1:1 Artists Select: Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill | Skeena Reece

The impulse to make connections between objects is a nearly universal experience. Artists are always in dialogue with their predecessors and peers, and they often make astute curators.

1:1 Artists Select is a new initiative that invites artists to select a work from the Vancouver Art Gallery’s extensive collection to be displayed in dialogue with their own work in the Forecourt.

The third to participate is Vancouver–based artist Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill. She has selected a work from the collection by Skeena Reece.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill was born in 1979 in K’ómoks territory on Vancouver Island and attended Simon Fraser University and the California College of the Arts. Hill is of Métis, Cree and English heritage and her work is often the result of in-depth research into social and political histories, such as concepts of land, property and economy. Hill makes paintings, sculptures and installations employing a broad range of materials—often including organic substances—and everyday and found objects. Hill’s work first entered the Gallery’s collection in 2019. 

Skeena Reece was born in 1974 in Tsimshian territory in northern British Columbia, and is of Tsimshian, Gitxsan, Cree and Métis heritage. She attended Northwest Community College (now Coast Mountain College) in Terrace and Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design (now Emily Carr University of Art + Design). Reece is a multidisciplinary artist who frequently uses humour and the body to engage with subject matter such as representation, stereotypes and autonomy. Her work contends with complex personal, political and historical narratives, and her practice encompasses performance, spoken word, music, installation, video and photography. Reece’s work first entered the Gallery’s collection in 2017.