b. 1990, Prince Rupert BC
they/he pronouns

Whess Harman is a member of the Carrier Wit’at Nation, a nation amalgamated by the federal government under the Lake Babine Nation. He doesn’t like cops and believes in land sovereignty for Indigenous peoples all across the globe. In his arts practice he works primarily in drawing, text and textiles. As the curator at grunt gallery and occasional editor for a mish-mash of publications, he prioritizes emerging queer and BIPOC cultural workers and artists. Whess looks to the arts as one of many tools in fighting oppressive forces and can be a little fucking rude about it, when the occasion calls. If you saw him listed as an appetizer on a menu, it’d say that he's trans, mentally ill, vegan-but-normal-about-it, GF-friendly and pairs well with soapberry ice cream in bisexual mood lighting.

Whess currently resides on the traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples and always wonders about the best way to utilize a land acknowledgement to go beyond words. What does the land want? Probably not to pummel poor and houseless people. Probably not to shame and police drug-users or shut down safe injection sites. Probably not to shame and police sex workers. Probably not to treat trans men and especially trans women like they are unworthy and disposable. Probably not to divide ourselves from communities we should be fighting alongside. These are not issues separate of the land; what makes you a good guest?