Jeff Hallbauer is an interdisciplinary painter based on unceded territory of the xwməθkwəyə̓ m, Sḵwxwú7mesh, and ̱Sel ̓ílwitulh Nations. Hallbauer graduated fr ̓ om Emily Carr University in 2009. He has exhibited locally and abroad. Some notable exhibitions include “Fruits” at Chernoff Fine Art and “Towards a Fictional History of Colour” at the Burrard Art Foundation. Last summer, he participated in the Queer Arts Festival as part of a Avram Finkelstein flash collective experiment in political art-making, which showed at the Grunt Gallery community art screen. He also recently collaborated with Swiss artist Dawn Nilo’s performance Performing Negotiations as part of the 2020 Swiss Art Awards.