Shawna Ariel’s work and curatorial projects have been presented at artist-run centers, pop-up exhibitions, and alternative spaces across Vancouver, including James Black Gallery, Langley Arts Council, Access Gallery, Emily Carr University Zone 1, Object Corner and Neighborhood Gallery, Grey Lab, and other underground venues for experimental and interdisciplinary art and music. She currently curates for Champions of Hope, a Vancouver-based fundraising organization, and her work has been featured in publications ranging from Vice to online podcasts and independently run magazines. Ariel is actively involved in artist collectives and supports emerging artists and designers through promotion and collaboration, including her work with Last House Collective and EyeColor Collective. In addition to exhibiting her own art, she aims to elevate others’ projects through performative and collaborative approaches. Currently in her final year of a Bachelor of Fine Arts, Ariel’s integrated practice of painting and curation is driven by the belief that art is transformative, capable of raising awareness, fostering connection, and inspiring meaningful change in communities and individual lives.

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Some of our past shows and curated events. Curated Group Exhibitions and Workshops under Suitcase Co. 2026 - Suitcase Collective, "Home is when I am with you" group show, Emily Carr University zone 1, Vancouver BC 2026 - Suitcase Collective and Confused Colors, "Value me" group show, Take your time Front Vancouver BC 2025-present - Artist Curator for Champions of Hope, Monthly shows, Vancouver BC 2025 – Last House Collective, “Last House last show of the year, group show”, Vancouver BC 2025 – Suitcase Collective, “Digital Fantasies” Dual show, Vancouver BC 2025 - Visual artist promoter and model for Emily Carr University student exhibitions, The Object Corner, "HANGER ISSUES," Vancouver, BC 2025 - Artist showcases at Little Cow Concerts, Vancouver, BC, Sonic Garden at The Pearl, Vancouver, BC, Physic Geist at The Wise Hall, Vancouver, BC 2025 - Visual artist promoter for Eyecolor Collective at The Pearl, Vancouver, BC 2025 - Mixed media upcycling and fabric painting workshop with Downtown Eastside Arts & Crafts Society, Vancouver, BC. 2024 - Artist director, vender and live painter for FAUNA SERIES at Industrial 236, Vancouver, BC. 2024 - Assistant for art therapy workshop with Zana Becker Art Therapist, Vancouver, BC. Follow Suitcase co. on Linkedin Follow Suitcase co. on Instagram Let’s Work Together Get in touch so we can start working together. First Name Last Name Email Message Send Thanks for submitting! Get connected, grow your community, support Vancouver's local art and music scene. We're here to grow your network, no gatekeeping. Here are some of our connections, to artist open calls, art collectives, galleries, and organizations that contribute to build our local scene. Let us know if we are missing anyone! Art and music collectives & organizations, venues & artist run spaces, and independent galleries . For the latest upcoming- Vancouver exhibitions: https://www.instantcoffee.org/ Vancouver more shows and concerts: https://www.twiv.ca/calendar COLLECTIVES & ORGANIZATIONS : Acorn Collective Suitcase co Last House Collective Trashcan.media Eye color collective Champions of Hope (organization) Little Cow Concerts Namado Art House Collective This week in Van Coral foundation Cryptoid craft Collective LCD magazine Collective Bunch Vancouver tenant union Weaving our worlds collective Neurodivergent artist collective Rise collective Vancouver poetry collective Dirty Hands Collective Fingers Crossed Press Vancouver historical society Jazz noise collective Brava Collection Thundercloud Collection Vines art society DULF Pancakesandbooze UBC Cry Club COLLECTIVE VENUES/ ARTIST RUN SPACES: Anti social Alf House Lucky's Comics Birdhouse The Cultch ( Vancouver East Cultural Centre) Croatian Cultural Centre Italian Cultural Centre Zulu records The Russian Community Hall Heritage Hall Wise Hall The Heatley Blim The Cobalt Lanalou’s the Railway Club Fortune Sound club Bullies The Anza Club Gastown7 Green Auto Little mountain neighborhood House Red Gate Dusty flower pot Noise flur recording studio Dundrave printshop Dunbar Jungle House City Centre artist lodge - City Centre Artist Lodge INDEPENDENT GALLERIES: Gallery 626 Slice of Life James Black Gallery Take your time Griffin Art Projects Artist Run Artspeak Canton-Sardine OR gallery Western Front VIVO 221A Access Grunt Gallery Helen Pitt Gallery Center A CSA Sunset Terrace The Polygon Gallery Equinox Gallery Audain Art Museum Burnaby Art Gallery Simon Fraser Galleries Catriona Jefferies Gallery WAAP Monte Clark Gallery Paul Kyle Gallery The Contemporary Art Gallery Morris & Helen Belkin Art Gallery at UBC Burrard Art Foundation Pale Fire Project New Media Gallery Fazakas Gallery Gallery Jones Polygon Gallery West Vancouver Museum Gallery Gachet CSA The Griffin Art Project Afternoon Projects Trapp Projects The Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art + Artists for Kids Macauley & Co Fine Arts