Simon Grefiel

Simon Grefiel was a Summer Intern for 2019. Grefiel helped 221A water plants at the communal garden in Semi-Public. He curated twice the length as it is in width at the City Centre Library, Surrey, and hosted a picnic that thought-initiated conversations on climate, dreams, architecture, transit, land, and biblical narratives. Grefiel performed a reading at Pa-pag-page publication launch at Richmond Art Gallery and recently, acquired a new companion, a Chocolate Chip Starfish named “Dr. Manhattan”, who has been a part of a recent group exhibition at Ground Floor Art Centre. He is currently working to finish his Bachelor of Fine Arts at Emily Carr University. Grefiel born and raised in Tacloban City, Philippines and is currently living on the region south of the Fraser river, on unceded traditional and ancestral lands of SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout), q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie), qʷa:nʎan (Kwantlen), and sc̓əwaθenaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsawwassen) First Nations.