DIONNE CO is a Chinese-Filipino Canadian artist and writer based in Vancouver, B.C., on the unceded and ancestral territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. She graduated with a Master’s of Urban Studies from Simon Fraser University and lives in East Van with her partner and two dogs.

Five More Minutes. Gouache, ink and pencil crayons on cold-pressed paper. 9” x 12”. Nov 2025. Slice of Life Gallery.

Through the language of comics and sequential storytelling, Dionne’s narrative and illustrative work is rooted in scenes of everyday life, exploring themes like alienation, intimacy, precarity, and the complexity of relationships between humans and the non-human world. Her work is undergirded by an understanding of how personal stories are shaped alongside social, political and historical contexts. The medium of comics is particularly useful for juxtaposing some of the heavier topics of her work, like trauma and grief, with the levity and humour inherent in her style and playful aesthetics. Equal parts writer and illustrator, Dionne’s work also engages with philosophical questions about the hybridity of comics as a medium and the relationship and distinction between words and images.

Dionne also runs Street Dog Press, a micro-press that prints and publishes zines, books, posters and various graphic ephemera as a part of her artistic practice. She is one-half of AC/DC Comics and has been running a book club since 2021. She loves to read novels.

EVENTS 2025