Kiana Hipolito is an interdisciplinary artist, illustrator and graphic designer from  Vancouver,  on  the unceded Coast Salish Territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. Kiana obtained her BFA in illustration from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in 2018, which includes her studies at Falmouth University (United Kingdom) in 2017. She currently works as part of the social media team at Richmond Art Gallery as well as Canadian Art Prints and Winn Devon Group Inc. as a graphic designer in addition to her art and design practices. 

Kiana’s use of texture and colour within her work often narrates themes of (mis)communication, cultural identity and shared diasporic experience observed in communities present in North America. Kiana also enjoys also illustrating for young readers, often creating colour works inspired by the nature of the Pacific Northwest, and the curiosities hiding in plain sight. 

Select Exhibitions & Showcases

2024 PAGTITIPON: a gathering, roundhouse community arts and recreation centre, vancouver, canada
2023 Kampala to Canada: Ugandan Asian Resettlement, 50 Years Later, surrey art gallery, surrey, canada
2022 PAGTITIPON: a gathering, roundhouse community arts and recreation centre, vancouver, canada
2021 National Women’s Month Showcase and Exhibition, Consulate General of the Philippines, vancouver, canada
2020 Tatlumpu't Isang Araw ng Sining Pilipino (Thirty One Days of Filipino Art), Consulate General of the Philippines, vancouver, canada
2019 Generations Under the Sun, kamloops art gallery, kamloops, canada
2018 the show, emily carr university, vancouver, canada
2018 Vol. 1: Illustration Department Show, beaumont gallery, vancouver, canada
2017 End of Term Showcase, falmouth university, falmouth, united kingdom