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Celebrated photographer and Bau-Xi artist Kim Keever collaborates with world-renowned designer Iris van Herpen in the retrospective exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Sculpting the Senses.

"I made every mistake in the book, and I also made mistakes that weren't in the book," she said. "I was making people who taught me this process scratch their heads."

After 11 years, Cole has perfected the wet collodion process, and she continues to enjoy creating art through photography.

"It's almost like making a sculpture," she said. "It's so tactile. I loved it. I loved the feeling of working with the photographs with my hands rather than clicking a shutter. That felt way too mechanical."

For the anticipated solo exhibition Ripple Effect by Toronto based artist Vicki Smith, we spoke with the artist about the significant role meditation plays in her art and life, the malleable identities of her swimmers, and the power of recalling a peaceful memory. Ripple Effect opens on Saturday November 18 at Bau-Xi Vancouver and runs through November 30.

In anticipation of Toronto-based artist Steven Nederveen's stunning and moving new solo exhibition Special Trees, the artist shares his his thoughts on the nature of community as expressed in his newest forest images, along with his truest and deepest principles in the context of artmaking, engaging and harmonizing with nature, and building elements of memory into his landscapes.

In our latest Q & A, BC based artist Sheri Bakes talks with us about the importance of the awareness of breath, the connection between gratitude and the creation of art, and her enduring optimism as an artist. An Origami of Wind, the new exhibition by Sheri Bakes, opens on October 21 and runs through November 2, 2023.

In anticipation of Vancouver based artist Eric Louie's stunning new exhibition Becoming, we spoke with the artist about the incredible illusion of his foil-like forms, the organic influence on his aesthetic, and the tendency of life's progression to prompt reflection. Becoming opens October 5 and runs through October 19, 2023 at Bau-Xi Vancouver.

Somewhere, Barbara Cole's new collection of photography has been featured by Creative Boom. Click here to read more about the latest by the artist.

To celebrate the release of her new book, Between Worlds, Barbara Cole will join us at 1384 Dufferin Street, September 30th from 1-4 pm for an artist talk, Q&A and book signing.