Welcome to ArtBeat, where we explore the heart of Canada’s art scene. Join host Katie Marks as she brings you into the personal journeys of the artists shaping our culture. Through candid, thoughtful conversations, we uncover the truth and passion behind their work, offering a glimpse into the creativity and resilience that fuel the art we love. Tune in to discover the stories behind Canadian art and the people who bring it to life.
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Welcome to ArtBeat, where we explore the heart of Canada’s art scene. Join host Katie Marks as she brings you into the personal journeys of the artists shaping our culture. Through candid, thoughtful conversations, we uncover the truth and passion behind their work, offering a glimpse into the creativity and resilience that fuel the art we love. Tune in to discover the stories behind Canadian art and the people who bring it to life.
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April 14, 2026
Kyle Scheurmann: We Could Have Been A Mountain, Part Two
<p>The next day, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kylescheurmann/"><u>Kyle Scheurmann</u></a> continues further north, moving through wildfire sites and clear cuts as the trip begins to come to a close.</p><p>He reflects on what it’s like to come out of those environments and sit with what you’ve seen, and how that begins to affect the work.</p><p>An encounter in a remote valley turns into an exchange, and the final stretch of the trip leads to standing at the edge of protected land while wildfire burns on either side. It’s a moment that’s difficult to reconcile, and one that continues to inform <a href="https://bau-xi.com/collections/kyle-scheurmann-we-could-have-been-a-mountain-advance-preview?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio">We Could Have Been A Mountain</a>, on view at <a href="https://bau-xi.com/"><u>Bau-Xi Gallery</u></a> in Vancouver until April 28.</p><p>This is Part Two of a two-part release. Part One is available <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/03PYkYwlR2K8o2XRYbRw2b?si=2b65362fe7ae4dc9"><u>here</u></a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Kyle is the founder of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/artauctionforoldgrowth/">Art Auction for Old Growth</a>, an online charity auction supporting the protection of endangered old-growth forests in British Columbia. The initiative is in partnership with the <a href="https://www.naturebasedsolutionsfoundation.org/old-growth-forests/"><u>Nature-Based Solutions Foundation</u></a>, with the next edition returning in September 2026.</p><p>An award-winning short film by filmmaker <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lachlanrosslgr/"><u>Lachlan Ross</u></a> follows Kyle through at-risk old-growth regions as he documents environmental change in real time. The film is available via <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAnCeRUhqJY"><u>Bau-Xi Gallery’s YouTube channel</u></a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow ArtBeat on <a href="instagram.com/artbeatpodcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Instagram</a>.</p>
April 6, 2026
Kyle Scheurmann: We Could Have Been A Mountain, Part One
<p><a href="https://kylescheurmann.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Kyle Scheurmann</a> spent much of this past summer out in the field, moving through active logging sites and wildfire zones, witnessing firsthand the pace and scale of what’s unfolding across the landscape.</p><p>In this conversation, he reflects on what it meant to be that close to it. What began as observation became something more immersive, where distance fell away and his understanding of the work, and his role within it, began to shift in real time.</p><p>We talk through salvage logging, heli-logging, and the realities of being in environments that are constantly changing. These experiences carry into a new body of work, <a href="https://bau-xi.com/collections/kyle-scheurmann-we-could-have-been-a-mountain-advance-preview?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">We Could Have Been A Mountain</a>, opening Saturday, April 11 at <a href="https://bau-xi.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Bau-Xi Gallery</a> in Vancouver.</p><p>This is Part One of a two-part release. Part Two will be out Tuesday, April 14.</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/kylescheurmann/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Kyle</a> is the founder of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/artauctionforoldgrowth/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Art Auction for Old Growth</a>, an online charity auction supporting the protection of endangered old-growth forests in British Columbia. The initiative is in partnership with the <a href="https://www.naturebasedsolutionsfoundation.org/old-growth-forests/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nature-Based Solutions Foundation</a>, with the next edition returning in September 2026.</p><p>An award-winning short film by filmmaker <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lachlanrosslgr/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Lachlan Ross</a> follows Kyle through at-risk old-growth regions as he documents environmental change in real time. The film is available via <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAnCeRUhqJY" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Bau-Xi Gallery’s YouTube channel</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1988, Kyle Scheurmann completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts at the Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto in 2013. In 2018, he completed his Master of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, where he was named Valedictorian.</p><p>Since 2019, Scheurmann has maintained studios in remote, wooded locations, documenting the incremental impact of climate change while contributing to conservation and activism efforts. In 2021, he was invited to participate in the Eden Grove AiR residency at the Fairy Creek blockades on unceded Pacheedaht territory. During his four-month stay, he worked as a resident artist, journalist, and legal witness, documenting the experiences of Forest Protectors working to safeguard some of the last remaining ancient forests in Canada.</p><p><br></p><p>Follow ArtBeat on <a href="instagram.com/artbeatpodcast" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>.</p>
March 20, 2026
Russna Kaur: Between Appearance and Truth
<p><a href="https://www.russnakaur.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Russna Kaur</a> grew up in her mother’s Indian bridal boutique in Brampton, Ontario - surrounded by glittering fabrics, ornate surfaces, and the performance of joy. But behind the embellishment, she was watching something else: how beauty can mask vulnerability, how colour can distract, and how appearances rarely tell the whole story.</p><p>In this conversation, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/russnakaur/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Russna</a> reflects on growing up as the eldest daughter in a Punjabi household, moving through a biology degree and commercial design, and eventually choosing painting as the first place she didn’t need permission. She speaks openly about surviving a turning point that forced her to reconsider her path, and finding in abstraction a way to express what can’t always be said directly.</p><p>We discuss repetition as persistence, restraint after excess, imperfection as revelation, and the friction between illusion and exposure. Her paintings appear immersive from a distance, but up close they intentionally misalign - revealing process, fracture, and the refusal of a perfect surface.</p><p>Russna joins us from Vancouver as she prepares a new body of work for her upcoming exhibition at <a href="https://coopercolegallery.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Cooper Cole</a>, opening March 28.</p><p><br><br></p><p>Russna Kaur (b. 1991, Brampton, Ontario) is a painter currently living and working in Vancouver, British Columbia. Kaur completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Waterloo (2013) and a Master of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2019). <a href="https://www.russnakaur.com/">Russna Kaur</a> is the recipient of the Takao Tanabe Painting Prize (2020) and the IDEA Art Award (2020). </p><p>She has exhibited works nationally at institutions including the Kamloops Art Gallery (2021), Remai Modern in Saskatoon, SK (2023), Vancouver Art Gallery (2024), Audain Art Museum in Whistler, BC (2024), College Art Galleries at the University of Saskatchewan (2025) and internationally at Galerie Isa in Mumbai, India (2023) and Gajah Gallery in Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2024). Kaur has an upcoming exhibition at the Art Gallery of Burlington in Ontario (2025).</p><p>Kaur has been an artist-in-residence at the Burrard Arts Foundation (2020) in Vancouver, the Centrum Emerging Artist Residency (2020) in Port Townsend, Washington, an Independent Artist Residency in Los Angeles, California (2024), and the Wassaic Project in New York (2025). Upcoming residencies include the Annandale Artist Residency on Prince Edward Island (2025). </p><p>Russna Kaur was commissioned to create public artwork for the Translink Art Columns in the City of Richmond, BC (2018), Boren Banner Series at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA (2021), Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives in Brampton, ON (2022) and Square Nine Developments in Burnaby, BC (2026).</p><p>Kaur’s work is held in numerous private, corporate and institutional collections including the TD Bank Collection, RBC Art Collection, Audain Art Museum, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Surrey Art Gallery, and the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art.</p>
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