Spotlight:Zephyra Vun

as you are by Zephyra Vun

Zephyra’s abstract, minimalist works explore the concept of leaning into uncertainty as a practice in building trust.  The act of taking bold risks is healing. It is a willful acknowledgement that while we may try to shape the future a certain way, the present may have other plans.

Flow is about committing to this present moment, a space that holds both inherent risk and reward.  In her newest body of work, Zephyra explores both through simplicity.  Using minimal tools to maximize possibility, her pieces are never planned, pre-conceptualized, nor over-thought.  They are creations that represent a particular moment in time.

The exhibition holds the same title as Part III of Zephyra’s newly published book “as you are”.  Part autobiographical, part philosophical introspection, the book reveals how the simple act of being present can transform you.    Part III of the book retells her incredibly transformative journey of losing her mother while simultaneously becoming one in 2022.  The artworks in the exhibition thoughtfully explore moments of surrender during this painful, yet regenerative, time in her life.

Zephyra Vun is an architect by education and a visual artist, author, and group fitness coach by choice.  She lives in Winnipeg, Canada, where she balances her days among motherhood, creating art, and guiding programming and movement at The Community Gym.  She finds deep purpose in building flow states, individually and collectively.  It is a practice she deems essential to our modern-day existence.

Meet Zephyra as she practices flow with tattoo ink on paper on Saturday, May 17 from 1 – 3 pm.