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Griffin Art Projects is a non-profit gallery in North Vancouver that showcases contemporary art Griffin Art Projects is founded by the Freybe family.

Griffin Art Projects is an art gallery space located in North Vancouver that showcases contemporary art exhibitions, primarily from private collections. Inspired by the strength of private art collections in our region, Griffin Art Projects builds on the important role that collectors and contemporary artists play in our cultural landscape through exhibitions, events, and publications.

08/28/2026

We are thrilled to introduce our new Gallery Manager, Tim Chang!

Born on the ancestral territory of the Ketagalan people in Taipei, Taiwan, Tim Chang is a first-generation Taiwanese Canadian gallery professional. Trained in art history from the University of Toronto, Chang managed an art gallery in Taipei from 2012 to 2020, where he developed exhibitions and produced publications in collaboration with local and international artists and curators, with thematic focuses on both Taiwanese identity and cross-strait relations. Relocating back to Canada in 2020, Chang is excited to join the Griffin team and support its contributions in the arts ecology of the region and beyond. In addition to contemporary art, his passions include the history of Chinese visual culture, with particular interest in migrant and diaspora communities and the traditional literati. Outside of the gallery, Chang may be found brewing tea amidst swaying bamboo or whistling pines, while engaging in lengthy imaginary conversations with poets and philosophers of the past.

Welcome to the team, Tim!

Tim Chang speaking on “ARTREK” digital program by Taiwan Art Gallery Association, 2021. Photo: Courtesy of Loftyart Gallery.

Collecting Creativity: Zine Collage Workshop, Griffin Art Projects, 2026. Photo: Laura-Anne Browning

08/23/2026

On view at Griffin Art Projects until August 23, 2026 | Cameron Kerr: Collecting the Unconscious

Palmerston Main, June 17, 2021 (2023) is a photographic documentation of a cedar sculpture carved from a century-old stump on Northern Vancouver Island. Kerr made this sculpture to explore the questions of site that artists investigate while making works in a specific environment. Being away from the traditional gallery setting and working in the landscape, Kerr was able to create freely, affording a critique of the commodification of fine art. The geometric structure is also an exploration of the conversation between the natural environment and city infrastructure. Every few years, Kerr returns to the site of this sculpture to document the work as it evolves in the environment.

Born in Campbell River, British Columbia, Vancouver based artist Cameron Kerr’s practice moves between sculpture, painting, photo-collage, and found-object assemblage to stage a dialogue between modernist form, vernacular image culture, and perceptual inquiry.

TRAPP PROJECTS was initiated by curator Patrik Andersson in 1997 as a curatorial platform on which to introduce local and international artists to as wide an audience as possible, while not being limited by the mandates of traditional exhibition spaces. Griffin is delighted to host TRAPP in its space, launching a unique collaboration between the two organizations that reflects in dynamic new ways on Griffin’s mandate to investigate themes of contemporary art collecting.

City based shapes in a natural environments

Cameron Kerr, Palmerston Main, June 17, 2021, 2023, Archival inkjet print, Edition: ⅕. Collection of Dr. Zenon and Henia Trylowsky

Collecting the Unconscious, Installation and detail view, 2026. Images Courtesy Trapp Projects Photo: Michael Love

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1174 Welch St, North Vancouver

08/22/2026

On view at Griffin Art Projects until August 23, 2026 | Cameron Kerr: Collecting the Unconscious

Shadow Dance (2025) is a painted collage which depicts the cover of an original Surrealist journal. Painted onto the collage is a kind of mystical bird creature whose wing overlays the archival photograph of a city grid while its beak appears to enclose the image of a telephone. The eye of the bird is superimposed onto an image of an eclipse. The eye is a recurring motif in Kerr’s new work which is inspired by the Surrealist ‘eye’ as an all knowing subject and portal into the subconscious. The painted shapes surrounding the images in this work also informed his newest wooden sculpture collage works, which are a part of this exhibition.

Born in Campbell River, British Columbia, Vancouver based artist Cameron Kerr’s practice moves between sculpture, painting, photo-collage, and found-object assemblage to stage a dialogue between modernist form, vernacular image culture, and perceptual inquiry.

TRAPP PROJECTS was initiated by curator Patrik Andersson in 1997 as a curatorial platform on which to introduce local and international artists to as wide an audience as possible, while not being limited by the mandates of traditional exhibition spaces. Griffin is delighted to host TRAPP in its space, launching a unique collaboration between the two organizations that reflects in dynamic new ways on Griffin’s mandate to investigate themes of contemporary art collecting.

Cameron Kerr, Shadow Dance, 2025, Acrylic and inkjet on canvas, Edition: 1/3 (each unique). Private Collection. Photo: Margaret Browning

Collecting the Unconscious, Installation and detail view, 2026. Images Courtesy Trapp Projects

Photo 1: Margaret Browning
Photo 2: Michael Love

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1174 Welch St, North Vancouver

08/21/2026

On view at Griffin Art Projects until August 23, 2026 | Cameron Kerr: Collecting the Unconscious

Placed throughout this exhibition are untitled explorations of mediums and concepts that Cameron Kerr uses to inform his larger body of works. Untitled (Hardscrabble) is based on a photograph of a large yellow sculpture that Kerr had positioned in front of a backdrop in his studio. Later this piece was part of a series of photographs exhibited at Hardscrabble Gallery. Untitled (2025) is a watercolour painting made during Kerr’s time in Vila Viçosa, Portugal, and is based on one of Kerr’s marble sculpture series. The Untitled (2009) watercolour relates to a life-size door cast in epoxy sculpture Kerr was working on in his Berlin studio. This work was a part of a broader exploration into large sculptures based on found minimalist objects from the city’s urban architecture, including planters, road barriers, electrical boxes, and garage doors.

Born in Campbell River, British Columbia, Vancouver based artist Cameron Kerr’s practice moves between sculpture, painting, photo-collage, and found-object assemblage to stage a dialogue between modernist form, vernacular image culture, and perceptual inquiry.

TRAPP PROJECTS was initiated by curator Patrik Andersson in 1997 as a curatorial platform on which to introduce local and international artists to as wide an audience as possible, while not being limited by the mandates of traditional exhibition spaces. Griffin is delighted to host TRAPP in its space, launching a unique collaboration between the two organizations that reflects in dynamic new ways on Griffin’s mandate to investigate themes of contemporary art collecting.

Cameron Ker, Untitled (Hardscrabble), 2014, Inkjet print. Collection of David Allison and Chris Nicholson
Cameron Kerr, Untitled, 2009, Watercolour on paper. Private Collection
Cameron Kerr, Untitled, 2025, Watercolour on paper, Collection of Jane Irwin and Ross Hill
Collecting the Unconscious, Installation and detail view, 2026. Images Courtesy Trapp Projects

1, 2, 3 : Margaret Browning
4, 5: Michael Love

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1174 Welch St, North Vancouver

08/18/2026

August 23rd is the last day to view Cameron Kerr: Collecting the Unconscious!

Over the summer Griffin Art Projects collaborated with TRAPP Projects for a solo exhibition of Vancouver based artist Cameron Kerr, curated by Patrik Andersson. Through a Curator and Artist Tour, Zine Collage Workshop and Guided Sunday Tours, our gallery dove deep into the world of the subconscious.

This exhibition proposes that there is a collective unconscious at play in the processes an artist engages in and correspondingly, in the way collectors collect through the artist's work exploring vernacular image systems, memory and canonical forms in a variety of mediums, including sculpture, painting and photography.
TRAPP PROJECTS was initiated by Patrik Andersson in 1997 as a curatorial platform on which to introduce local and international artists to as wide an audience as possible, while not being limited by the mandates of traditional exhibition spaces. Over the years, this project has led to collaborations with a wide range of people and spaces to highlight both emerging and established practices. Griffin is delighted to host TRAPP in its space, launching a unique collaboration between the two organizations that reflects in dynamic new ways on Griffin’s mandate to investigate themes of contemporary art collecting.

Stay tuned for details on our next exhibition!

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08/15/2026

Our last free guided tour for Cameron Kerr: Collecting the Unconscious is happening this Sunday August 16 at 1pm! Come take part, for the last time, in the conversation surrounding the image systems that Kerr is exploring in his newest works.

This intimate group tour offers a closer look into the collaboration between Trapp Projects and Griffin Art Projects as well as the new large scale collage works that Kerr has been creating this past spring. Our small group tours provide an opportunity for questions and informal discussions along the way.

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Born in Campbell River, British Columbia, Vancouver based artist Cameron Kerr’s practice moves between sculpture, painting, photo-collage, and found-object assemblage to stage a dialogue between modernist form, vernacular image culture, and perceptual inquiry. His work has been exhibited in Germany and Italy, and he has presented solo projects at the Kelowna Art Gallery, Comox Valley Public Art gallery, and Trapp Projects, Vancouver, while public commissions and installations in Vancouver and Kamloops extend his practice into civic space.

Patrik Andersson is an Associate Professor in Critical + Cultural Studies at Emily Carr University. He teaches contemporary art and ideas which are informed by his freelance activities as an author, art critic, curator and art consultant. He holds a PhD in Art History from the University of British Columbia and has since 1997 operated the independent curatorial project Trapp.

TRAPP PROJECTS was initiated by Patrik Andersson in 1997 as a curatorial platform on which to introduce local and international artists to as wide an audience as possible, while not being limited by the mandates of traditional exhibition spaces. Over the years, this project has led to collaborations with a wide range of people and spaces to highlight both emerging and established practices.

Cameron Kerr: Collecting the Unconscious, Opening Reception, June 2026. Photos: Tim Chang

08/13/2026

On view at Griffin Art Projects until August 23, 2026 | Cameron Kerr: Collecting the Unconscious

Made during his Masters of Fine Arts program at University of British Columbia in 2019, Bone of Contention was originally displayed as the leg of a table. The writing along the yellow cedar ‘bone’ is poems by American abstract artist and writer, Agnes Martin. Martin’s work focused on the human experience through the ‘Untouched Mind’, the space where inspiration is the most possible. Kerr’s research during his masters focused on the concept of the unconscious mind and what can be created through the exploration of hallucinatory thoughts, dreams, and the subconscious.

Born in Campbell River, British Columbia, Vancouver based artist Cameron Kerr’s practice moves between sculpture, painting, photo-collage, and found-object assemblage to stage a dialogue between modernist form, vernacular image culture, and perceptual inquiry.

TRAPP PROJECTS was initiated by curator Patrik Andersson in 1997 as a curatorial platform on which to introduce local and international artists to as wide an audience as possible, while not being limited by the mandates of traditional exhibition spaces. Griffin is delighted to host TRAPP in its space, launching a unique collaboration between the two organizations that reflects in dynamic new ways on Griffin’s mandate to investigate themes of contemporary art collecting.

Cameron Kerr, Bone of Contention, 2019, Cedar and paper. Collection of Lisa and Terrence Turner

Collecting the Unconscious, Installation and detail view, 2026. Images Courtesy Trapp Projects Photo: Michael Love

Visit www.griffinartprojects.ca for more details.

1174 Welch St, North Vancouver

08/11/2026

On view at Griffin Art Projects until August 23, 2026 | Cameron Kerr: Collecting the Unconscious

Thought forms are a part of Kerr’s ongoing exploration into the connection of thought, material, and pattern. The watercolour shapes depicted in Kerr’s Thought Forms are inspired by the melting of an aluminum part of a car's engine into an ant nest during a fire, which created a tree-like structure of underground rooms and tunnels. Kerr devises built and painted compositions that stand in as a visualization of thought processes, allowing conversations associated with the interaction of materials, images and forms. Through the shapes and patterns created in the Thought Forms, Kerr is interested in defining and visualizing thoughts, hallucinations, and memory.

Born in Campbell River, British Columbia, Vancouver based artist Cameron Kerr’s practice moves between sculpture, painting, photo-collage, and found-object assemblage to stage a dialogue between modernist form, vernacular image culture, and perceptual inquiry.

TRAPP PROJECTS was initiated by curator Patrik Andersson in 1997 as a curatorial platform on which to introduce local and international artists to as wide an audience as possible, while not being limited by the mandates of traditional exhibition spaces. Griffin is delighted to host TRAPP in its space, launching a unique collaboration between the two organizations that reflects in dynamic new ways on Griffin’s mandate to investigate themes of contemporary art collecting.

Cameron Kerr, Untitled (Thought Forms), 2020, Silkscreen, watercolour, paper. Collection of Liz Magor

Cameron Kerr, Untitled (Thought Forms), 2020, Watercolour on paper. Collection of Dr. Zenon and Henia Trylowsky

Collecting the Unconscious, Installation and detail view, 2026. Image Courtesy Trapp Projects Photo: Michael Love

Visit www.griffinartprojects.ca for more details.

1174 Welch St, North Vancouver

08/09/2026

On view at Griffin Art Projects until August 23, 2026 | Cameron Kerr: Collecting the Unconscious

Retinal Void includes an image of Yves Klein jumping in his own artwork Leap into the Void (1960). Klein hired photographers Harry Shunk and Jean Kender to document himself jumping from a building onto a tarp below and later edit the photograph to create an illusion that he had truly jumped out of the window of a building. The image of the concrete silos also selected by Kerr for this collage is a photograph by Hilla and Bernd Becher, two German artists who documented disappearing industrial architecture. For Kerr, the concrete silos were reminiscent of the rods and cones in the retina of the eye, which is a recurring motif in Kerr’s own work. His painted shapes surrounding the images in each piece were a study to find a form within the content for a possible wood sculpture. This study has informed his newest wooden sculpture collage works that are a part of this exhibition.

Born in Campbell River, British Columbia, Vancouver based artist Cameron Kerr’s practice moves between sculpture, painting, photo-collage, and found-object assemblage to stage a dialogue between modernist form, vernacular image culture, and perceptual inquiry.

TRAPP PROJECTS was initiated by curator Patrik Andersson in 1997 as a curatorial platform on which to introduce local and international artists to as wide an audience as possible, while not being limited by the mandates of traditional exhibition spaces. Griffin is delighted to host TRAPP in its space, launching a unique collaboration between the two organizations that reflects in dynamic new ways on Griffin’s mandate to investigate themes of contemporary art collecting.

Cameron Kerr, Retinal Void, 2025, Acrylic and inkjet on canvas, Edition: 1/3 (each unique). Collection of Maryon Adelaar. Image Courtesy of the Artist.

Visit www.griffinartprojects.ca for more details.

1174 Welch St, North Vancouver

08/08/2026

Last Sunday, Lam Wong launched The Pandemic Drawings:Special Edition Boxset!

Through a discussion between Lam Wong and Grant Arnold, we time traveled back to the pandemic lockdown and explored the making of the 2021-2022 exhibition ‘Vancouver Special: Disorientations and Echo’. This exhibition was co-curated by Grant Arnold at Vancouver Art Gallery where Wong’s works Original Mind and Pandemic Drawings were first exhibited.

Created during the stillness of the 2020 lockdown, Pandemic Drawings began as a return to drawing—simple, direct, and deeply personal. Each work was completed in one continuous sitting, without sketches, guided by instinct and first thought. The result is a collection of intimate drawings that reflect quiet time, focused attention, and the natural rhythm of making.

The boxset includes 50 prints of the original drawings encased in a wooden box. Please check out https://pandemicdrawings.com/ for more information!

Lam Wong Pandemic Drawings Special Edition Boxset Release, Griffin Art Projects, August 2. Photos: Tim Chang

Special Edition Boxset of Pandemic Drawings, 2026, Design: Lam Wong Artwork Photography: Steven Dragonn Copyediting: Yoo-Mi Lee, Su-Anne Yeo All artworks copyright © 2026 by Lam Wong Texts copyright © 2026 by the Authors © 2026 by Lam Wong

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