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Startup finds unusual exhibition spaces for Vancouver artists

Do you have your artwork hiding somewhere in the dark recesses of your dorm room? Well, it’s time for your masterpiece to be front and centre at a unique location, thanks to a new startup by an SFU entrepreneur. Alex Dorandish, an SFU communications student, has created Folion, a service that seeks out unconventional exhibition sites for artists to display their artwork. The aim is to maximize artist exposure. For Dorandish, the idea was the result of personal frustration over being rejected from a lot of Vancouver’s conventional galleries. His big break came when Beau Photo, a Vancouver business, sponsored…

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