Edward Fu-Chen Juan Gulf Islands from Galiano Island

Edward Fu-Chen Juan is a contemporary visual artist based in Vancouver, BC, the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. He identifies as a queer Taiwanese Canadian with ethnic roots from the Hakka and the Plains First Nation People of Taiwan. His art practice is printmaking on paper with water-based ink extracted from plant and insect ingredients. Presently, he has expanded his process to papermaking with unconventional plant fibres of significant cultural importance. This piece has ink pigment from Salal berry (Gaultheria shallon), western pacific goldenrod (solidago elongata), Mahonia aquifolium flower, oregon grape (mahonia aquifolium), and iron mordant.