Oxygen Art Centre is delighted to welcome Genevieve Robertson as artist-in-residence from November 12, 2025, to December 20, 2025.
Robertson works at the intersection of visual art and environmental studies. Her practice is grounded in drawing and painting, extending to video, installation, and various forms of collective work and collaboration. Through long-term place-based research projects, her work explores anthropogenic impacts on ecology and the climate, and the intelligence and interconnection of the life systems of which we are part. Robertson currently lives and works in Nelson, BC, and previously held the position of Executive Director at Oxygen from 2018 to 2019.
During her residency the artist will offer an Artist Talk on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 5:00pm, and an Open Studio event on Saturday, December 13, 2025, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm at the artist-run centre. The Artist Talk will introduce Robertson’s artistic practice, as well as share process-based explorations from her residency. The Open Studio event provides an informal view for the public to engage with Robertson’s artistic practice and works-in-progress. Both events are free to attend. Everyone welcome.
The artist-run centre welcomes Robertson for this residency at an auspicious moment in her practice to provide space, time, and resources to focus on a body of work intended for exhibition at the Midlands Art Centre, UK, in Spring 2026, which will be shared with the community through open studio and artist talk events.
Robertson will be artist-in-residence at Oxygen Art Centre from November 12, 2025, to December 20, 2025. While in residence, the public are invited to attend an Artist Talk on Thursday, December 11, 2025, at 5:00pm, and an Open Studio event on Saturday, December 13, 2025, from 1:00pm to 3:00pm. All events are free to attend. Everyone welcome.
Oxygen Art Centre is an artist-run centre located at #3-320 Vernon Street along the alleyway behind Baker Street. For more information, please visit our “Current” page or contact info@oxygenartcentre.org.
This program is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the BC Arts Council, the Vancouver Foundation, and the Regional District of Central Kootenay ReDi program.
image: slope study, charcoal, ash, soil, elderberry, tansy and fireweed ink on paper, 11×17, 2025. Materials collected at Duhamel Creek fire on unceded Sinixt territory; Courtesy the artist