Frankfurt Book Fair

PUBLIC INSTALLATION

In October of 2021, the Witness Blanket was featured as part of Canada’s “Guest of Honour” cultural programming at the Frankfurt Book Fair. Images of the artwork were projected on a larger than life scale of 30 feet by 100 feet on a building facade in Romberg Plaza. Additionally, there was a screening of the documentary, Picking Up the Pieces: Residential School Memories and the Making of the Witness Blanket, with a question and answer period afterwards.

OTHER INSTALLATIONS

Dragon and Tiger Mural

A private commission that is three stories high depicting a dragon and tiger.

Convergence

A collaborative art piece created with Jordan Hill and Omid Afarinzad that resides in the Esquimalt Town Centre.

Spirit Pole

A totem carved for the Cowichan 2008 North American Indigenous Games, with the assistance of over 10,000 people in British Columbia.

Dancing Wind

A large-scale commission for the 2010 Olympic Games, consisting of four large panels created from stainless steel, cedar, and glass.

Emily Carr Tribute

As a tribute to Emily Carr’s works, Haida Totems, Cha-atl (1912) and Big Eagle, Skidegate (1929), Carey designed and carved a wooden house front and eagle statue in Chemainus, B.C.

EAGLE Project

For the EAGLE Project, Carey collaborated with Indigenous youth to carve two totem poles. The project was one facet of a program for youth empowerment through the Victoria Native Friendship Centre.

The Humble Frog

A public installation in Wood Buffalo, Alberta that reflects the significance of humility in both concept and material.

Gary Oak Mural

Beginning as a small community project, it evolved into a mentorship program, as Carey designed the mural and commissioned two students at the University of Victoria to paint it.

The Last Totem

The final totem carved out of old growth red cedar to inspire industry and government change in the face of a climate crisis.

All My Relations RRU

All My Relations is a stainless steel installation in the Dogwood Auditorium at Royal Roads University. The design speaks to the concept of the Kwakwak’awakw term awi’nakola, which means to live in good relations with the land, air, water, spirit world, and everything within them.

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