WHO?
ALIA HIJAAB
Alia Hijaab is a Vancouver-based visual artist and animator. She is of mixed Syrian/American heritage and has spent most of her life living in the Middle East. Alia moved to Canada to pursue her art education and obtained her BMA in Animation from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and he uses her experiences as an immigrant in her practice. Alia is a storyteller at heart and her work explores issues of her Syrian identity, immigration, loss, social justice, and examining what it means to be an Arab woman in a contemporary context.
CHHAYA NARAN
Chhaya Naran is a queer, trans artist and animator. They graduated from Emily Carr University in 2018. Currently based in Vancouver, they hail from Kingston, Ontario, and are a part of the South Asian diaspora. Chhaya is influenced by their multiple overlapping identities, as well as a love for friends, family, food, and fantasy.
CHRIS STRICKLER
Chris Strickler is from West Lafayette, Indiana and graduated in 2018 with a BMA in Animation from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. He is an animator, installation artist, and live visual performer. His work in all disciplines leans towards the abstract, with a focus on graphic shapes and crunchy textures.
GIL GOLETSKI
gil goletski (b. 1995) is a multi-disciplinary artist living as a settler on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people. they originally hail from Kwantlen traditional territory. gil graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2018 with a BMA in 2D animation. they make animation, illustration, comics, print media, and music.
HARLO MARTENS
Harlo Martens is a professional art school dropout and settler of European descent on the stolen lands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people. As a trans/nonbinary multimedia animator, they are attracted to repetition and how it bends time into different shapes. In the process of making, removing shame from fun & play has been crucial.
JOSH NEU
Josh Neu a 2D Animator, writer and sound designer who was born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Wichita, Kansas and educated at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C. He is creatively drawn to the weird and experimental side of narratives. Josh like dots, lines and bold color choices.
JULIA SONG
Julia is a 2D animator who is currently based in Seoul, South Korea. In 2018, Julia received her BMA in Animation from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. In 2020, She received her MA in Film and Screen Studies from Goldsmiths, University of London in 2020.
Julia enjoys exploring character animation with heavily limited animation. She often uses thick lines and strong colours.
KAT G MORRIS
Kat is a 2D animator from Northern BC. She graduated in 2018 with a BMA in Animation from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Using hand-drawn digital animation, Kat explores the limits and possibilities of narrative storytelling through symbolism, soundscapes, and fluid, illustrative motions.
LANA CONNORS
Lana Connors is a filmmaker + experimental stop motion animator from the NWT. They majored in film at the Nova Scotia College of Art + Design, where they fell in love with animation while working on a Steenbeck in the campus basement.
They are now a settler on the unceded traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people.
Whatever free time they have they spend creating and animating clay bodies in their home studio. Everything they do digitally looks like MS paint.
LAUREL PUCKER
Laurel Pucker is a Vancouver based artist and animator. She graduated with a BMA from Emily Carr university of Art & Design in 2018, with a focus on 3D animation. Her work spans multiple mediums, with the only constant being a strong love for triangles and a desire to create things filled with joy wherever possible.
She also loves dogs, send her pics.