Artist Talk | Corbin Union

Jason de Haan, Charm, Choir, Council, Chorus, 2020, 22 hummingbirds (various species), concrete, dimensions variable. Photography by SITE Photography.

Events | Artist Talk | Corbin Union

April 10, 2021 – 11am

Artist Talk
Corbin Union
Saturday, April 10, 11am PDT
Online via Zoom

Join Corbin Union members Miruna Dragan, Jason de Haan and Warren McLachlan as they talk through their exhibition OSOSO and speak about the collaborative nature of their practice over Zoom.

This event will be live captioned (CART). For more information please contact [email protected]

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Corbin Union

Corbin Union (founded in 2012) is an artist collective comprised of core members Miruna Dragan, Jason de Haan and Warren McLachlan, working site-responsively to the ghost town of Corbin, BC on the unceded lands of the Sinixt, Ktunaxa, Secwepemc, and Syilx Nations. Past Corbin Union projects have been presented at Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro (2019); Unit/Pitt, Vancouver (2016); Untitled Art Society, Calgary (2015); Bond House Projects, London, UK (2013); and Easts St. Arts, London, UK (2013). In 2021 Corbin Union will present a new iteration of OSOSO at Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Querétaro (MACQ), accompanied by a monograph co-published by CAG and MACQ.

Miruna Dragan

Miruna Dragan (Bucharest, 1975) is a multidisciplinary artist settled in Mohkinstsis/Calgary on traditional Blackfoot and Metis lands since 2009. Exhibition venues include u’s, Diamond Valley (2020); Living Art Museum, Reykjavík (2019); Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro (2019); Blackwood Gallery at University of Toronto (2018); Nickle Galleries at University of Calgary (2017); Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge (2016); Nanaimo Art Gallery (2015); G Gallery, Toronto (2014); Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton (2013); Esker Foundation, Calgary (2013); Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro (2012); Kyber ICA, Halifax (2011); and Truck Contemporary Art, Calgary (2010). Dragan received an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 2001 and is Associate Professor at Alberta University of the Arts.

Jason de Haan

Jason de Haan (Edmonton, 1981) is a multidisciplinary artist settled in Mohkinstsis/Calgary on traditional Blackfoot and Metis lands. de Haan received an MFA from Bard College, NY in 2015. Exhibition venues include u’s, Diamond Valley (2020); Kling & Bang, Reykjavík (2019); Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto (2018); Esker Foundation, Calgary (2017); MASS MoCA, North Adams (2016); De Fabriek, Eindhoven (2016); Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton (2016); Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery (2014); Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax (2014); Oakville Galleries (2012); and Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge (2012). de Haan’s work has been reviewed in Canadian Art Magazine, Art in America and Artforum, and in 2020 he was co-awarded the Sobey Art Award representing the Prairies and the North.

Warren McLachlan

Warren McLachlan (Calgary, 1975) is a multidisciplinary artist settled on the unceded ancestral territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam Nations. McLachlan received an MA from Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK in 2007 and a BFA from Alberta College of Art and Design in 2001. Exhibition venues include Burnaby Art Gallery (2020); Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro (2019); CSA Space, Vancouver (2018); Field Contemporary, Vancouver (2017); Unit/Pitt Façade, Vancouver (2016); The Tetley, Leeds, UK (2014); Supermarket Kulturhuset, Stockholm (2011); Cell Project Space, London, UK (2010); and Manton Lightbox, Tate Britain (2008). McLachlan curated exhibitions and events as a member of Dynamo Arts Association, Vancouver from 2012 – 2020.

Artist Talk Corbin Union Saturday, April 10, 11am PDT Online via Zoom

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Artist Talk
Corbin Union
Saturday, April 10, 11am PDT
Online via Zoom