Jasper Berehulke

Jasper Berehulke (he/him), is a two-spirit artist from the Syilx Okanagan territory. He went to UBC Okanagan and Vancouver and finished his BFA in 2024 with the Beau Dick and Ellen Neel Award. In his undergrad he focused on learning oil painting and exploring identity and representation through traditional mediums. Currently he is working in museums as an advocate for Indigenous artists in the industry.

He has been featured in The Hatch Gallery, Gallery George, and Fjällräven, and his work has been showcased at festivals like Outsiders, East Van Art Crawl, and Artivism. He has also participated in the BIDC Public Art Intensive, Future Arts in Residence, and Luminous Bodies Residency.

@shrimp.jpegs | jasperberehulke96@gmail.com

Curriculum Vitae

ORGANIZATIONS + RESIDENCIES

2024  August: Black and Indigenous Design Collective: Public Art - Art Intensive 

2024 March-February: Future Arts Network: Future Artists in Residence, Vancouver, Canada. 

2024 September: ArtsUnfolded: Luminous Bodies, Toronto, Canada.

2023-current: Museum of Vancouver, Coordinator of Indigenous Programs and Community Engagement, Vancouver, Canada.

2023-current: BC Museum Association, Indigenous Advisory Committee 

2016-2017: Yeti Farm Animation Studio, Kelowna, Canada. 

EDUCATION

2024: Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada 

2016: 2D Animation and Digital Illustration, Center of Arts and Technology, Kelowna, Canada. 

FESTIVALS

2024 EastSide Culture Crawl 

2024 Vancouver Outsiders Arts Festival, Roundhouse, Vancouver, Canada. 

2024 Indigenous Summer Market, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada.

2024 Queering Kinship, UBC, Vancouver, Canada.

2023 Vancouver Outsiders Arts Festival, Roundhouse, Vancouver, Canada. 

2023 Vancouver Outsiders Arts Festival Touring, Canadian Pacific Gallery; POMO ARTS, Vancouver, Canada. 

2023 Artivism Wonderland, UBC, Vancouver, Canada.

2023Pancake and Booze, Vancouver, Canada.

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 Into the Wild Exhibition, Fjallraven, Vancouver, Canada.

2024 CATALYST,  UBC BFA Graduating Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada.

2024 Climate Catharsis, Hatch Gallery, Vancouver, Canada.

2024 Space(s), Hatch Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. 

2023 CACV Neurodivergent Artist Collective, Gallery George, Vancouver, Canada.

2023 Emotions of Winter, Connection Salon, Vancouver, Canada. 

2023 Featured Queer Artist, Cross and Crows, Vancouver, Canada.

2023 Reveal and Reform, Hatch Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. 

2022 Body, Hatch Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. 

2022 Connecting the Dots, Emily Carr University, Vancouver, Canada.

2021 Queer Digital Intimacies, The Haven, Virtual Exhibition.

2021 Visual Art Undergraduate Exhibition, AVHA Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. 

2020 Under the Skin, Laundry Room Collective, Lake Country, Canada.

MURALS

2021: 1368 St. Paul St., Kelowna, Canada.

2020: 1310 Bertram St. Community Fridge, Kelowna, Canada. 

2020: 1334 St. Paul St., Kelowna, Canada.

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS

2024: Ellen Neel and Chief Beau Dick Award for Art History, Visual Art and Theory

2023: Velour Award in Arts for Indigenous Students 

2023: Helen Pitt Bursary in Fine Arts

2022: Roy Kuyooka Memorial Bursary in Fine Arts

2022: Ian Mills Fine Art Bursary

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