Videos with Artists

Hear from Roxanne Charles as she discusses her artwork ŚЌE,ЌÁL / Microphone, 2017, with with Feather Arnouse, Harley Chappell, Leann Wells, Samantha Wells, and Joan Williams, in the Gallery's Permanent Collection. Check out Sharing Perspectives: Indigenous Contemporary Art Workshop Teacher's Guides containing inquiry-focused activities and discussion questions that reinforce ideas and processes related to Charles' art practice.

Learn from Roxanne Charles as she discusses her artwork Surrey's Urban Sprawl, 2014, in the Gallery's Permanent Collection. Check out Sharing Perspectives: Indigenous Contemporary Art Workshop Teacher's Guides containing inquiry-focused activities and discussion questions that reinforce ideas and processes related to Charles' art practice.

Listen to sɬə́məxʷ (Trenton Pierre) speak about Guardian Spirits, his work on the windows of North Surrey Sport & Ice Complex.

Hear about Nep Sidhu's art practice and read more about his solo exhibition Shadows in the Major Seventh with the companion exhibition catalogue.

With Vancouver Art Gallery Curator Ian Thom, listen and learn about Robert Davidson’s art practice with an Art from the Archives interview from May 2, 2010. Read about Davidson's artworks Supernatural Eye and Eagle Calling both in our Public Art collection

Listen to 'Tayagila’ogwa (Marianne Nicolson) as she explains what led to the creation of her artwork The Sea Captain.

After watching Sonny Assu's site-specific UrbanScreen artwork 1UP, read Ellyn Walker's essay as part of Surrey Art Gallery Presents and published in Art after Dark: 10 Years of UrbanScreen.

Playing with humour, Pierre Sasseville and Jean-François Cooke's outdoor sculpture Circulation encourages the viewer to think about the relationship between nature and culture. Read more about what the deer, pipes, and colours symbolize with a printable handout.

The oldest artwork in the Gallery's Public Art collection, Mandala After Prayer Wheel is made of copper and measures 2 metres across. Listen to Maurice Van Der Beke to find out about the inspiration behind the artwork and print out the accompanying handout.

By arranging and rearranging school props used in painting and drawing classes, April Hickox considers how we determine what is art. Watch Hickox's four channel digital art video installation Variations Primaries.

Learn how the history of Port Kells influenced the public artwork Weave of Time by Bruce Walther.

Find out about the process of creating the public artwork Fern Façade and the details that went into the piece with artist Sean Alward.

By thinking about hearth and home, and how we relate to one another, hear from Erica Stocking about her public artwork Blankets located at West Village Energy Centre and Park.

Referencing the pictograph as a way of recording stories on the land, watch video of Marianne Nicolson's The Way In Which It Was Given to Us at UrbanScreen. Siku Allooloo provides the soundtrack and accompanying Surrey Art Gallery Presents essay "Bearing Witness" published in Art after Dark: 10 Years of UrbanScreen.

Learn about Brandon Gabriel and Melinda Bige's public artwork Four Seasons at Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre. View the Teacher's Handout, read the audio transcript, and understand the significance of the village of qəyqə́yt.

Hear from Kwelexwelsten (Brandon Gabriel) about his art practice and his beginnings as an artist. Learn more about Gabriel's other public artwork Raven and the First Sunrise.

Ian Johnston discusses his project Machine for Singing, shown as part of the exhibition Transnational Absolute.