Each week Becki Chan's "The Proof" feature brings you inside artist's lives on Vancouver Is Awesome.

• Shaun Layton

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  Shaun is the Bar Manager at L’Abattoir in Gastown, and has his own consulting business where he does everything from menu design, staff training, public seminars, and cocktail photography.

• Emanuel Smedbøl

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  A graphic designer, his free and determined spirit is connected to his smalltown upbringing and his slow city meanderings. He searches for the wild, the unhurried, the overlooked in everything.

• Joseph Staples

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  His new work feels as though he has boiled his collage work down to its essence and put it back together in a powerful and stripped down version of it’s former self.

• Andy Dixon

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  Andy pushes both his art and life into territory of which he is organically fearful, producing a kind of impractical and sometimes disastrous experiment in his art.

• Isabelle Dunlop

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  A creator of beautiful things, Isabelle strives to create a world where we simply get on, take responsibility for our actions and still manage to have a bit of fun along the way.

• Brent Freedman

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  Brent is the head designer and founder of a design studio that goes by the name of Gamla, which is basically a ruse for every single thing that he does in a day.

• Jen Sookfong Lee

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  Author of The End of East, The Better Mother, and Shelter, CBC Radio darling, dazzling raconteur, and always a poet, Jen Sookfong Lee is a quintessential weirdo worth paying attention to. 

• Lesli Boldt

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  A dynamic marketing communications and public affairs pro, Lesli infuses life with her intellect, compassion and charm – and she does it all with a social conscience.

• Jane Cox

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  Jane Cox is the Founder and Director of Cause+Affect, Producer of Pecha Kucha Night Vancouver and the Co-Founder of Fuel Vancouver.

• Mark Busse

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  As a design professional, creative community activist, and self professed food fanatic, Mark contributes to the social thread of engagement in Vancouver.

• Steve Rio

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  Steve does work for mission-driven clients who continually benefit from his innate ability to marry sound strategy and superior technology.

• Rachel Thexton

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  Dog owner, snowboard enthusiast and gourmand, Rachel is co-principal of Vancouver based Dunn Public Relations.

• Chris Bentzen

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  Artist, gallerist, designer, and videographer Chris Bentzen is single-handedly changing creative culture in Vancity.

• Meredith J Powell

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  Meredith is a serial entrepreneur, rule breaker, connector & creative.

• Graeme Berglund

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  Co-founder of The Cheaper Show and Black & Yellow, painter, musician, arts organizer and connector.

• Lyndon Cormack

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  Lyndon is one of two founding brothers of the Herschel Supply Company.

• Phoebe Glasfurd

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  Phoebe is the Creative Director of Glasfurd & Walker and is responsible for Vancouver identities such as Bao Bei, The Juice Truck, Meat & Bread and Litchfield.

• Gordon Glanz

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  Gordon is the founder and Distiller at Odd Society Spirits in East Van.

• A Pop-Up Affair

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  9 recent Emily Carr graduates makes up this collective which has facilitated events and exhibitions in Vancouver.

• Nicole Bridger

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  Co-founder of Lulemon's Oqoqo line, Nicole now has her own fashion label and a store located at 2151 West 4th Ave.

• Isabelle Swiderski

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  Isabelle runs Seven25, an agency that finds ways to use design to accelerate the impact of purpose-driven organizations, with studios in Vancouver and in downtown Portland.

• James Brittain

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  James is one of the senior equipment designers at MEC, a graduate of Brunel University in London, UK.

• Juno Kim

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  Juno is a down-to-earth, ambitious and naturally talented chef who puts on pop-up dinners all over the city.

• Zach Berman

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  Co-founder of The Juice Truck, Zach actually graduated from Emily Carr with a painting degree.

• Odette

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  Odette is a video production company based in South Granville, run by two creatives named Nate and Jevan.