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Jeff Wilson grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland and has lived and worked in the Vancouver's Downtown Eastside for over 15 years. Jeff’s painting collections have exhibited widely in public galleries in BC, Alberta and WA State. Jeff has received a number of awards, including Finalist in the inaugural Saltspring National Art Prize, appeared in the recent “Landscape Artist of the Year Canada” TV show, and received two Downtown Eastside Small Arts Grants from the Vancouver Foundation. Jeff has completed residencies at the Booth in Shetland, Parks Canada’s Art in the Park and the Wallace Stegner House. 

Chinatown forms an integral part of that & it continues to fascinate him.  While part of Vancouver from the beginning, it has managed to retain a distinct cultural & architectural character after all these years, a testament to the commitment and resilience of its longtime residents. Jeff feels lucky to live near Chinatown, and continually draw artistic inspiration from it. He is based out of Portside Studios in Vancouver.

Keith McKellar's main collection of works focuses on the vintage cafes, theatres and street scenes of Vancouver BC. Keith was born in New Westminster in 1947, migrated to the bush town of Prince George with his family in 1952. The boom and bust fifties and sixties of Prince George gave him a keen eye and open heart for the characters of the logging towns, construction camps and the bush-shack families. He worked at sixty-five different jobs in several fields, before becoming the professional artist Laughing Hand. 

Lily Chow, a researcher and writer, immigrated to Canada in 1967. She possesses a master’s degree of Education and has taught high school in Prince George and Mandarin at the University of Northern British Columbia for three years. In her twenty-five years of writing, she has won the Jeanne Clarke Memorial Local History Award (1996), received grants from the Canadian Heritage Branch, Federal Government (1993 & 1998), and certificates of merit from the BC Historical Federation in 2014 and 2019. Her volunteer services have been awarded with two Queen Elizabeth II’s Jubilee Medals (2002 & 2012). Currently, she resides in Victoria, BC.

Lucky Grizz has come home to Vancouver!

Limited-edition Vancouver Grizzlies merchandise featuring a maneki-neko or lucky cat. This capsule collection is a partnership between Canadian Chinese Youth Athletic Association (CCYAA) and Mitchell and Ness.  Designed by Toronto-based artist Ryan Wayne. 

Lunchbox reclaims and redefines those moments we felt embarrassed by our culture when we were growing up, and bring them to everyday clothing in our unique way. 

We all had that lunchbox moment, the one that made us want to disappear under the table. But guess what? Those "weird" smells and questionable snacks are now our greatest inspiration.

Lunchbox's Asian-inspired designs are a playful tribute to the unique flavors and cultural elements that shaped our childhoods. So go ahead, wear your lunchbox story with pride, and let the world know that being different is the ultimate flex.

Middle Kingdom started in 1998 with the goal to create exceptional Chinese porcelain for a modern audience. The founders Bo Jia and Alison Alten, have contributed a fresh and invigorating style to the genre, inspired by a long and distinguished history of design and craftsmanship in Chinese porcelain. The porcelain wares are handmade by artisans in the ancient kiln city of Jingdezhen. Middle Kingdom has successfully infused a modern aesthetic into an age-old art form and broadened porcelain traditions for a modern audience.

Ona Chan is a Vancouver jeweler currently based in New York City. Her inspiration comes from the many places she has travelled to and the many cities she has been fortunate to call home: Toronto, Sydney, Hong Kong, New York and Vancouver. She studied at Parsons and designs and carve jewelry using the lost wax process. She also has a special collection of Chinese New Year Zodiac  and lucky charms and pendants to pay homage to her Chinese roots.

Paper Tiger Shanghai creates gift paper with designs to reflect the richness of Chinese traditional art Shanghai’s art deco period and Beijing’s hutong past. The deliberate mix of traditional and contemporary is coupled with the goal of making gift wrapping fun and expressive for the giver, and something special for the receiver. 

Born and raised in New York, Lucy has lived and worked in Asia since 1993, hopscotching among vibrant cities like Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing and now lives in Shanghai with her husband and two children. She founded Paper Tiger Shanghai in 2006 and distributes her collections of gift wrapping paper online and at select shops in Shanghai and Beijing.

Pinyin Press celebrates the unique and vibrant Chinese culture with detailed hand-drawn illustrations, prints and pattern, and quality craftsmanship.

Originally from Scotland, Sarah Armstrong graduated from Textile Design at Central Saint Martins. After experience working for designers in London and New York, she relocated to Shanghai in 2009 to work as a Designer for Shang Xia. Inspired by Shanghai’s unique charm and culture she founded Pinyin Press in 2014, and creates apparel, homeware and gift items featuring local cultural symbols.