Vancouver aritst Casey Wei wins Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize

NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — Vancouver artist Casey Wei has won this year’s $25,000 Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize.

She was among five contenders who displayed their work at The Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver in the Lind Biennial exhibition.

Wei’s video installation, titled The Zhang Clan, spans three screens as it explores her mother’s family’s migration to Melbourne, Australia from China after the Tiananmen Square massacre.

Lind jurors praise the work for “upending the conventions of documentary filmmaking” and say Wei “successfully transposes her DIY esthetics and community-based art into a gallery setting.”

The Lind Prize is awarded biannually to an emerging British Columbia-based artist.

The other finalists this year include Mena El Shazly, Karice Mitchell, Dion Smith-Dokkie and Parumveer Walia.

The exhibition will be on display at The Polygon Gallery until Feb. 2.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 24, 2025.

— By Nicole Thompson in Toronto.

The Canadian Press