Andreas Kahre is an interdisciplinary artist and designer whose work combines images,
sound and text in a variety of configurations. Born in Germany in 1959, he has lived in
Canada since 1979, where he studied visual art, art history and film at the University of
British Columbia.
Based in Vancouver and on Gabriola Island, he has been working as a freelance artist,
musician, writer and designer since the 1990s. His work encompasses interdisciplinary
performances, audio art installations, and collaborations with theatre, dance and new
media artists.
Andreas was one of the director/curators of the Western Front artist run centre in
Vancouver for more than ten years. He has taught as adjunct faculty at the department
of Theatre, Film and Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia and
currently teaches at Fraser International College, SFU. He is the founding artistic
director of the Gabriola Institute of Contemporary Art
www.andreaskahre.net
Derek Tan was born in Vancouver and grew up in Burnaby next to the lakes and the
Trans-Canada Highway. He studied biology and art history at the University of British
Columbia, with additional training at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. He has
worked as a photographer, illustrator, and multimedia designer. His art investigates
the conflicting, unrecognized, and implicit ways in which our lives are bound up
in the natural world.
www3.botany.ubc.ca/derek