Trinity Western University’s SAMC Gallery is hosting Marginalia, the culminating exhibition of the 2026 graduating art and design class, featuring work by Eustochia “Stochia” Ocon, Ziyi He, and Talia Wolff. Running from April 7 to 25, the exhibition brings together textile, painting, and installation practices that invite viewers to listen closely to voices often overlooked in society.
The exhibition’s title references the notes and drawings scribbled in the edges of manuscripts—elements that exist outside the main text yet often reveal something deeply human. In the same spirit, Marginalia turns attention toward experiences and perspectives that exist at the edges of culture, asking visitors to consider what it means to attend carefully to the world around us.
Art as attentive presence
The three artists engage the idea of the artist as a “maerscarpa,” or borderstalker, a concept articulated by Christian artist and thinker Makoto Fujimura. This posture does not retreat from culture, but instead approaches it with attentiveness, humility, and care. Through their work, Ocon, He, and Wolff embrace positions that are both critical and generative, creating space for reflection, dialogue, and empathy.
Artist and exhibition coordinator Stochia Ocon describes this approach as an intentional act of listening. For these artists, to work at the margins is to pay attention—to notice complexity, to ask difficult questions, and to invite conversation where indifference or division might otherwise take root.
Diverse practices & shared concerns
Visitors to Marginalia encounter a range of materials and methods that reflect the artists’ distinct practices and shared commitments. Talia Wolff’s intricate, hand-embroidered patchwork quilts invite gentle engagement with challenging conversations around identity and faith. Ziyi He’s dramatic installation of discarded objects uses light and shadow to confront everyday realities and lingering impacts of war and violence. Stocia Ocon’s oil paintings and interactive installation prompt reflection on how media shapes perception of both the world and the self.
While varied in form, the works are united by a desire to foster attentiveness, encouraging viewers to slow down, remain open to perspectives beyond their own, and consider the beauty and intensity present in complex spaces.
An end & a beginning
As the final exhibition for these graduating students, Marginalia represents both a culmination of their studies at TWU and a forward-looking step into professional artistic practice. Together, the artists demonstrate how creative work can engage culture generously and faithfully, using skill and imagination to explore themes of memory, embodiment, justice, and hope.
Marginalia is on view at the SAMC Gallery, located in the Norma Marion Alloway Library on TWU’s Langley campus, from April 7 to 25. The exhibition is free and open to the public during regular gallery hours.
About Trinity Western University
Founded in 1962, Trinity Western University is a global Christian liberal arts university dedicated to equipping students for life. Uniting faith and reason through Christian teaching and scholarship, TWU is a research institution offering undergraduate and graduate degrees in the humanities and sciences as well as in several professional schools. TWU has its main campus in Langley, B.C. and campus sites in Richmond, B.C. and Ottawa, Ont.
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