Annie Briard
Perceiving Through Walls of Gold
Artist Talk and Art Walk
Saturday April 25, 2026 @ 3pm
BoxoPROJECTS 62732 Sullivan Road, Joshua Tree, CA 92252

Annie Briard is a visiting artist at Boxo from Vancouver, BC. In her talk, Annie will retrace her creative research from the desert to the Arctic and back, that led to the body of work produced in Joshua Tree and exhibited in LA over 2024-2025. Moving from art to neuroscience, to geology and myth, the talk will highlight how the artist makes use of light and expands perception in her experimental landscape and lens-based practice. Viewers will be treated to new images from the artist’s recent treks in Arctic Sweden, and BoxoPROJECTS will present one of her large-scale works from a recent exhibition at Royale Projects in Los Angeles.

The talk will be followed by a short walking tour guided by the artist. On the walk, we will discuss color and vision psychology, and (re)discover a few of the installations on the BoxoPROJECTS property. Guests will be invited to try out some of the materials used to build the artist’s handmade lenses. 

The artist wishes to thank BoxoPROJECTS, Royale Projects, High Desert Test Sites and Canada Council for the Arts for their support leading to today’s presentation

Biography
Annie Briard’s work has been featured in numerous exhibitions including solo presentations at Espacio de Cultura Contemporánea de Cádiz in Spain, AC Institute in New York City, Royale Projects in Los Angeles, Union Gallery at Queen’s University in Kingston Ontario, and Manif d’art 10 biennale de Québec. Group show have included the Los Angeles Centre of Photography in California, BBA Gallery in Berlin, Three Shadows Photography Centre in Beijing, among others. Briard has participated in several international residencies such as Swedish Lapland AIR, SIM in Reykjavik, Iceland, Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada and High Desert Test Sites in Joshua Tree. Briard is a Lecturer in the Department of Graduate Studies and the Faculty of Art at Emily Carr University of Art + Design on Coast Salish territory / Vancouver BC and is represented by Royale Projects in Los Angeles.  

Artist website