Nicole Dextras

WICKED MONSTROUS DIALOGUES: Part V - Upcycled Fashion/Wearables Pleased to be among these artists giving a talk about recycling and re-thinking plastic in the world of fashion. No more polyester! Thursday, May 21, 2026 United States: 10am HDT, 1pm PDT, 2pm MDT, 3pm CST, 4pm EDT Europe: 21:00 GMT, 22:00 CET, Australia: Friday, May 22, 6:00am AEDT Register @ecoartspace 🔗 in bio: Aurora Robson @aurorarobson Alanna Baird @alannabaird Johanna Törnqvist @johanna.tornqvist Kalliopi Monoyios @kalliopi.monoyios Nicole Dextras @ndextras Sari Nordman @sarinordman This spring we are exploring through a series of dialogues, works that our members are making today that engage plastics as a material for reuse, research, and aesthetic inquiry. Artists invited are included in the upcoming ecoartspace book titled Wicked Monstrous, that will launch fall 2026. For this fifth Dialogue, we will hear from six artists who are making wearables and participating in eco fashion shows to highlight the devastating impacts the clothing industry has on the natural environment, including: Aurora Robson, lead artist for Plastic Vortex and juror for the Wicked Monstrous upcoming book who will present her upcycled plastic headwear, Alanna Baird and her Future Oceans Series including high fashion wearables, Johanna Törnqvist and adornments from her Side Effect Series made with discarded blisterpacks, Kalliopi Monoyios and her ongoing Weight of Our Possessions Series incorporating a wide range of disposable materials, Nicole Dextras and her most recent Red Bio-Jacket, and Sari Nordman and her performative wearable anxiety tapestries. #wickedmonstrous #dialogues #ecoartspace2026 #fashion #wearables #upcycling #biomaterial

Walking the quiet halls of Vancouver General Hospital at 2 in the morning I came upon this former paper-cast sculpture of mine. It is a life size depiction of my sister and brother in laws, their cultures and their soon to be blended family. The process involved making plaster casts of their bodies, then using that as a mould to layer the dyed paper inside. This requires to work in reverse, with the foreground papers added first. The design is revealed once it is taken out of the plaster mould. This piece was part of the 1995 Tribes series,exhibited at the then Vancouver Craft Museum. @vghfdn #handmadepaper #papercasting #paper #sculpture #artcollection

Thank you to all who came by during our Slow Fashion in Action event on Granville Island. It was great to have real conversation with people about sustainable fashion. From a little girl who learned that people make her clothes, to grandmothers who worked in garment factories as new immigrants, to a woman writing a thesis about consumerism and how language shapes our habits. Special thank you to those who made this all possible @fash_revcan @dreamstilll @lasallevancouver @everywaredesigns @granville_island

You are invited to come by on Earth Day April 22 to view my latest installation on Granville Island. Lets turn our attention to the emerging Slow Fashion Movement and also remember the people who perished in the Rana Plaza garment factory disaster of 2013 in Bangladesh. In addition, Saturday the 25 is a day to come together and share new skills with free workshops and a panel discussion from 12- 4 pm. In collaboration with @dreamstilll + @granville_island @fash_revcan #humanrights #garmentworkers #ranaplaza #slowfashion #earthday2026

The language of influence. #wordart #textileart #slowfashion #consumerism

#textileart #artinstallation #fash_rev_canada #dreamstill #slowfashion

As part of Slow Fashion in Action, I am presenting an installation starting on April 19 to the 25 at the Ocean Artworks Pavilion on Granville Island. I will be gallery sitting on these dates, so please come by for a visit:April 19th 1-4pm, April 22nd and 23rd 1pm -3pm, April 24th 1pm -4pm. I will also be there from noon to 5 on the 25. Drop by for the free mending and upclycling workshops or the panel discussion at 3:30. CHEAP is a textile installation that looks at the language around fast fashion and consumerism. Slow Fashion in Action is part of the worldwide Fashion Revolution Week. Special thank you to @granville_island @fash_revcan @dreamstilll for their support. #slowfashion #textileart @slowfashionseason

There is still time to sign up for this free online talk. Starts at 11am pacific time and 2pm eastern time. Part of the Solarpunk exhibition at the Crow's Nest Gallery in Baltimore. @crows.nest.baltimore . Registration link in the bio on their page. the image is a still from the Chronos time of sand short film. #shortfilm #solarpunk #artlecture #adressingthefuture #textileart #biomaterials

Sunday April 12th! Join us online with @ndextras from Vancouver, Canada! Learn about her process and philosophy behind her film, Chronos Time of Sand, which will be screening at the Crow’s Nest as part of our exhibit, Solarpunk! RSVP via the “current programming” page on our website, link in bio! #solarpunk #artisttalk

Article in the Ubyssey today about the Slow Fashion Show, mentions the Red Bio-Jacket. Reminder that the exhibition is now on at the Hatch Gallery at UBC. @ubcartsculture @ubyssey.ca @slowfashionseason @hatch_artgallery https://ubyssey.ca/culture/slow-fashion-show-recycles-on-the-runway/

The Red Bio-Jacket on the Slow Fashion runway last night. The jacket is handwoven with Alginate bio-threads and worn by @katyatorinart . Alginate is derived from algae and the colours are inspired by the many red seaweeds found on the west coast of BC. The jacket design references the iconic cropped Chanel jacket, and is presented as a sustainable version and alternative to fast fashion. The jacket and skirt also incorporates textured gelatin-based biomaterials over a repurposed skirt. Thank you to Germaine Koh and her team for organizing this great event. The jacket will be exhibited at the @hatch_artgallery until March 16 to 27. Gongrats to all the innovative designs presented at this event. #biomaterials @slowfashionseason @germkoh

Not making a basket but using the same technique to weave a sleeve of bio-thread. #biomaterials #textileart #sustainablefashion #ecofashion