The Viewing Room | Equinox Gallery

Hana Amani
The Abyss

Since moving to our new location at 3642 Commercial Street, Equinox has been working on a series of special projects with emerging artists and curators. For our first collaboration, we’re delighted to present an installation of works in our side gallery and online viewing room by Hana Amani.

Hana Amani is a Sri Lankan – born visual artist, future folklorist, and emerging curator based in Vancouver. She graduated from Emily Carr University of Art + Design with a BFA in Visual Communication Design and Printmaking.

Hana’s work focuses primarily on the politics, taboos, and identities of women of Asian-Islamic descent in relation to the esoteric. Her work was featured in The Capilano Review for her collection Scheherazade’s Dream, a trilogy of etching prints analyzing a trio of mythological women in Abrahamic texts through the vernacular of sexuality, identity, and gender politics and how it still influences our culture in a contemporary context.

Click Here to read more about The Abyss series.

Installation View

Hana Amani: The Abyss
September 11 - October 9, 2021

Rachel Topham Photography

Installation View

Hana Amani: The Abyss
September 11 - October 9, 2021

Rachel Topham Photography

Hana Amani

Venus

2021

Acrylic, Pencil Crayon, and Sumi Ink on Paper

Image size: 17” x 14”
Frame size: 18” x 15 1/4”
Photo: Byron Dauncey

Hana Amani

Tiamat

2021

Acrylic, Pencil Crayon, and Sumi Ink on Paper

Image size: 17” x 14”
Frame size: 18” x 15 1/4”
Photo: Byron Dauncey

Hana Amani

Orbit

2021

Acrylic, Pencil Crayon, and Sumi Ink on Paper

Image size: 17” x 14”
Frame size: 18” x 15 1/4”
Photo: Byron Dauncey

Hana Amani

Summoning

2021

Acrylic, Pencil Crayon, and Sumi Ink on Paper

Image size: 17” x 14”
Frame size: 18” x 15 1/4”
Photo: Byron Dauncey

Hana Amani

Metamorphosis

2021

Acrylic, Pencil Crayon, and Sumi Ink on Paper

Image size: 17” x 14”
Frame size: 18” x 15 1/4”
Photo: Byron Dauncey

Hana Amani

Eden

2021

Acrylic, Pencil Crayon, and Sumi Ink on Paper

Image size: 17” x 14”
Frame size: 18” x 15 1/4”
Photo: Byron Dauncey

Hana Amani

Pulse

2021

Acrylic, Pencil Crayon, and Sumi Ink on Paper

Image size: 17” x 14”
Frame size: 18” x 15 1/4”
Photo: Byron Dauncey

Hana Amani

Embryo

2021

Acrylic, Pencil Crayon, and Sumi Ink on Paper

Image size: 17” x 14”
Frame size: 18” x 15 1/4”
Photo: Byron Dauncey

Hana Amani

Medusa

2021

Acrylic, Pencil Crayon, and Sumi Ink on Paper

Image size: 17” x 14”
Frame size: 18” x 15 1/4”
Photo: Byron Dauncey

Hana Amani

Flow

2021

Acrylic, Pencil Crayon, and Sumi Ink on Paper

Image size: 17” x 14”
Frame size: 18” x 15 1/4”
Photo: Byron Dauncey

Viewing Room: Sonny Assu

Sonny Assu (Ligwilda’xw of the Kwakwaka’wakw Nations) has been recognized for his mashups of Indigenous iconography and popular culture. Through a variety of mediums, including museum interventions, large-scale installations, sculpture, and painting, Assu’s work maintains a profound connection to past traditions. His practice emphasizes the complex conversation relating to the intersections and boundaries of traditional Indigenous art within the larger realm of contemporary art practices.

For more details, please contact the gallery at (604) 736-2405 or email us at info@equinoxgallery.com

2017

Installation View

Sonny Assu

Rachel Topham Photography

2021

Installation View

Sonny Assu

Rachel Topham Photography

2021

Installation View

Sonny Assu

Rachel Topham Photography

Sonny Assu

Quantum Warp Theory

2017

Acrylic on panel

48” x 84”
Rachel Topham Photography

Sonny Assu

Giant Sized Spectacular #6

2017

Acrylic, ink, Marvel comic book pages on Stonehenge paper

Paper size: 22 1/2” x 14”
Framed size: 25 1/2” x 16 3/4”
Rachel Topham Photography

Sonny Assu

Giant Sized Spectacular #12

2017

Acrylic, ink, Marvel comic book pages on Stonehenge paper

Paper size: 22 1/2” x 14”
Framed size: 25 1/2” x 16 3/4”
Rachel Topham Photography

Sonny Assu

Landback

2020

Arcade cabinets (maple plywood, screen, electronic components), copper paint, Mylar, adhesive vinyl, and 10-second video loop

66” H x 34” D x 25” W
Rachel Topham Photography

Sonny Assu

Look at What I Columbused 2

2020

Arcade cabinets (maple plywood, screen, electronic components), copper paint, Mylar, adhesive vinyl, and 10-second video loop

66” H x 34” D x 25” W
Rachel Topham Photography

Viewing Room: Philippe Raphanel

Over the past two decades, Philippe Raphanel has been drawing from the language of abstraction to develop a distinct vocabulary to explore landscape. Based on a rigorous studio practice, Raphanel uses the four basic elements of painting. – colour, surface, composition, support – to create works that reflect the mutability of the natural world. Equinox is pleased to present five new works from the artist.

Artist Biography

For more details or to schedule an appointment to view, please contact the gallery at (604) 736-2405 or email us at info@equinoxgallery.com

Philippe Raphanel

Summer Blast

2020

Acrylic on canvas

54" x 48"

Philippe Raphanel

Intended Blast #1

2020

Acrylic on Canvas

54" x 40"

Philippe Raphanel

Deep Forest Event

2019-2020

Acrylic on Canvas

60" x 67"

Philippe Raphanel

Deep Forest Event

2019-2020

Detail

Philippe Raphanel

Summer Dream Study

2020

Acrylic on Canvas

36" x 30"

Philippe Raphanel

Summer Dream Study

2020

Detail

Philippe Raphanel

Mid-Summer Dream

2011-2020

Acrylic on Canvas

58" x 64"

Philippe Raphanel

Mid-Summer Dream

2011-2020

Detail

Viewing Room:Our Unfinished Revolution
Alexander Calder

“The universe is real, but you can’t see it. You have to imagine it.”
– Alexander Calder

For more information or to schedule an appointment to view, please contact the gallery at (604) 736-2405 or email us at info@equinoxgallery.com

Alexander Calder

Installation View

2020

Alexander Calder

Installation View

2020

Alexander Calder

Installation View

2020

Alexander Calder

Installation View

2020

Alexander Calder

Installation View

2020

Alexander Calder

Installation View 1

2020