Kyle Scheurmann featured on a 2-Part Episode of ArtBeat Podcast with Katie Marks
Part One episode summary:
"Kyle Scheurmann spent much of this past summer out in the field, moving through active logging sites and wildfire zones, witnessing firsthand the pace and scale of what’s unfolding across the landscape.
In this conversation, he reflects on what it meant to be that close to it. What began as observation became something more immersive, where distance fell away and his understanding of the work, and his role within it, began to shift in real time.
We talk through salvage logging, heli-logging, and the realities of being in environments that are constantly changing. These experiences carry into a new body of work, We Could Have Been A Mountain, opening Saturday, April 11 at Bau-Xi Gallery in Vancouver.
This unfolds in two parts, with Part Two released on Tuesday, April 14.
Kyle is the founder of Art Auction for Old Growth, an online charity auction supporting the protection of endangered old-growth forests in British Columbia. The initiative is in partnership with the Nature-Based Solutions Foundation, with the next edition returning in September 2026.
An award-winning short film by filmmaker Lachlan Ross follows Kyle through at-risk old-growth regions as he documents environmental change in real time. The film is available via Bau-Xi Gallery’s YouTube channel.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1988, Kyle Scheurmann completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto in 2013. In 2018, he completed his Master of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, where he was named Valedictorian.
Since 2019, Scheurmann has maintained studios in remote, wooded locations, documenting the incremental impact of climate change while contributing to conservation and activism efforts. In 2021, he was invited to participate in the Eden Grove AiR residency at the Fairy Creek blockades on unceded Pacheedaht territory. During his four-month stay, he worked as a resident artist, journalist, and legal witness, documenting the experiences of Forest Protectors working to safeguard some of the last remaining ancient forests in Canada."
Katie Marks
Creator & Host, ArtBeat Podcast
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