January 2025

Alexandra Bischoff (Long Term Artist, Onsite Coordinator 2023-Current)

Alexandra Bischoff (b. 1991, Amiskwacîwâskahikan/Edmonton, AB) holds a Fine-Arts Diploma from MacEwan University (2012), a BFA in Visual Arts Studio from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (2015), and an MFA from Concordia University in Intermedia (2021). Bischoff’s artworks manifest as multimedia installations, sculptures, and writing; their art-making processes as a whole are based in durational performance. While in residency at SAR, Bischoff has been researching family archives and Canada’s homesteading histories to investigate what it means to be a housing-insecure settler on stolen Indigenous land.

Naomi Lee Kavka

Naomi Kavka is a musician based on the unceded traditional territory of the Gidimten Clan and the Witsuwiten people in Smithers, BC. A classically trained cellist, vocalist, and guitar player, Kavka brings a myriad of influences to her songs, forming a daring indie-rock sound that is musically polished, lyrically visceral, and emotionally raw. Her songs come from the unique perspective of a queer woman, a child of a refugee, and a resident on the precipice of the wilderness of Canada.