Wood is the element for the Year of the Snake in 2025. Symbols of earthiness and growth evoke the elemental balance that the snake represents—rooted yet transformative. The wood form honours the enduring spirit of the snake as a guardian and guide through change. This piece honours the snake’s role as a wise guide, reminding us to stay flexible and balanced in a changing world.
A Taiwanese-born Vancouver-based multidisciplinary designer, illustrator, and surreal dreamscape artist. Angel’s artwork embodies vibrant colors, graffiti, cartoons, experimentation, surrealism, and the spirited essence of the lowbrow art movement. It might look like a jumble of random lines and shapes, but it’s like putting together a puzzle where each little piece adds up to create something bigger.
The Lantern City is grateful to be held on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish Nation), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). We acknowledge our privilege to be gathered on this land, and commit to work with and be respectful to the Indigenous peoples whose arts and stories inspire us to bring communities together.
