Lux Habrich

Lux Habrich is an interdisciplinary visual artist originally from Tiohtià:ke / Montréal, having settled in K’jipuktuk / Halifax following a BFA from NSCAD University in 2015.

Lux finds frequent inspiration in her mixed racial and cultural identity. She is drawn to the cathartic quality embedded in tactile processes and the intimate narrative potential in craftwork as a means of accessing and sharing ancestral knowledge. Her work often reflects on the nature of temporality, subversive gender, feminine sacrifice, biological and chosen family, diaspora and belonging, disability justice, care work, intergenerational trauma, theories of hybridization and ideations of the divine. By layering fragmented, nostalgic imagery with sharp instances of embodied pain and power – she often seeks to emulate the chaotic nature of memory and the many subconscious, untold stories and unspoken legacies that live inside each of us.

Committed to expressing marginalized experiences, developing inclusive creative platforms, and reimagining cultural futures – Lux externalizes intense internal grievances, to open up collective issues and qualities of larger community struggle to allow for shared moments of compassion and insight.

A recipient of numerous grants and awards—including Dawon’s Fine Arts 1st and 2nd year Achievement Awards—Habrich has participated in group exhibitions in Winnipeg, Edmonton, and across Nova Scotia.  She is active as a facilitator, mentor, instructor and speaker as well as a member of the board of the Khyber Centre for the Arts.  Her upcoming solo exhibition, “her eyes cut like flowers”, will be held at the Tangled Art Gallery in Toronto in 2021.