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“Since 2013, my practice has evolved into an exploration of identity in connection with our urban environment or a sort of architectural sociology. Through this, I approach mural projects using photography and community engagement to uncover the human stories and site-specific nature and connections to place. My work explores this relationship through images taken and it is designed to align with the architectural sites.”

Text taken from yycbump.ca

Exploring the shared iconographic relationships and cultural usage of Buffalo, Deer and Elk hide in First Nation cultural storytelling in addition to the Romanticised ‘Western’ Aesthetic of North America.

Text taken from guidovanhelton.com

Part of YYC Bump (Beltline Urban Murals Map)
Funded by TD Canada Trust

For more information on this mural visit:
https://yycbump.ca/artists/guido-van-helten/