The Polygon is excited to collaborate with Samuel Olsen, founder of Greasy Zine, and Chris Reed, co-founder of Queer Based Media, for a collage party inspired by the work of Martine Gutierrez. Explore – and cut up – a trove of Vogue magazines to create an original September issue spread.

Doors at 6:30pm
Collage Party at 7:00pm

This event is at capacity

RSVPs are helpful

Admission is by donation, courtesy of BMO Financial Group

About the artists

Samuel Olsen is a multidisciplinary artist experimenting primarily in fine art portraiture under the alias Greasy Dart, along with his lucrative Nail Art business Greasy Nails. With high impact colours driving his intuitive aesthetic, Greasy builds each artistic endeavour on a foundation of body neutrality and collaboration, allowing him to authentically uplift the femme + queer community he proudly calls Family. Greasy Zine is the newest and most comprehensive extension of the Greasy universe. Launched in 7 retailers this spring including the prestigious Polygon Gallery, Greasy Zine is Vancouver's premiere Annual Queer and Indigenous fashion, Arts, and Culture print. Greasy Zine aims to swing just as hard with subject matter as outfitting, passing to mic to creators with unique and unapologetic perspectives. With headliners Sha Sha, Pussy Riot, Sasha Velour, Owen Unruh, and Uffie rounding out our SS24 Issue, Greasy Zine is revamping standards nation wide for representation in Canadian print media!

Chris Reed, also known as Continental Breakfast, is a non-binary multidisciplinary artist, event curator, and Director of media production company Queer Based Media. They are Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree and are a settler on the stolen lands of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Band. Reed is self-taught within the mediums of film, photography, drag performance art, design, and production. Reed was named in Vancouver Magazine's Power 50 list, BC Business 30 under 30, has had work screened at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Seattle Queer Film Festival, and Red Nation Film Festival. They have performed at The Polygon Gallery, SUM Gallery, and numerous self-produced shows including The Darlings: Archive (2023) which was funded by Canada Arts Council.