The Structure of Smoke exhibition

UBC Okanagan Gallery, in collaboration with the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, is excited to announce that a version of The Structure of Smoke exhibition is coming to Syilx territory in the Okanagan this summer. Co-curated by Melanie O’Brian and Tania Willard, The Structure of Smoke explores artworks that problematize the poetic, structural and political aspects of fire.

In a region where wildfires regularly impact our lives and the landscape, The Structure of Smoke gathers together artists to conceptualize our relationship to this challenging force of nature.

Throughout the exhibition, contemporary artists explore both the metaphorical and literal processes of fire and the spaces it creates and displaces. In a range of mediums—including sculpture, video, screen prints, photography and painting—the works challenge the viewer to examine the ways in which we live with fire both now and in the future.

The Structure of Smoke brings together works from select artists in the original exhibition run, including Amber Frid-Jimenez, Samuel Roy-Bois, Heraa Khan, Jeneen Frei Njootli, Other Sights, Pratchaya Phinthong, Art Hunter and Susan Point. The Okanagan version of the exhibit includes artists Taylor Baptiste, Andreas Rutkauskas and Woojae Kim.

The exhibition is open to the public and free to attend on weekdays from Thursday, May 21, to Tuesday, August 18, from 9 am to 4 pm in the FINA Gallery, located in the Creative and Critical Studies building.