Exhibitions —
2020 Viewpoint Art Gallery “Wild Mind”, Nelson BC
2019 Indigenous Mural Artist Call “šxʷƛ̓exən Xwtl’a7shn (formerly Queen Elizabeth Theatre Plaza)” Vancouver, BC
2019 Museum of Vancouver “WEAVING CULTURAL IDENTITIES: Threads Through Time” Vancouver, BC
2019 Nelson District Art Council “Artwalk Nelson” Nelson, BC
2019 Nelson District Art Council “Appetite for Art” Nelson, BC
2017 Omineca Arts Centre “Chasing the Caribou Woman” Prince George, BC
2017 Talking Stick Festival “Roundhouse Exhibit” Vancouver, BC
2017 Cloud Mountain Tea House “Public Art Display” Nelson, BC
Murals —
2020 Touchstones Nelson Residency “New Echoes in the Staircase”, Nelson, BC
2019 Pope Mountain Arts “FSJ Highschool Mural” Fort St James, BC
Commissions and awards —
2020 Cultural Ambassador for BC Culture Days, Nelson, BC
2018 First Peoples Cultural Council “public art commission” Victoria, BC
2017 MOA UBC “The Fabric of our Land” Vancouver, BC
Damian John is an artist highly influenced by his indigenous heritage who uses his art to explore. He is self taught and continues to grow as he explores his passion for creation, trying to find a voice for the various spaces his mind and emotion inhabit.
“The breeze at dawn has secrets to tell you.
Don’t go back to sleep.
You must ask for what you really want.
Don’t go back to sleep.
People are going back and forth
across the doorsill
where the two worlds touch.
The door is round and open.
Don’t go back to sleep.”