ARTISTS SPACE

 

About the Artists Space

Each year, Ocean Week Canada features artist-led talks, creative community workshops, concerts, and immersive experiences across the country. These artist-led creations, musical events, and activities flow into the national program of Ocean Week Canada events every June.

 

OWC 2025 Featured Artists

 

Robbie and Lindee Gallant

Robbie (Robias Wood) and Lindee Gallant are a creative duo blending reclaimed woodworking and science-informed storytelling to explore human connection to the environment, with their latest piece on Atlantic hurricanes and climate change debuting at the Mermaid Tears Seaglass Festival in Souris, PEI.

PROFILE AND EVENTS

Steph Kincade

Steph Kincade (they/them) is a Halifax-based sculptural embroidery and fibre artist whose background in theatre and passion for marine biology and microscopic worlds inform their intricately crafted, science-inspired work.

PROFILE AND EVENTS

Rob Knaggs

Brisbane avant-cellist Rob Knaggs is known for his immersive live performances and atmospheric soundscapes inspired by his years in sub-arctic Churchill, Manitoba. His live shows include stunning visuals of northern Canada, offering audiences a glimpse into the remote ecology that shapes his sound.

PROFILE AND EVENTS

Robbie and Lindee Gallant

Robbie (Robias Wood) and Lindee Gallant are a creative duo blending reclaimed woodworking and science-informed storytelling to explore human connection to the environment, with their latest piece on Atlantic hurricanes and climate change debuting at the Mermaid Tears Seaglass Festival in Souris, PEI.

Steph Kincade

Steph Kincade (they/them) is a Halifax-based sculptural embroidery and fibre artist whose background in theatre and passion for marine biology and microscopic worlds inform their intricately crafted, science-inspired work.

Rob Knaggs

Brisbane avant-cellist Rob Knaggs is known for his immersive live performances and atmospheric soundscapes inspired by his years in sub-arctic Churchill, Manitoba. His live shows include stunning visuals of northern Canada, offering audiences a glimpse into the remote ecology that shapes his sound.

 

Monique Martin

Monique Martin is an internationally acclaimed, eco-conscious artist from Saskatoon whose concept-driven, research-intensive printmaking and installation work has been exhibited worldwide and is held in major public and private collections. Her current work brings the issue of ocean plastic pollution into sharp focus through 100 suspended sheer, silkscreened monoprint panels.

PROFILE AND EVENTS

The Narrative Science Collective

The Narrative Science Collective is a team of scientists, writers, and artists who use tabletop role-playing games as an educational tool to explore the cascading impacts of climate change on ocean ecosystems, with their latest project culminating in a free, downloadable adventure booklet.
PROFILE AND EVENTS

Fleuve | Espace Danse

Fleuve | Espace danse offers a unique approach to contemporary dance by bringing audiences into nature to experience poetic performances that reflect the rich yet fragile ecosystems we share with animals and the environment. Chantal Caron is the choreographer and artistic director and marine ecologist Lyne G. Morissette is a collaborating partner.

PROFILE AND EVENTS

Monique Martin

Monique Martin is an internationally acclaimed, eco-conscious artist from Saskatoon whose concept-driven, research-intensive printmaking and installation work has been exhibited worldwide and is held in major public and private collections. Her current work brings the issue of ocean plastic pollution into sharp focus through 100 suspended sheer, silkscreened monoprint panels.

The Narrative Science Collective

The Narrative Science Collective is a team of scientists, writers, and artists who use tabletop role-playing games as an educational tool to explore the cascading impacts of climate change on ocean ecosystems, with their latest project culminating in a free, downloadable adventure booklet.

Fleuve | Espace Danse

Fleuve | Espace danse offers a unique approach to contemporary dance by bringing audiences into nature to experience poetic performances that reflect the rich yet fragile ecosystems we share with animals and the environment. Chantal Caron is the choreographer and artistic director and marine ecologist Lyne G. Morissette is a collaborating partner.

 

Diego Narvaez

Diego Narvaez is a Vancouver Island–based artist originally from Mexico City whose work explores how visual perception shapes our relationship with the environment, with a practice spanning from Antarctica to Mexico and current collaborations involving scientists, Indigenous artists, and communities to address our ties to land and ocean.

PROFILE AND EVENTS

Diego Narvaez

Diego Narvaez is a Vancouver Island–based artist originally from Mexico City whose work explores how visual perception shapes our relationship with the environment, with a practice spanning from Antarctica to Mexico and current collaborations involving scientists, Indigenous artists, and communities to address our ties to land and ocean.

 
 
 

OWC 2024 Featured Artists

 

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OWC 2023 Featured Artists

 
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OWC 2022 Featured Artists

 
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