Lexie Owen (b 1982, Canada) is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice explores notions of the collective, structures of support and networks of care. Using artistic, curatorial and textual methods her projects seek to create space for intimacies in unexpected ways, investigate the material conditions that surround collective acts, and find unconventional expressions of agency within the gestures and social forms that make up everyday life.

Past and current projects have explored the complexities of self care in times of crisis, the shopping mall as a site of social gathering, the nail salon as a site for feminist community care, queer architectures of belonging, fermentation processes as a map for artistic practice, maintenance labour as a catalyst for community engagement, neighbourhood-developed economic infrastructures and embodied archives of knowledge.

Owen lives and works between the unceded Coast Salish territories known as Vancouver, BC and Oslo, Norway.

contact: hi (at) lexieowen.com
insta: @newo_eixel

Owen holds an MFA in Art + Public Space from Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo. Additionally she has studied at The Banff Centre (2018), Emily Carr University (2014) and Kootenay School of the Arts (2011). Recent solo presentations of her work include Corner Store (Access Gallery + The McGill Grocery, Vancouver CA); Fair Secrets (Far Afield, Agassiz CA); and The Evelyn Exhibition (SiteFactory, Vancouver CA). Notable collaborative + group exhibitions include Dissident Publics (No Goods, Bergen + ROM, Oslo NO), Betraktinger (ROM, Oslo NO), Welcome to the Jungle* (Nitja Senter for Samtidskunst, Lillestrøm NO), Women Deliver Cities (Exhibition Space @ VPL, Vancouver CA); JOINT EFFORTS (Harbourfront Centre, Toronto CA); FIELD GUIDES (Roundhouse Exhibition Hall, Vancouver CA); In The Hole (PAVED arts, Saskatoon CA); Break the Legs of What I Want to Happen (Access Gallery, Vancouver CA); and Fresh Paint, New Construction (Art Mur, Montreal CA).

Owen’s work has been supported by: Kulturrådet (The Cultural Council, Norway), The Canada Council for the Arts, The BC Arts Council, The Banff Centre for the Performing Arts, The Society of North American Goldsmiths, The Vancouver Foundation, The City of Vancouver’s Parks Board and The City of Vancouver – Cultural Services.