06/17/2026
Please join us in welcoming Whess Harman to ECU!
Harman’s residency will take place in a studio space within Emily Carr University, where he will continue his series of banner drawings, a series of work that reflects urban indigenous culture while integrating ethos of the Potlatch into artistic practice.
This production residency marks the beginning of a partnership between Libby Leshgold Gallery and Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art to support the production and presentation of three artists from the Pacific Northwest at the Asia Pacific Triennial 2027 in Brisbane, Australia. The artists include WhessHarman (Carrier Wit’at), Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun Lets’lo:tseltun (Cowichan, Hul’q’umi’num Coast Salish; and Okanagan, Syilx), and Marianne Nicolson (Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw, Musga̱maḵwDzawada̱’enux̱w First Nations).
📷: Whess Harman, 2026. Photo credit: Perrin Grauer.
[Image ID: A landscape portrait of Whess Harman from the waist up. He is a light-skinned indigenous man with mid-length brown hair. He is wearing large round glasses and smiling, almost at the brink of laughter. His hands are clasped behind his backand he is wearing a black hoodie with white text that reads “FROM SALISH SEAS TO PALESTINE OCCUPATION IS A CRIME.” Behind him, out of focus, is a large black and white drawing of various figures overlapping one another.]
