Bernadine Fox is an award-winning mental health advocate and a visual artist (portfolio), curator, writer (author of Coming To Voice: Surviving an Abusive Therapist), social activist, and public speaker in Vancouver BC who constructs narratives that explore various social issues in need of voice. She is a white settler who lives and works on the ancestral and unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. A graduate of ECIAD, for the last 3 years Bernadine has produced and hosted an on-air radio program, Re-Threading Madness (formerly Both Sides Now) which dares to change how we think about mental health. Bernadine Fox endured sexual and physical abuse as a child, and later at the hands of her abusive therapist. Despite lifelong trauma, PTSD, Chronic Fatigue and Osteoarthritis, she choose to share her story and use her voice to shed light on the issues of mental health and abuse of power. A mental health advocate for 30+years, she now volunteers for TELL, an organization that provides resources and support for those exploited by their therapists or doctors. Fox takes complex issues and untangles them leaving them easily accessible whether in print or using a visual language. Her work has been exhibited in solo, duo, and groups exhibitions. It is held in private collections across North America, Australia, New Zealand, and other countries. Bernadine is a curator. After a solo exhibition at Britannia Art Gallery, she was asked to be the co-Curator. It was a position she held for several years Her approach, whether in producing art or curating exhibitions, is one of respect for her audience (whether as a speaker or in an exhibition) and the material. She is available for lectures, workshops, keynote, podcast, radio, print, and TV. Her work is available for exhibitions. She has curated various exhibitions.
You can find out about Bernadine's
Mental Health Work and Advocacy by visiting her Coming To Voice website
Current Radio program, ReThreading Madness by visiting her RTM website
Mental Health Work and Advocacy by visiting her Coming To Voice website
Current Radio program, ReThreading Madness by visiting her RTM website
Bernadine is a visual artist who weaves colours, objects, and words to constructs ethnographic-based narratives in art as she examines contemporary culture and explores the human condition through visual art, the written word, and facilitating discussions.
Sometimes, a still-life is not just a still-life.
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Haruko Okano (Curator) and Bernadine Fox (co-Curator) talk about the importance of Britannia Art Gallery as a community gallery.
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