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Event Details

Dates: November 25, 2023 to May 5, 2024

Venue: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

Time: Monday: Closed Tuesday: 10AM – 5PM Wednesday: 10AM – 5PM Thursday: 1PM – 9PM Friday: 10AM – 5:00PM Saturday: 10AM – 5PM Sunday:

Location: Map

Admission: Included in Admisson

Tender Touch

Curated by Mel Granley

Tender Touch delves into Victoria’s unique and proliferating tattoo community. In recent years, the tattoo industry in Victoria has grown considerably, with more and more queer and BIPOC artists beginning their career and opening up their own tattoo shops in town. Alternatives to the traditional western tattoo scene, these spaces are bastions for many seeking to adorn themselves with ink.

The exhibition will invite several contemporary tattoo artists in Victoria to show their work and explain their connection to tattooing as an art practice. The exhibition will explore tattooing as a source of bodily autonomy and a practice that requires a sense of trust between tattoo artist and tattoo receiver. Artists participating in this show are Brianna Chatwin, Simran Dhaliwal, Mason Larose, Kaman Lu, Mina Malahah Raposo, Stephanie Papik, and Grae Salisbury.

Exhibition runs November 25, 2023 - May 5, 2024



Image Credit: "Held" by Grae Salisbury, 2023, digital drawing

Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

1040 Moss St.

Victoria, BC V8V 4P1

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