Shawn HuntḰáɫḷá / To Dreamat the Fairmont Pacific Rim
Shawn Hunt
June 19, 2024 - September 27, 2024
Presented by Equinox Gallery in collaboration with Westbank and the Fairmont Pacific Rim, Ḱáɫḷá is a solo exhibition of new works by Heiltsuk artist Shawn Hunt. Translated as 'to dream' in the Heiltsuk language, Ḱáɫḷá features a series of surreal scenes in which moments of the artist's own life are re-imagined as present-day daydreams infused with Indigenous traditions. Illuminated by the moonlight, Hunt's figures are suspended between the past, present and future, resisting a singular interpretation.
This is an off-site exhibition located at The Pacific Gallery in the Fairmont Pacific Rim.
Location of this exhibition: Fairmont Pacific Rim
1038 Canada Place
Vancouver BC fairmontpacificrim.com
Installation View
Shawn Hunt: Ḱáɫḷá / To DreamJune 19th - August 15th, 2024
Photograph by The White Space Co.
Installation View
Shawn Hunt: Ḱáɫḷá / To DreamJune 19th - August 15th, 2024
Photograph by The White Space Co.
Installation View
Shawn Hunt: Ḱáɫḷá / To DreamJune 19th - August 15th, 2024
Photograph by The White Space Co.
Installation View
Shawn Hunt: Ḱáɫḷá / To DreamJune 19th - August 15th, 2024
Photograph by The White Space Co.
Shawn Hunt
The Healer
2024
Acrylic on canvas
48" x 60"
Shawn Hunt
The Lookout
2024
Acrylic on canvas
60" x 84"
Shawn Hunt
Dancing in the Deep
2024
Acrylic on canvas
72" x 96"
Shawn Hunt
Brother Carvers
2024
Acrylic on canvas
72" x 96"
Featured Artists
Shawn Hunt
Shawn Hunt
Shawn Hunt is a Heiltsuk artist born inWaglisla (Bella Bella), British Columbia.Hunt’s practice is directly informed by his Scottish, French and First Nations background and the visual culture and traditions that accompany it.He works with the traditional Northwest Coast design principle, known as formline, to create abstract, surreal, and sculptural artworks based on ancestral Heiltsuk Cosmology that often reference contemporary aboriginal life.Hunt is always seeking to push the boundaries of the art form, often combining non-traditional ideas with innovative uses of materials and motifs in his work.