Leya Tess is an interdisciplinary artist who swims out
between the islands of Art/Science and East/West.
She uses mark making and intervention to highlight imagined ecological structures.
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 and enjoys long walks on the beach
with her tripod husky, Sunny.
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Select performances include:
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Millennial Molly (West Coast League of Lady Wrestlers @ Edelweiss)
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Quagga Mussels (LOLW Island Rumble @ Artscape Gibraltar Point)
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Portrait Photographer (Prince George Walmart)
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Sea Kayak Expedition Guide / Naturalist
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Water Quality Microbiology Analyst
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