Artist Talk: Rain Cabana-Boucher

Proximities navigates the spaces that exist between everyday connection and disconnection. Through bodily mark making, repetition and obscuration, Rain Cabana-Boucher creates forms that seem to emerge through static. The drawings in this series were created alongside one another before being split apart. Through this exhibition, Cabana-Boucher explores the space between our relationships, questioning how we experience isolation while still being fundamentally connected to one another.

Rain Cabana-Boucher, is a Michif/British settler interdisciplinary artist raised in treaty 6 territory, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her family has historic ties to the Michif communities of St-François-Xavier, St. Boniface, and St. Louis, Saskatchewan. She lives and works on the stolen land of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, Səl̓ílwətaʔ, and xwməθkwəy̓əm Nations. She is currently an MFA student at the University of British Columbia. Engaging with a diverse array of artistic mediums, Cabana-Boucher’s practice unfolds through drawing, painting, sculpture, and beadwork. Her artistic expression delves into the intersection of the autobiographical and the socio-political, navigating the intricate landscapes of identity within environments undergoing rapid transformations amidst overarching influences. Cabana-Boucher’s work serves as a poignant reflection on the dynamic interplay between personal narrative and the ever-shifting forces of the surrounding world.

Presented in partnership with the Burnaby Art Gallery in recognition of National Indigenous History Month. Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day on Saturday, June 20 from 1pm to 5pm at Civic Square.