilizing pictographic and petroglyph depictions in their practices, the artists provoke nuances between what is included and excluded, what is past and present, what is spoken about and what is intentionally withheld concerning entanglements of Indigenous identity, family, and queerness.
Challenging colonial binaries and settler paradigms, the artists collaborate with each other, their families, and their archives and stories to compose a multi-component contemporary art project at Oxygen that will focus on mark making through light (lasers), dance and song (movement and vibration), in an immersive installation.
The public are invited to attend the Opening Reception of kt̓kmin uɬ c̓ik̓ʷm (mark and make light), on Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. The artists will be in attendance. Light refreshments will be provided. Admission is free.
Axel-Strain and Van Stone will be in residence from June 22, 2025, to June 28, 2025, in preparation for their exhibition kt̓kmin uɬ c̓ik̓ʷm (mark and make light), which will be on view at Oxygen Art Centre from July to August 23, 2025. The Opening Reception is scheduled for Saturday, June 28, 2025, from 5:00pm to 8:00pm. Everyone welcome to attend.
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