Leya Tess is an interdisciplinary artist, sea kayak expedition leader and ecological educator.
She often swims out between the islands of Art/Science and East/West to create drawings and illustrations that bring attention to the nuances and cycles of the living breathing natural world.
Her hyphenated (Hong Kong Chinese-Swedish-British) experience
has been shaped by the wind and water of the North Eastern Pacific West Coast.
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She has a BFA in Visual Art from the University of Victoria and
an incomplete BSC in Biological Sciences from Thompson Rivers University.
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She lives on an island in the Salish Sea.
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Select performances:
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The Moon in Moonrise Rock Opera (Woodstove Festival, Cumberland 2024)
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Millennial Molly (West Coast League of Lady Wrestlers @ Edelweiss Hall, Victoria)
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Quagga Mussels (LOLW Island Rumble @ Artscape Gibraltar Point, Toronto)
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