Katrina Grabner
Katrina Grabner is a visual artist, art therapist, trauma counsellor, writer and professor residing on the stolen unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil Waututh) Nations. Often drawn to creating site specific installation works, Grabner uses mediums such as encaustic (Greek ‘enkaustikos’, meaning to burn-in), ceramics, paint and fiber to explore themes of identity, place, embodiment, myth and collective healing. Grabner holds an MA in Psychotherapy and Spirituality with a specialization in Art Therapy through St Stephen’s College, an affiliate college of the University of Alberta.
Originally from Treaty 6 Territory, just west of the Rocky Mountains, Grabner locates herself through her German, Scottish, Irish, Mi’kmaq and French ancestors. She founded Open Book Art Collective and has participated in numerous shows at galleries such as Silk Purse Arts Centre, Massy Arts Society, Britannia Art Gallery, Langley Centennial Museum and Exhibition Centre, Seymour Art Gallery and participated in MAWA’s Mentorship foundation program. Through her works, Katrina’s hope is to encourage curiosity, play, wonder, conversation and deeper connection with self and other.
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"Homecoming" is a multi-medium meditation of becoming human and what it means to live as intra-beings.