CARFAC BC Board
The CARFAC BC Board of Directors comprises volunteer CARFAC members who are practising artists, just like our members. Learn more about volunteer opportunities and how to join our board of directors here.
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Trevor Van den Eijnden was born in Piktuk (Pictou), Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia) and currently resides in Vancouver, British Columbia the traditional and unceeded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
Trevor is a multidisciplinary visual artist, designer, and educator with professional training in artistic research and production. He studied at Dalhousie Univeristy (BA English Literature), NSCAD University (BFA Photography), L’École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris (exchange), and Emily Carr Univeristy of Art + Design (MFA Visual Art). Since 2009, he has taught and provided academic leadership at private and public institutions in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Currently, he is adjunct faculty for the University of the Fraser Valley’s School of Creative Arts.
Trevor’s art practice is rooted in painting, photography, and the photographic, as well as design-based works in text, sculpture, and installation, while his research and production focus on the intersections of grief, nature, and time within the framework of the Anthropocene. He approaches visual art and design as a vehicle for artistic knowledge in conversation with and as a means to shape the world—specifically as a “remembrance of the future, and an anticipation of the past”.
Trevor’s website is: trevorvandeneijnden.com.
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Beth Gallup’s career spans and connects art, commerce, and the sociology of technology. As a Mentor and Executive-in-Residence, she has worked across borders with boards, NGOs, CEOs and entrepreneurs to bring new ideas to life. She is genuinely interested in how people create value through necessity, curiosity, innovation, and intellectual property.
Beth’s visual art practice is a source of joy, occasional frustration, and forever learning. Her colourful, layered works have shown in multiple juried group and solo exhibits. Two themes dominate: nature disrupted by utilitarian intrusions and the infrastructure of power. And, when all this gets too serious, food - small studies that provide a visual feast of the colours, textures, and simple pleasures of what we are blessed to consume.
Serving on the CARFAC BC Board is an opportunity for Beth to contribute the breadth and depth of her experience with copyright, equity, and economic empowerment to artists working across the province.
Beth lives, plays, creates, and explores in the ?amak?is Ktunaxa, a.k.a. the Kootenays of Southeastern BC.
https://bethgallup.ca/
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Sidi Chen, He/They, (b. 1992, Quanzhou, China) is a diasporic queer artist whose interdisciplinary practice addresses the relational shifts at the intersections of the body, communities, and ecologies. Sidi Chen engages with the embodied experience and models from traditional knowledge and natural science as creative vehicles to conduct projects as relational mediation and attunement for the more-than-human agencies, through which Chen searches for catalysts that lead towards queer futures.
Sidi Chen received the Master of Fine Arts degree from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (Vancouver, 2023) and is currently pursuing the Master of Arts in Community Development at the University of Victoria. Chen has diverse artistic achievements, including FLEET:Edmonds Artist Residency (Burnaby, 2025), BC Arts Council Scholarship (2025), and the LIVE Performance Biennale (Vancouver, 2025). Sidi Chen is currently living and working on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Sníchim speaking peoples, known as Burnaby, BC, and the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations, known as Vancouver, BC.
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Marri Vasudevan is a Senior Manager at Tru Co-operative Bank (formerly First West Credit Union), based in Langley BC. Over more than a decade in banking, insurance, and technology, he has led enterprise data strategy, digital transformation, and cross-functional project delivery, building experience in governance, financial literacy, strategic planning, and data-informed decision-making.
Beyond his professional work, Marri brings a distinct lived perspective to the board : as an immigrant from India and a certified Latin dance student-teacher (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, London), he has witnessed firsthand the barriers that culturally diverse artists face around visibility, recognition, and fair compensation — barriers he believes exist across many art forms. He is motivated to help CARFAC BC advance equity, access, and representation for immigrant and diverse artists across the province.
Marri holds an MBA from Thompson Rivers University, and has volunteered with organizations including The LifeLine Canada Foundation, the Canadian Red Cross Society, and the Salmon Arm Fair.
He is connected to Latin dance communities in Metro Vancouver, and is particularly interested in contributing to CARFAC BC's finance, strategic planning, and governance work.
Marri lives and works in New Westminster, on the traditional and unceded territory of the Qayqayt First Nation, and dances at Latin dance socials across the Lower Mainland, within the broader traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples.
CARFAC BC Staff
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Sharon Marshall is an Indigenous leader, writer, storyteller, and digital artist with over three decades of experience in community empowerment and strategic development. As Executive Director of CARFAC BC, she brings a vision rooted in Indigenous ways of knowing to strengthen reconciliation and cultural sovereignty in the visual arts.
Founder of Cree8iv Collaboration Inc. and DEVA Training & Staffing Solutions, Sharon has created programs that blend traditional knowledge with digital innovation, empowering Indigenous women in the digital economy. She has also worked extensively with First Nations organizations, drawing on her MBA from Royal Roads University to bridge Indigenous and Western approaches to leadership.
Based in Lantzville on Snaw’naw’as territory, Sharon brings valuable perspectives on supporting artists beyond urban centres. Her leadership emphasizes decolonial practices, digital innovation, and equitable access to resources for all visual artists in British Columbia.
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Larissa Blokhuis is a Biracial, non-binary, multidisciplinary artist living and working on the unceded Lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (Vancouver). She brings her passions for anti-racist and decolonised practices, intersectionality and accessibility, and supporting artist development to the role of Membership & Community Services Coordinator with CARFAC BC, as well as 15+ years of experience in arts administration and communications. Larissa is enthusiastic to serve the artist community by increasing awareness and engagement with CARFAC BC.
Larissa holds a BFA from Alberta University of the Arts with a major in glass. She has been a working visual artist since 2009, with experiences including numerous exhibitions, several public art projects, teaching, and curation/project lead for arts events, including a 2D art exhibition, two short film series, and a monthly art conversation series (on hiatus since 2020).
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Sidney Demuth (she/her) is the Partnerships & Digital Initiatives Coordinator at CARFAC BC. An emerging arts worker, Sidney brings a strong foundation in research, relationship-building, and digital strategy to her role, supporting collaboration and engagement across British Columbia’s visual arts community.
Based in Victoria on the unceded territories of the Lekwungen Peoples, including the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, Sidney is originally from the lands of the We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum, Kwiakah, and Tlowitsis First Nations, in what is commonly known as Campbell River. Her work is informed by a deep respect for place, community, and the diverse ways artists connect across regions.
Sidney holds a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science from the University of Victoria, as well as a Diploma in Intercultural Studies and Practice, which shape her interest in equitable systems, cross-cultural collaboration, and community-centred approaches. She is enthusiastic about supporting artists through accessible digital initiatives and meaningful partnerships, and is excited to contribute to CARFAC BC’s work in strengthening the visual arts sector.
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Bill Horne lives in Saanich, British Columbia, near the historic site of Kosampson village. He previously spent 25 years in Wells, BC, where he and his partner, artist Claire Kujundzic, established Amazing Space Studio & Gallery in a former Catholic church they renovated.
Born in Vancouver, Bill studied painting and drawing at the Banff School of Fine Arts and film animation at UBC. In addition to screen printing, assemblage, photography, and book design, he has produced a wide range of projects that integrate his activism with his art.
Bill has exhibited nationally and internationally, participated in artist residencies in Canada and Spain, and presented environmental artwork at international science conferences. He received an Award of Excellence from the International Tokyo Screenprint Biennale, and his book design earned an Alcuin Society award.
He has collaborated extensively with First Nations, labour unions, and community organizations on exhibitions, workshops, fundraising initiatives, and commissioned artworks. He has taught printmaking and papermaking in Canada and Nicaragua, and given presentations about copyright and related issues in northern BC, Yukon, NWT, and Alberta.
Bill is a Past President of CARFAC BC, a former Western Vice-Representative for CARFAC National, and founding President of the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre in Vancouver. Recognized with a CARFAC BC lifetime membership in 1999 and CARFAC's National Advocacy Award in 2013, he remains committed to artists' rights, copyright education, and cultural advocacy.
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