AVERY LAKE
Interdisciplinary Artist | Abbotsford, British Columbia
Contact: hello@averylakeofficial.com
Gallery: gallery.averylakeofficial.com
Digital Work: digital.averylakeofficial.com
ABOUT
Avery Lake is a Swiss-Canadian interdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of art, ethics, and technology. In the Intelligence Age, Lake's practice seeks to find the human signal—what remains irreducibly human when machines can create, think, and remember. Through participatory installations, triptych works, experimental media, and conceptual art, Lake explores themes of disappearance, memory, erasure, Indigenous sovereignty, and the climate crisis.
Lake holds a PhD in the ethics of human enhancement and completed postdoctoral research in the ethics of artificial intelligence. This ethical foundation informs an artistic practice that questions what it means to be human in an age of technological transformation.
CURRENT WORK
2026
ATELIER K — Interactive Generative Experience
Kandinsky's philosophy evolved for the Intelligence Age. A generative system creating 20,736 unique compositions based on synesthetic principles. You choose the coordinates, the algorithm renders the vision.
Experience Atelier K
EXHIBITIONS
2026
GEM MINT ABUNDANCE — Group Exhibition
Gallery George, Vancouver, BC (January 7-25, 2026)
Conceptual tarot-based participatory installation
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In A Word — Juried Group Exhibition
Kariton Art Gallery, Abbotsford, BC (February 7-28, 2026)
Featuring: I, Human
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My Heritage 2026 — Juried Group Exhibition (Submitted)
Langley Arts Council (March 5 – April 27, 2026)
Featuring: Stolen Fridge Triptych
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We Are Not Alone — Group Exhibition (In Preparation)
Outsiders and Others Gallery, Vancouver, BC (June–July 2026)
Featuring: Adam – Out of Stock series
All in One Rhythm (FIFA World Cup) — Group Exhibition (In Preparation)
Gallery George, Vancouver, BC (Summer 2026)
Featuring: Ceci n'est pas un prix pour la Paix
Match Box — Group Exhibition (In Preparation)
Outsiders and Others Gallery, Vancouver, BC (October 2026)
Featuring: The Black Box
The Saints: Resistance in Light — Exhibition (Submitted)
LUNA Arts Festival, Revelstoke, BC (2026)
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The Invincible Summer — Exhibition (Submitted)
LUNA Arts Festival, Revelstoke, BC (2026)
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Le Signal Humain : Être et Devenir à l'ère de l'Intelligence — Solo Exhibition (Submitted)
Le Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver, BC (2026–2027)
Kandinsky, Warhol, and Magritte reinterpreted for the Intelligence Age, culminating in a black mirror where the visitor finds their own reflection
2025
Sweet Fix (Triptych) — Solo Installation
Gallery George, Vancouver, BC (December 2025)
Participatory installation exploring consumption, memory, and ephemerality
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Becoming Andy. To Chosen Singularity — Virtual Exhibition
Ongoing series exploring identity and replication
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The Digital Audit of the Human Condition — Interactive Web Experience
Eight digital protocols (2025-2026)
Experience
SELECTED WORKS & COLLECTIONS
Errata — Triptych series correcting historical mistakes
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The Saints & The Seducer — Digital triptych exploring resistance and temptation
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Ecce Sapiens: Also Sprach Avery Lake — Visual journey inspired by philosophy and cinema
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Movements of Peace — Photography series inspired by The Baltic Way
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DOCUMENTARY & FILM
Seizing Hope — Producer
High Tech Journeys in Pediatric Epilepsy
Collaboration with Dr. Judy Illes, University of British Columbia
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The Gift — Co-Director, Co-Producer
Narrative short film exploring human connection and isolation
Forgoing — Advisor
Documentary on mountain culture and heritage preservation
CURATORIAL & CULTURAL LEADERSHIP
TEDxAbbotsford — Founder & Curator (2016-Present)
Annual TEDx event curating speakers and ideas
Notable speakers: Dr. Gwendolyn Point, local innovators and artists
TEDxMartigny, Switzerland — Founder & Organizer (2011-2019)
Cultural event bridging ideas and community
PINTS N' PITCHES — Producer
Innovation and entrepreneurship event series
MUSIC
THE SIGNAL — Album (Release: January 26, 2026)
Nine-track ambient electronic album, musical companion to The Digital Audit
Featured in Abbotsford News (January 2026)
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Singular Dust — Debut Album (2024)
17,000+ Spotify streams
Featured in Abbotsford News (December 2024)
CREATIVE WRITING
Published under Dr. Johann Roduit
Flesh & Foil — Poem (2018)
Published in Creative Work, Consortium Erudit, Vol. 5
A reflection on human enhancement and the risk of losing oneself through incremental change.
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Digital Dust — Poem (2017)
Published in Medical Humanities, BMJ
DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2017-011265
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PRESS & MEDIA
2026
- Abbotsford News: "Abbotsford artist brings digital art into the physical realm with new piece" (February 3, 2026) — Read article
- Abbotsford News: "Abbotsford artist puts music to digital journey with sophomore album" (January 6, 2026) — Read article
2025
- Radio-Canada, Culture et confiture: Interview on "Becoming Andy" (August 17, 2025) — Listen
- The Lasource: "Avery Lake's Sweet Fix – A reflection on ephemerality" (November 25, 2025) — Read article
2024
- Abbotsford News: "Abbotsford musician explores cinematic storytelling with debut album" (December 17, 2024) — Read article
PUBLICATIONS
The Age of Beauty: Art in the Intelligence Age — Manifesto (2025)
Seven principles for art-making in the era of generative AI
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AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2024
- BC Heritage Award — Saving Swiss Edelweiss Village
- Governor's Award from National Trust for Canada — Heritage preservation
EDUCATION & BACKGROUND
PhD in Bioethics — University of Zurich, Switzerland
Focus: Ethics of human enhancement
Postdoctoral Research — University of Calgary, Canada
Focus: Ethics of artificial intelligence
Recognised PhD Students Programme — University of Oxford, UK
Practical Ethics
Master of Arts in Theology — Regent College / University of British Columbia
UX Design — Google UX Design Certification
INTERDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE
Avery Lake's artistic practice is informed by:
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15+ years in bioethics and philosophy of technology — examining what remains irreducibly human in the Intelligence Age
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Documentary filmmaking — centering marginalized voices and ethical storytelling
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Cultural curation (TEDx) — designing transformative experiences
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UX design — creating interactions that reveal rather than obscure
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Science communication — translating complex ideas through accessible media
This interdisciplinary foundation shapes an art practice exploring humanity's signal in the Intelligence Age: disappearance, memory, Indigenous sovereignty, climate crisis, and our relationship with emerging technologies.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
With gratitude, The Art of Avery Lake acknowledges practicing on Stó:lō Tém:éxw, in the unceded Stó:lō territory of the Máthxwi First Nation and the Semá:th First Nation.
Last updated: February 4, 2026
