Vancouver artist Casey Wei has won this yearB次元官网网址檚 $25,000 Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize.

She was among five contenders who displayed their work at The Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver in the Lind Biennial exhibition.

WeiB次元官网网址檚 video installation, titled The Zhang Clan, spans three screens as it explores her motherB次元官网网址檚 familyB次元官网网址檚 migration to Melbourne, Australia from China after the Tiananmen Square massacre.

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The Lind Prize is awarded biannually to an emerging British Columbia-based artist.

The other finalists this year include Mena El Shazly, Karice Mitchell, Dion Smith-Dokkie and Parumveer Walia.

The exhibition will be on display at The Polygon Gallery until Feb. 2.