Mev Daschuk is a Vancouver Island based artist originally from Regina Saskatchewan. She has a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with a Minor in Visual arts from the University of Victoria. Mevs experience as a street skateboarder has directly impacted on her work. Mev presented her debut solo exhibition Every Girl’s Summer Dream, at Mountain archives in Revelstoke, British-Colombia in August 2024. Since then, she has had a number of group exhibitions, notably a collaborative show Eyes Won’t Stop Their Glitterin’ with Dayna Derksen at Botched Gallery in February 2025 in Victoria, British-Colombia. In September 2025, Starting Small at University of Victoria Mezzanine Gallery (Victoria BC), in October 2025 Ode to Oleander at University of Victoria Mezzanine Gallery (Victoria BC), and in November 2025 Spillways at Audain Gallery (Victoria BC). Mev’s art has been used as graphics for Tiki Room Skateboards and Goodnews Skateshop.
I work primarily with acrylic, alcohol-based paint, lacquer, and airbrush on canvas or wood, building layered surfaces that mix precision with improvisation. My use of airbrush and paint balances expressivity with mechanistic effects. I often incorporate spray paint, paint pens, and glitter as I explore the qualities of surface and how these textures shape our perception of the maker. Through recombination and mechanical replacement, I produce visual proofs and geometries that reframe the viewer’s understanding of certain imagery. My paintings are bold, recognizable, and in-your-face. I pay close attention to detail to the human qualities that have formed the basis of my inspiration. My work draws heavily from industrial metalwork, advertisements, graffiti, and mathematical and scientific representations. I am interested in the ways in which humanity embeds itself in the materials we create, especially those that seem commonplace. Found imagery plays a large role in my work, and my approach to appropriation stems largely from physical media and found objects such as magazine clippings, comic books, photographs, and packaging. My fascination and love for skateboarding, tattoos, and graffiti are also manifested in my work. I have been shaped by the critiques, beliefs, and support of these communities, the work I produce has been largely affected by the outlook of those I admire. I have developed my own understanding of the role of participants within these subcultures by analyzing the historical context of the imagery they produce while highlighting visual links. My work is meant to question the permanence of the rules I have encountered, and of the influences that have created them.
