About
Kelly Lycan is a photo-based installation artist based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Lycan explores concepts of perception, value, and reproduction, examining how objects and images are displayed while reflecting on the cycles of value they experience. Her practice reimagines ordinary objects and processes, emphasizing the relationship between an original and its replica.
Lycan received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited across Canada, the US, Europe, and the Middle East, including solo exhibitions at Burnaby Art Gallery, Burnaby (2024); Ag Galerie, Tehran, Iran (2018); Burrard Art Foundation, Vancouver (2016); Susan Hobbs Gallery, Toronto (2015); The Polygon Gallery/Presentation House Gallery, North Vancouver (2014); SFU Gallery, Burnaby (2014); Or Gallery, Vancouver (2011); and Gallery TPW, Toronto (2009). She received the Viva Award in 2016 and was longlisted for the Sobey Award (Pacific Region) in 2026. Lycan also collaborated with the artist collective Instant Coffee from 2005 to 2015. Instant Coffee is a service-oriented collective that has exhibited widely.
Lycan resides on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh, and Musqueam Nations.
