Relational Capital
Work in progress by Bree Rappaport, mixed media, 2025. Photo courtesy of UG staff.
Bree Rappaport, Caryn Wei Ya Xie, Nathan Zhe, Sophia Herrington
Project Room
September 2–October 11, 2025
Union Gallery’s summer artists in residence will be presenting a group exhibition in the Project Room this fall. Come back soon for artist statements and more!
MEET THE ARTISTS
Bree is a multidisciplinary artist and educator. She lives in Kingston. For the past three years she has been exploring different modes of employment. Trade work, electrical, and bush work in forestry. Art has been the grounding mechanism through change and instability.
Caryn Wei Ya Xie (b. 2002) is a visual artist and educator. By appropriating digital aesthetics to reimagine her documented lived experiences, Xie’s interventions translate a personal history of immigration into a broader conversation on the diasporic experience of fragmented identity and memory. Xie received a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) from Queen’s University in 2024, where she was the recipient of the Liu Shiming Scholarship and Medal of Visual Art. She is currently working towards her Bachelor of Education.
Nathan Zhe (He/Him) is a Chinese multidisciplinary artist, producer, director, marketing director and photographer based in Canada and China. He's in his fourth year of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Media and Performance Productions specialization. With a strong foundation and passion in producing, directing, marketing and arts administration, Nathan has worked extensively behind the scenes of film and theatre productions, coordinating teams and ensuring creative visions are brought to life.
Sophia’s art draws on nature’s themes of growth, transformation, and interconnectedness. Using traditional printmaking methods like lithography and silkscreen, she creates layered works that reflect the fragile yet resilient ties between humans and nature. Symbols like roots and leaves explore these connections, while her careful process mirrors life’s cycles. Her work tells stories about how the environment shapes us, how we shape it, and inviting viewers to reflect on the visible and invisible threads that link all living things.