About

Vladimir Kanic is a transdisciplinary artist whose living algae installations transform spectators' breath into oxygen, creating participatory ecosystems that embody the possibilities of interspecies collaboration.

Informed by his maritime heritage and ocean freediving experience, Kanic's practice uses breath as both material and method for creating art, accessing cultural, ancestral and geological memories embedded within algae — Earth's principal carbon sinks, responsible for producing approximately half of planetary oxygen.

Kanic's work envisions a symbiotic future where living artworks serve as both ecological interventions and world-building frameworks for socioecological resilience and repair.

Recipient of two Governor General's Academic Medals, Kanic holds an MFA from York University and a BFA from OCAD University. He is also an award-winning filmmaker and an alum of the Locarno Film Academy and Berlinale Talents.