Opening Reception: Marian Penner Bancroft: Long Story
Cost: $0.00
Join us for a public reception celebrating the opening of Marian Penner Bancroft: Long Story, on Friday, March 14 from 2 to 4 p.m.
About the exhibition
Marian Penner Bancroft’s work is deeply rooted in an exploration of memory, landscape, colonial history, migration, and identity. Her images often layer personal history with geography, functioning as visual documentation with poetic reflection. The work offers more than just observation—it evokes a sense of emotional and intellectual resonance.
Long Story is a multimedia installation that brings together photographs, videos, wall texts, and sound. The exhibition comprises both new works and selected pieces created between 2000 and the present. Each image and video is linked to the others to reflect the artist’s ongoing engagement with complex questions; questions ranging over a lifetime that are approached from diverse photographic perspectives and tied to a broader thematic investigation.
This exhibition opens space for deep contemplation. It highlights the interconnectedness of histories, places, and people, while embracing complexity. By engaging multiple senses and mediums, Bancroft encourages viewers to reflect on their own relationships with memory, land, and belonging.
About the artist
Marian Penner Bancroft is a Vancouver artist working primarily with photography, text, video, sculpture, and sound. She studied at the University of British Columbia, the Vancouver School of Art (Emily Carr University) and Ryerson University in Toronto. She is the recipient of the 2012 Audain Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts, the City of Vancouver’s Mayor’s Arts Award for Visual Art in 2009 and is a Professor Emeritus at Emily Carr University of Art + Design.
Bancroft’s work is represented in numerous collections, including The National Gallery of Canada, The Vancouver Art Gallery, The Belkin Gallery, and Canada House, UK.
Marian Penner Bancroft: Long Story is a Selected Exhibition for the Capture Photography Festival 2026.
