
Brain Child. An idea or invention that is considered a particular creation.
Featuring Caro Embling, REDRUM, and Gabriel Ostapchuk.
May 3 - 31, 2025
Opening Reception / May 3 from 6-8pm / Free & open to the public.
“In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we are proud to present an insightful new exhibition that celebrates the voices and visions of three extraordinary artists. Unlike previous years, where we showcased work selected through an open call, this year we’ve taken a more intentional and personal approach—curating a show that brings together three artists we’ve never worked with before, each of whom brings a deeply individual perspective shaped by their own experiences with mental health. Their works are as diverse as their journeys, offering an honest exploration of what it means to live, create, and thrive living with mental illness.”
Yuri Arajs / Artistic Director and Curator
Caro Embling is a Vancouver-based artist and art therapist whose work draws deeply from personal and collective experiences with mental illness. Trained at Cardiff School of Art in Wales, she transitioned from painting to sculpture to explore themes of identity and gender. After immigrating to Canada, Caro dedicated herself to community-based art and later became an art therapist, supporting individuals living with trauma, HIV, addiction, and mental illness.
Her own journey through chronic fatigue syndrome and depression brought her to The Art Studios—a space for creative recovery—where she reconnected with her art practice and began teaching again.
In this exhibition, Caro explores fragility: the rawness of anxiety and depression, the tenderness in vulnerability, and the damage we inflict on the earth. Using materials like thread and tracing paper, she captures both the delicacy and resilience of the human experience, inviting viewers to find strength and beauty in what feels broken.
Redrum
I work in a variety of mediums from stickers, stencils and spray paints, and wheat-paste posters.
Key themes for my work are me as a child and my love for different fonts.
Although I struggle with medical issues including CPTSD, Anxiety, ADHD, Fibromyalgia and Epilepsy, I hope to keep my sanity and add a layer to Vancouver’s street art scene. I constantly collaborate with my AYS crewmates and we plan to poster bomb the city with stickers and paste-ups.
Gabriel Ostapchuk is an artist with a deep love and respect for mother earth.
Using a combination of spray paint and brushes, Gabriel creates vibrant and saturated abstract and surreal scenes. Drawing upon local culture and natural surroundings to create impactful and meaningful works of art that add value to the communities and people it touches.

Caro Embling
Raw
28" X 8.25
Mixed media
$295 + tax
#2025034



Caro Embling
Raw Land
11.75" X 8.75"
Mixed media on paper
SOLD
#2025035

Caro Embling
Threads
11.75" X 8.75"
Thread and tracing paper
$225 + tax
#2025036



Caro Embling
Stitched
11.75" X 8.75"
Mixed media on tracing paper
$225 + tax
#2025037



Caro Embling
Flow
5.5" X 3.75""
Thread and tracing paper
$225 + tax
#2025038



Caro Embling
Untitled I
12" x 2.5" approx
Mixed media on tracing paper
$145 + tax
#2025039



Caro Embling
Untitled II
12" x 2.5" approx
Mixed media on tracing paper
SOLD
#2025040

Gabriel Ostapchuk
A Moment Before Night Falls
50" x 24"
Acrylic on plywood
$555 + tax
#2025041



Gabriel Ostapchuk
Dead Moon
25" x 20"
Acrylic on canvas
$444 + tax
#2025042



Gabriel Ostapchuk
Hummer
40" x 30"
Acrylic on canvas
$999 + tax
#2025043




Redrum
12 Door Locker
72" x 24" x 18"
Stickers on used locker
$695 + tax
#2025044



Redrum
Yellow
20" x 18"
Stickers on board
$200 + tax
#2025045



Redrum
Hello My Name Is
15" x 20"
Stickers on board
$225 + tax
#2025046



Redrum
Pink I
13" x 13"
Stickers on board
$125 + tax
#2025047



Redrum
Pink II
16" x 21"
Stickers on board
$200 + tax
#2025048



Redrum
Neurodivergent Stickerinsuregent
20" x 16"
Silkscreen on paper with ink additions
SOLD
#2025049