Iver Smith
a multidisciplinary artist curious about the possibilities of healing through ephemeral states of light, colour, in-between spaces, and temporality.
Iver Smith is an uninvited settler residing on and between the stolen, unceded, traditional, ancestral, and occupied territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ , Halq̓eméylem and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim speaking peoples. This includes the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, səlilwətaɬ, sc̓əwaθən, Stó:lō, and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh peoples, respectively.Smith investigates extraordinary forms of communication through obliteration to indirectly disclose difficult personal experiences. As a multidisciplinary artist, they engage in oil pastel drawing, textiles, new media, performance, and installation. With a research-based practice delving into archaeological records as often as theoretical physics, Smith is interested in connections between themselves, the world around them, and the hidden spaces in between.
Medicine bag on cairn (details), 2024
CV:
Solo Exhibitions:
Cannery REcollections, Gulf of Georgia Cannery National Historic Site, 2025
Group Exhibitions:
Taking up Space, James Black Gallery, 2024
Dream Safely, Audain Gallery at Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 2023
Flower Moon, 611 Studios, 2023
Everyone Is Happening Always, Audain Gallery at Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 2022
Education:
Fine Arts Diploma, Langara College, 2021
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Simon Fraser University, 2024
Academic Awards:
Bob Rennie Undergraduate Award in Visual Arts, 2023
Simon Fraser University
Dr. Tashakkor Undergraduate Award in Contemporary Arts, 2022
Simon Fraser University
Memberships:
Member, Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC)
Member, Craft Council of BC
Member, Greater Vancouver Weaver and Spinners Guild