Oxygen Art Centre publishes catalogues for the Exhibition & Residency program. Access digital versions of exhibition essays below. Print copies are available for viewing and purchase at Oxygen Art Centre.

2023

Tracelines
Vance Wright
Publication Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Photography by Kenton Doupe
Printed by Hall Printing (Canada)
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dig a hole in the garden
Shannon Garden-Smith + T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss
Essays by Julia Prudhomme, mg hamilton, SF Ho, Astrida Neimanis, Megan K Quigley
Artworks by Christina Battle, Chris Dufour and Alexis Hogan
Dust jacket screen printed by Marcus Dénommé
Publication Design by Lorenzo Ignacio
Printed by Hall Printing (Canada)
*Note: limited edition of 50 copies
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How to Be 57
Lucie Chan
Essay by Dr. Sue Shon
Publication Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing (Canada)
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EAT IT UP!
Angela Glanzmann + Stephanie Yee
Essay by José Andres Mora
Publication Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing (Canada)
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2022

Pandora’s Jukebox
Bessie Wapp
Essay by Allison Girvan
Publication Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing (Canada)
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Body and Water
Paxsi, Jaime Black, Hannah Claus, Lindsay Dobbin
Curated by Ociciwan Curatorial Collective
Essay by Halie Finney
Publication Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing (Canada)
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October 2021
Palūs
Anna Daedalus + Kerry Davis
Introduction by Rachel Lafo
Essay by Andrew Emlen
Poem by Robert Pyle
Publication Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing (Canada)
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ABOVE ABOVE BELOW BELOW
Brian Lye
Essay by Julia Prudhomme
Publication Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing (Canada)
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August 2021
Overburden: Geology, Extraction and Metamorphosis in a Chaotic Age
Gabriela Escobar Ari, Asinnajaq, Patti Bailey, Randy Lee Cutler, Darren Fleet, Jim Holyoak, Tsema Igharas, Keith Langergraber, Sarah Nance, Tara Nicholson, Carol Wallace
Co-curated by Genevieve Robertson + Maggie Shirley
Co-presented by Oxygen Art Centre + Kootenay Gallery of Art
Essay by Genevieve Robertson
Publication Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing
ISBN: 978-1-777-442-811
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November 2020
Paradoxes of a Soft Spoken Tree
Z’otz* Collective
Essay by Deborah Thompson
Publication Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing
ISBN: 978-1-777-442-804
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October 2020
Feminist Bodies in a Posthuman Imaginary
prOphecy sun
Publication Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing
A special project supported by Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance
ISBN: 978-0-9812529-8-8
Project Website link here
Digital publication (excerpt) available here
Artist Interview available here
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September 2020
If I Can’t Dance To It, It’s Not My Revolution
Juried Youth Exhibition
Artists:  Josh Franklin, Meadow Kroeger, Spencer Legebokoff, Katherine Victoria MacKay, and Bethany Pardoe
Authors:  Nelson Aiken, Spencer Legebokoff, Suki Simington, and Hailey Viers
Exhibition Essay by Jaymie Johnson
Web Design by Cristian Hernandez
Publication Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing
Supported by Canada Council for the Arts
ISBN: 978-0-9812529-9-5
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January 2020
Oh, Columbia
Artists: Mary Babcock, with Susan Andrews Grace
Exhibition Essay by Arin Fay
Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing
Supported by Canada Council for the Arts
ISBN: 978-0-9812529-7-1
Exhibition Essay (digital) available here
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November 2019
Nostalgic Geography
Artists: prOphecy sun and Darren Fleet
Exhibition Essay by Genevieve Robertson
Design by Keiko Lee-Hem
Printed by Hall Printing
Supported by Canada Council for the Arts
ISBN: 978-0-9812529-6-4
Exhibition Essay (digital) available here
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