Aaron Leon, born 1989, Vernon, BC; lives and works in Armstrong, BC, and Splatsin holds a BFA from Concordia University (2013) and is attending the University of British Columbia Kelowna for an MA in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies. Leon’s works have been exhibited at Kamloops Art Gallery (2019, 2021), as part of the travelling show Soundings: an exhibition in five parts (Kamloops 2021, Banff 2021, St. Johns 2022, Kansas City 2022), Bill Reid Gallery (Vancouver 2018), Salmon Arm Arts Centre (2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022), Lake Country Gallery (2018), FOFA Gallery (Montreal 2013), VAV Gallery (Montreal 2013), Galerie Espace (Montreal 2013), Artscape Wychwood Barns Gallery (Toronto 2011), Gallery at 129 Ossington (Toronto 2012), Access Gallery (Vancouver 2022). Leon has presented a solo show at the Salmon Arm Arts Centre (2016) as well as a public installation as part of Capture Festival at the Waterfront Station in Vancouver (2021) and was nominated for the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize 2019 and shortlisted 2022.