Jag Nagra
— Visual Artist

Jag Nagra is a queer Punjabi Visual Artist whose vibrant, culturally rooted work explores themes of identity and belonging, and who brings these stories into the public realm through large-scale installations and community-based projects throughout Greater Vancouver, B.C.

Artist Jag Nagra stands in front of her hand-painted mural at Newton Athletic Park in Surrey BC

Portfolio

Jag Nagra takes a photo of the Guru Nanak Jahaz Komagata Maru Place signs. Click image to play video

Guru Nanak Jahaz
(Komagata Maru) Place

Permanent street signs honouring the tragedy of 1914 where 350+ Indian passengers were unjustly denied entry to Canada.

City of Vancouver, 2024
Burrard/Thurlow & Canada Place,
Vancouver, B.C.

Artist Jag Nagra stands in front of a Translink bus wrapped in her vibrant Vaisakhi artwork. Click image to play video

First artist-commissioned Vaisakhi bus wrap

Rumala Sahib–inspired artistic bus wrap for the Vancouver & Surrey Nagar Kirtans, honouring Sikhi and fostering belonging.

Translink, 2024
Vancouver and Surrey, B.C.

NHL Vancouver Canucks hockey players Brock Boeser and Elias Pettersson are coming onto the ice rink wearing yellow Diwali Jersey's designed by artist Jag Nagra. Click image to play video

First artist-commissioned
Diwali jerseys for Canucks

Limited edition warm-up jerseys for the Vancouver Canucks Diwali celebration game featuring chest and shoulder patches.

Vancouver Canucks, 2021
Vancouver, B.C.

Granville Street banners commissioned by Downtown Vancouver BIA, Vancouver B.C. 2022

First artist-commissioned Vaisakhi Bus wrap for Translink, Vancouver and Surrey, B.C.

Mural in Newton Athletic Park, commissioned by City of Surrey, 2025

Mural in Newton Athletic Park, commissioned by City of Surrey, 2025

Mural in Newton Athletic Park, commissioned by City of Surrey, 2025

Pride Mural at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey B.C. 2026

Pride Mural at Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Surrey B.C. 2026

Permanent streets signs for Guru Nanak Jahaz (Komagata Maru) Place, Vancouver, B.C. 2024

Permanent streets signs for Guru Nanak Jahaz (Komagata Maru) Place, Vancouver, B.C. 2024

Mural for Community Savings Credit Union, Newton, Surrey B.C. 2024

Pride art installation commissioned by Guildford Town Centre, Surrey, B.C. 2021

Lantern City, Vancouver, B.C. 2026

Pride banners commissioned by Guildford Town Centre, Surrey, B.C. 2021

First artist-commissioned Vaisakhi artwork for the Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver B.C. 2021

Art collaboration with Elgin Park Secondary students, Surrey, B.C. 2023

Pride Mural commissioned by Guildford Town Centre, Surrey, B.C. 2021

Lanterns for Lunar Fest, Vancouver, B.C. 2022

Lanterns for Lunar Fest, Vancouver, B.C. 2022

Mural for Punjabi Market, South Vancouver, B.C. 2022

Billboard honouring frontline workers during the Covid-19 pandemic, as part of City of Vancouver's Platforms 2020: Public Works Vancouver, B.C. 2020

First artist-commissioned limited edition Diwali warm-up jerseys for the Vancouver Canucks, Vancouver B.C. 2021

Street banners for Punjabi Market, South Vancouver, B.C. 2021

Public Art, Downtown Vancouver, 2019

Bag Boog

A visual archive and celebration of an often-overlooked facet of Indian retailers.