Architectures of Protection reflects on ideas and modes of protection and refuge – with regards to oneself, to community, knowledge, culture, identity, and land. What are these spaces and practices? What is protection for some and not for others? Together, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic and in the current global social and political climate, the artworks in Architectures of Protection direct critical attention towards systems and structures that shape and impact everyday and sacred environments and encounters, alongside individual and collective relationships with the land.
This exhibition features artworks by Dana Claxton, Jessica Karuhanga, Emilio Rojas, Beth Stuart, and France Trépanier.
As part of this exhibition, Emilio Rojas presents The first boundary is the flesh, a 4-hour durational art performance on June 18, 2025, 5-9pm.
architectures of protection
ARTISTs: Dana Claxton, Jessica Karuhanga, Emilio Rojas, Beth Stuart,
France Trépanier
CURATOR: TOBY LAWRENCE
May 24 - October 19, 2025
art gallery of greater victoria, victoria, bC
France Trépanier, Refuge (L-R) Nest, Ties, Balance, Shelter, 2021, pastel and charcoal on paper. Purchased from the Artist, AGGV 2022.018.001, AGGV 2022.018.002, AGGV 2022.018.003, AGGV 2022.018.004. Photos courtesy of the AGGV.
