Emergence 2026: Setting the Barometer

This year’s graduating UBC Okanagan BFA cohort features artists with a material inclination toward installation and a thematic interest in memory and loss, the fading textures of childhood, queer identity, inherited histories and the instability of perception. Artists Averi Boerboom, Trinity Davis, Rain Doody, Carly Johnson, Clifford Jasper Ozee, Stevie Poling and Maya Taki are noted by UBCO professor Victoria Verge for their ability to create “immersive environments that invite viewers not just to observe, but to enter—worlds built through accumulation, texture and spatial awareness.” vernonpublicartgallery.com