Vancouver artist Casey Wei has won this year香蕉视频直播檚 $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香蕉视频直播檚 video installation, titled The Zhang Clan, spans three screens as it explores her mother香蕉视频直播檚 family香蕉视频直播檚 migration to Melbourne, Australia from China after the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Lind jurors praise the work for 香蕉视频直播渦pending the conventions of documentary filmmaking香蕉视频直播 and say Wei 香蕉视频直播渟uccessfully transposes her DIY esthetics and community-based art into a gallery setting.香蕉视频直播
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.