CO*LAB Community Arts Laboratory
Coda Girvan
Wildlife Analysis
SITE #10
CO*LAB, Community Arts Laboratory
9641 102 A Avenue NW, Edmonton
June 19-July 2: 12:00-7:00pm
ABOUT THE ARTIST
My name is Coda, I am a 28-year-old self-taught Queer Métis artist currently living in Edmonton, Alberta (Amiskwacîwâskahikan). My work, across all mediums, tends to focus on organic matter—mostly figurative shapes. I have been creating art my whole life but began painting with acrylics on canvas at the age of twelve. Within the past five years, my artistic style has evolved to stripping down natural elements into their most minimalistic form. The majority of my work is inspired by typeface design, and more recently much of the shapes and colours used in my work have been influenced by my family history as a Métis person. I use my art as a tool to process and as a form of healing.