//2004
November 12 - December 11, 2004
//Annual Members' Exhibition
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The annual members' show allows local artists to exhibit their work in a professional space, creating a dialogue about current artistic production in the community. The exhibition, held in conjunction with the annual membership drive, is a fundraising event for the gallery.
September 26 - November 1, 2004
//Unsolved Mysteries
Renay Hiromi Egami
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Renay Egami (Kelowna, BC) presents a new installation and video that explores the aftermath of death and unsolved mysteries. The perfection of the manicured domestic "lawn," a public image of private life, has gone awry and this verdant pile is symbolically transformed into a site of commemoration. A video loop of the "body" in transition, one that is unbound, permeable, shifts and dissolves, becomes a metaphorical site to explore the desire to preserve life and escape the flow of time but inevitably results in uncertainty and loss.
Egami holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has exhibited her work in Chicago, Montréal and Japan.
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August 6 - September 11, 2004
//Eye Candy
Colwyn Griffith
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Colwyn Griffith (Hull, Que.) is a photographer who explores the relationship between food and various aspects of culture and society, particularly the fabrication of artificial and manipulated environments. Griffith constructs landscapes of such Canadian landmarks as Niagara Falls, Lake Louise and Peggy's Cove using processed foods such as fruit roll-ups, hickory sticks, wafer cookies and candy floss. Griffith's aim is to hijack the viewer's sense of esthetic pleasure in nature with the industrial reality that most North Americans ingest each day.
Colwyn Griffith holds a Bachelor of Arts (1994) from Carleton University and studied at the Dawson College Institute of Photography in Montréal from 1994 to 1996. He has exhibited his work in solo exhibitions in galleries in Ottawa and Winnipeg as well as in group exhibitions in Québec City, Tokyo and Ottawa. He received creation / production grants from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2002 and 2000.
August 6 - September 11, 2004
//The Reproductive Years
Lalie Douglas
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Lalie Douglas (Montréal) examines the distance between socially constructed values and subjective reality as they relate to motherhood. Douglas juxtaposes various historical and cultural constructs using the visual and corporeal language of clothing and household items. Using traditional techniques such as needle work, she makes objects that appear to be part of the household sphere yet are distant enough to comment on it, thereby addressing the complex issue of how personal and cultural histories inform identity.
Lalie Douglas graduated from Concordia University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1995. She has exhibited her work in solo exhibitions in Montréal and Regina and has participated in group exhibitions across Canada and in the United States. She received a creation / production grant from the Canada Council for the Arts in 2003.
June 11 - July 24, 2004
//Redo It Yourself
Heather Maxwell
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Heather Maxwell (Kelowna, BC) tests the ground between sculpture and architecture in installations that explore the related visual languages of each discipline. Maxwell uses building materials commonly found in home construction but reverses the interior logic of familiar structures to create new and oddly dysfunctional territories for exploration. Elements are detached from their original context and reinterpreted formally while acknowledging their material history.
Heather Maxwell graduated from Okanagan University College with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2003. Her work has been exhibited throughout the Okanagan.
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June 11 - July 24, 2004
//Self-Portrait of the Artist
Ryan Andrew Statz
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Ryan Andrew Statz (Calgary) rejects the creation of monumental art work, producing instead small-scale drawings to engage viewers on an intimate level. While the subject matter varies, his work focuses on relationships, not only between the viewer and the work, but between the artist and everyday experiences.
Ryan Statz graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 2000. He has had solo exhibitions in Calgary and Edmonton and has participated in numerous group exhibitions in Western Canada.
April 23 - May 29, 2004
//Tea and Gossip
Linda Duvall
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Linda Duvall (Saskatoon) takes as her focus the formation of individual identities and the way they are revealed in societal contexts. She collects oral histories and records ordinary conversations, creating a hybrid merging of video and participatory performance. Tea and Gossip addresses ethically complex circumstances concerning wrongly attributed paternity. Viewers are invited to gossip about what they have seen on video and write their opinions on cards that are displayed in the gallery.
Linda Duvall (Montréal) holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Michigan and is a video instructor at the University of Saskatchewan. She has held exhibitions in Ireland, Spain, Guatemala and galleries across Canada.
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April 23 - May 29, 2004
//My Little Big Man
James Prior
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James Prior (Montréal) uses photography and video to explore conceptions of masculinity, particularly as it involves cultural clichés relating to love and loneliness. The series, My Little Big Man, evolves out of the traditions of family portraiture to begin an inquiry into contemporary fatherhood. Prior presents two fictional characters - father and son - clothed in matching attire in lush landscape scenes. The work is both a comical portrayal of traditional father-son relations and an investigation into the sense of absence and loss that have become central components of contemporary family life.
James Prior graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Photography from Concordia University in 2001. His work has been in solo exhibitions at galleries in Vancouver, St. John's, Nfld., and Montréal and group exhibitions across Canada.
March 5 - April 10, 2004
//Warped
Robyn Foster
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Robyn Foster (Nanaimo, BC) provides viewers with a physical escape from familiar environments and habitual routines via sculptures that shift conventional perceptions. Using seductive materials such as plastic, silk and velvet as encouragement for direct participation, she offers costumes, playful objects and sci-fi environments to allow adults to recapture the fantasy world of childhood.
Robyn Foster holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Victoria. She has exhibited her work in London, Stratford, Kelowna and Victoria.
January 16 - February 21, 2004
//All Things to All Men (and Women)
Cindy Baker
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Cindy Baker (Saskatoon) examines societal standards, particularly as they relate to language and dissemination of information. She is interested in things that are awkward, out of place and pathetic and has a strong performance and conceptual base to her work. Whether creating toys that are liars or walking through the community in a Plexiglas box, she takes the insignificant and magnifies it, pointing out the absurdities that exist around us. All Things to All Men (and Women) is a tongue-in-cheek look at underwear as a metaphor for all possible objects of fantasy - all possible wearers - to highlight the broad spectrum of desire.
Cindy Baker has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Alberta. She has exhibited her work in Brandon and Edmonton and held performances in Regina, Edmonton, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Saskatoon.
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March 5 - April 10, 2004
//Video Salon
Curators: Brian Gotro, Holliby Ross
Video Salon 2004 features the videos by six artists from Australia, Great Britain, the United States and Canada.
Michele Beck and Jorge Calvo (New York) Video Title: Labyrinth. Beck and Calvo are influenced by early experiments in performance video, the plays of Samuel Beckett and the screams of Artaud. Beck has her MFA from the Parsons School of Design. Calvo attended the Sydney Center for Photography in Australia and The Drama Studio in Sydney.
Graham Clayton-Chance (Manchester, England) Video Title: Airbath. Originally commissioned as an installation in a decommissioned underground reservoir, Airbath explores ideas related to suspension, light and air.
Emma McRae (Melbourne) Video Title: Spandock (urbanik). Part of a project commissioned by Cocosolidciti, Spandock (urbanik) considers communities that live on or under bridges, imagining a span with extended structures to allow for parasitic architectures.
David Poolman (London, Ont.) Video Title: a little bit of nothing. Poolman experiments with viewer positioning within a narrative and the deconstructive or transient nature of metaphor in the production of meaning. Poolman has an MFA from the University of Windsor and has exhibited nationally and internationally.
Sue Bizecki (Kelowna) Video Title: Straight Line Curve. Bizecki is a student at Okanagan University College. She uses sound and image repetition in a process of visual construction and deconstruction.
