Roy Henry Vickers exhibition opens at Burnaby Art Gallery with over 160 works, February 2

Indigenous artist celebrates 50 years of practice in 2024 with trademark vibrant colours and nature-based patterns

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Roy Henry Vickers’s The Lighthouse (1986), silkscreen on paper, 65 cm x 84 cm. Photo courtesy of City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection

The extensive artworks of renowned Indigenous artist Roy Henry Vickers will be featured at the Burnaby Art Gallery this spring. More than 160 pieces spanning six decades will be on display during the exhibition, which launches on February 2 with an opening reception on February 1 from 7 pm to 9 pm.

Born in the northern village of Lax̱g̱altsʼap (Greenville), Vickers is of Tsimshian, Haida, Heiltsuk, and English ancestry. The artist has spent a lifetime drawing inspiration from the Gitxsan, Wet’suwet’en, Gitxaala, Tla-o-qui-aht, and Lekwungen traditional territories he has called home. Today, Vickers’s works can be found in private and public art collections around the world.

This celebration of the artist’s 50-year career milestone brings together rarely seen works with pieces which mark important shifts in his practice, all elegantly infused with vibrant colours and nature-based patterns. The exhibition runs until April 21 at the gallery, in tandem with a monthly storytelling event.

More details are at Burnaby Art Gallery.

Post sponsored by Burnaby Art Gallery.