Yasmine Whaley-Kalaora lives on
the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh and Səl̓ílwətaʔ working as a writer and critic, as a studio
assistant for Tom Burrows, and in archives for artists and artist-run
organizations. Yasmine holds a Bachelors in Art History from the University
of British Columbia and her practice
currently encompasses video, experimental audio, collecting/archiving,
performance, writing, and curating C.L.A.M.
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All works licensed under a Creative Commons License. All images are taken by me unless otherwise credited.
PUBLICATIONS
2025 - “Hazel Meyer X Yasmine Whaley-Kalaora,” essay, Le Sigh, (online exhibition space).
“Tip: Never Leave Home Without Your Kitchen,” archives feature on Margaret Dragu, grunt gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
RWFFS, prose, self-published, edition of 16, Vancouver, B.C.
2019 - “Breeding
Colonial Photo-Literacy,” academic paper, Undergraduate Journal of Art History and Visual Culture, Vancouver, B.C.
2018 - “2534 Parker
Street,” prose, SAD Mag, Vancouver, B.C.
PERFORMANCES/EXHIBITIONS/RESIDENCIES
2025 - runningjokes 2.0 & Preserve in The Guest Book, Alternator Centre for Contemporary Arts, Kelowna, B.C., curated by
Similkameen Artist Residency (Spring)
RWFFS in Doric, Ironic, Corinthian, OHCE-ECHO, Vancouver, B.C., curated by Francesca Bennett (Febuary)
2024 - split-lip-glue-seam, Boombox, audio/dance collaboration with Derya Whaley-Kalaora (December)
Tomato Gossip desktop performance screening, Lobe Studio, Vancouver, B.C., curated by Kaila Bhullar (December)
Tomato Gossip, What Lab residency, audio/food collaboration with Chipo Chipaziwa and Hannah Sofia Eriksson (June - August)
2023 - P.L.U.R.O.M.A SS23 fashion show, collaboration Hannah Sofia Eriksson, Liquidation World, Vancouver, B.C. (Febuary)
2022 - Similkameen Artist Residency
Shared Bodies, Commissioned for Platforms: We Are Here, Live by the City of Vancouver Public Art Program, project by Guadalupe Martinez, cinematography and post production by Luciana Freire D’Anunciacao.
2021 - Reflections on
a Window Glass, “Chapter 1 CUERPO,” Guadalupe Martinez and collaborating artists
2020 - Research/Resurgence, Or Gallery, Vancouver,
B.C., curated by Denise Ryner
2019 - CUERPO, Or
Gallery at Cathedral Square, Vancouver, B.C., curated by Denise Ryner
OnSite!, UBC Student Performance Art Festival, Vancouver, B.C.
Spill: Response, Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
Spill Radio, “Episode 12”
2018 - Resonance,
FUSE, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, B.C., curated by Pablo de Ocampo
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2022 (ongoing) - C.L.A.M. (Cinema, Literature, Art, and Media), an intermittent event of curated
short films and performance art,
Vancouver, B.C.