Child Care and Early Childhood Care and Education Centre

Bachelor of Fine Arts 2025

Jocelyn Gosling lives and works on the traditional and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), QayQayt First Nation, Kwantlen, q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie), Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen First Nations, kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), and Stó:lō Nation. She is committed to ongoing learning and reflection as both artist and educator on these lands. 

A visual artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and Minor in Counselling from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Jocelyn works primarily in acrylic, layering vibrant colours to evoke emotion and reflection. Her practice is rooted in intuition and a deep connection to animals and the natural world. 

Inspired by her upbringing with horses, Jocelyn explores the emotional and spiritual bonds between humans and animals. Through memory, abstraction, and expressive mark-making, her paintings invite viewers to find personal meaning. This is an approach she extends to community projects with children and youth, fostering empathy, curiosity, and self-expression. 

Artist Statement: My practice is driven by intuition and an ongoing dialogue with my experiences. I layer acrylic paints to create emotional depth, using vibrant colour palettes to capture the passions of the beings I paint. Occasionally, I incorporate pastels and charcoal for bold lines and colourful details, crafting a visual language that invites reflection on the connections viewers may see within the forms. Rooted in my childhood experiences with horses, my work explores the emotional and spiritual bonds between humans and animals. Through painting, I relive these memories, offering something personal while allowing space for viewers to find their own narrative. Often abstract, I recontextualize traditional depictions of horses and the human body, focusing on their internal states rather than physical representation. 

Comfort emerges from this practice as a reflection on companionship and the quiet ways connection sustains us, inviting viewers to consider their own experiences of support and ease.

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Tia Murray is a multimedia artist from Surrey, British Columbia. She is currently studying at KPU towards a BFA in Visual Arts. Her art focuses on her emotions and how they translate outside of her body. Her biggest art inspiration is Yayoi Kusama with how big her pieces are and the process at which she creates her work. With her most current works consisting mainly of crochet, she finds the whole process meditative and can focus her whole attention on the one act. 

Artwork Statement: My name is Tia Murray, and I am a multimedia artist exploring my identity through the inherent relationship between crocheting and self discovery. From my grandmother to my mother and now to me, my relationship with yarn spans generations and experiences. My current works focus on my experiences with anxiety and the way it morphs and configures itself to me and my life. My works, both past and present, primarily consist of non-representational self portraiture, and even though out of the closet per se, I still find solace in the faceless and bodiless portrayal of self. I use amorphous shapes to represent myself and the size of said shapes dictate the emotions felt within; this process is very intuitive, the act of bending the chicken wire to the desired shape with my hands and the meditative nature of crochet brings me closer to my pieces like never before.

Bachelor of Arts

Vanessa Schulz is a 21 year old student at KPU currently pursuing anthropology. A member of the LGBTQ community, and openly autistic, these experiences have shaped her life, as well as her work, into something bold, vibrant, and unapologetically expressive. She also enjoys fibrecraft, sculpting, and wire-wrapping, as well as drawing, both traditionally and digitally. 

Artist Statement: This piece was originally intended to be sort of this glitchy, cyberpunk thing, I had plans to join a CyberpunkRED TTRPG campaign, but it fell through. The inspiration had to go somewhere though, so it went here: into a world that's moving around us rapidly, one that's a bit unstable or breaking, two characters sit quietly on a roof untouched by the chaos around them, taking it all in. I think we're all feeling a little bit like that in our current climate.

Bachelor of Fine Arts, minor in Indigenous Criminal Justice 2026 

Art is more than expression; it is a bridge between generations, a tool for healing, and a voice for the unheard. My name is Sylvia, and my Haida name is Jaatkingaas, meaning “mist on the water” or “mist on the water at night.” I am a Haida/Cree mother, sister, and aunty, and my art is deeply rooted in culture, family, and storytelling. 

Through sculpture, mixed media, and digital art, I explore themes of Indigeneity in the twenty-first century, shining light on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), residential school survivors, and the intergenerational impacts of colonialism. My work invites viewers into reflection and dialogue, fostering empathy and understanding while honoring resilience and cultural strength. 

I work with a variety of materials, including wood, yarn, graphite, watercolour pencils, and digital media, using tactile and immersive approaches to bring stories to life. My art seeks to heal, connect, and inspire change. 

Artwork Statement: This piece began with a photograph I captured of my daughter holding freshly picked huckleberries in her small hand. Over the photo, I illustrated huckleberry leaves and berries to emphasize the cycles of life—a reminder that every journey has both a beginning and an end. The vibrant colors were chosen to create a sense of life and energy while grounding the piece in the natural world. 

The child’s hand symbolizes innocence, growth, and the act of gathering what nourishes us—both physically and spiritually. The huckleberries represent the gifts of the land, connecting us to traditions of harvesting and sustaining ourselves in harmony with nature. 

This artwork was created in celebration of a meaningful project: the development of a child care center. Just as we nurture children, families, and communities, this piece reflects the importance of cultivating goodness, connection, and care for the body, mind, and spirit in everything we build.

Bachelor of Fine Arts 2025

Jansen Ramos is a visual artist based in British Columbia. Her works explore the themes of identity and memory. Drawing inspiration from both experience and everyday surroundings, she transforms ordinary spaces into vibrant, surreal compositions that invite viewers to reflect on their own inner worlds. Bold, graphic colors, and bizarre yet familiar imagery characterize her work, bridging the line between playfulness and unease. Her goal is to create visually striking pieces that spark curiosity, conversation, and self-reflection. 

Artwork Statement: This artwork explores the quiet yet dynamic presence of transitional spaces. By reimagining a staircase in bold, contrasting colors, the work transforms a familiar, everyday structure into a playful vibrant composition. The geometric shapes and the flat colors emphasize rhythm, movement and perspective; while the absence of figures invites viewers to imagine themselves within the scene. The piece captures the dual nature of stairways as both functional and symbolic. They connect spaces and suggest progress or change. The work highlights how even the most ordinary environments can become moments of curiosity, imagination, and reflection. It invites viewers to find wonder in the in-between spaces of daily life and to see the familiar with fresh eyes.