FCCS Visiting Artist Series: Briar Craig

This talk will be held in the University Theatre (ADM 026) as part of the CCS 150 Creative and Critical Art Theory class.

Briar Craig (Canadian, b. 1961) is based in Kelowna, BC. He received a BFA from Queen’s University in 1984 and an MFA from the University of Alberta in 1987. He has held positions as an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota, Morris campus, and Okanagan University College. He is currently a professor in the Department of Creative and Critical Studies at UBC Okanagan.

In 2009, Craig initiated the Okanagan Print Triennial (OPT) in conjunction with the Vernon Public Art Gallery and the Kelowna Art Gallery. Since 2015, the OPT has been fully international. Craig has participated in several group exhibitions at the gallery, including Nexus: Histories and Communities (2007 and 2008), Constructions of Identity (2010), and A Year From Now (2021). In 2002, Craig had a solo exhibition at the Kelowna Art Gallery titled Emerda, and in 2022, the exhibition README. His prints have been exhibited nationally and internationally.