Featured Artist: Katherine Duclos

The work in Katherine Duclos' The light and color we carry is colour and light made tactile, using painted modular Lego bricks, arranged one at a time to create pieces that reflect moments and memories of transitional periods of time in specific places. The work in this show was made over the course of the last six months, as the artist prepared to move with her family after seven years in their first Vancouver rental home.

Times of transition and upheaval are particularly difficult for autistic families, and Duclos’ need to order her world became more intense as her home became more chaotic and the future seemed unclear. To prepare herself for the changes, she focused on regulatory work that enabled her to feel a sense of control and order amidst the chaos. In choosing her palettes, she thought of colors and light she would miss in her home, and how she could bring them to her new home, easing the transition and enabling her to envision herself in a new space. In the process of moving and settling, she realized she’s been carrying certain colors and memories of light her whole life as a way of grounding and protecting herself, softening transitions, enabling her to move forward and into the unknown.