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ALBERTA PREVIEWS & FEATURES
8 Banff, Black Diamond, Calgary 9 Fiona Ackerman - Herringer Kiss Gallery
12 Edmonton
14 Lethbridge, Medicine Hat, St. Albert 11 Alberta Vignettes
BRITISH COLUMBIA 15 Spring Exhibition - Udell Xhibitions
15 Abbotsford 23 Ipseity - Penticton Art Gallery
16 Burnaby
17 Castlegar, Chilliwack, Comox 24 British Columbia Vignettes
18 Coquitlam, Courtenay, Cumberland,
Fort Langley, Grand Forks, Kamloops 31 Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa - Grunt Gallery
20 Kelowna, Laxgalts’ap, Maple Ridge
Nanaimo 32 The Poetics of Photomontage - Slide Room Gallery
22 Nelson, New Westminster
23 North Vancouver 34 Andre Petterson - Bau-Xi Gallery
28 Penticton 38 Tony Yin Tak Chu - Art Beatus
29 Port Alberni, Port Moody, Prince George,
Prince Rupert 42 Julia Feyrer - Catriona Jeffries Gallery
30 Qualicum Beach, Richmond
31 Salmon Arm, Sidney, Skidegate 44 Beau Dick - Audain Art Museum
32 Surrey
33 Tsawwassen, Vancouver 48 Karin Lee - Sum Gallery
53 Vernon, Victoria
55 West Vancouver, Whistler 54 Ernestine Tahedl - Madrona Gallery
56 White Rock, Williams Lake
57 Don Frank - Imogen Gallery
OREGON 59 Oregon Vignettes
56 Astoria
57 Cannon Beach 60 Holy Beauty - Hallie Ford Museum of Art
58 Portland 62 Basketry in America - Whatcom Museum
62 Salem
63 Sisters 64 Alfredo Arreguín - Linda Hodges Gallery
WASHINGTON 66 Close-up: Nicholas Dorman - Seattle Art Museum
63 Bainbridge Island, Bellevue, Bellingham 71 Washington Vignettes
65 Everett, Friday Harbor, La Conner
66 Port Angeles 73 Catalogues
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70 Spokane, Tacoma 74 Art Services
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Opening Apr 14 From Morse to kind fine art and craft. We represent condition and the artist's obsession
Whyte: A Dynastic Bequest of close to 200 artists, most of whom with pattern. She explored the possi-
Japanese Treasures. The primary live and work within 100 miles of bilities of print and pushed the
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Fiona Ackerman: Act Naturally
HERRINGER KISS GALLERY, CALGARY AB - April 12 - May 12, 2018 herringerkissgallery.com
On the evening of September 7, 2017, those pass-
ing the Georgia Street side of the Vancouver Art
Gallery were treated to a program of projections
that saw Francis Rattenbury’s neo-classical façade
lit up with images by local artists. While past re-
sponses to the façade have varied – from working
within its structure (Neil Campbell) to its deco-
rative abstraction (Eric Metcalfe) – Fiona Acker-
man’s Over the Garden Wall (2017) drew attention
to the building-as-barricade through imagining
what might lie behind it.
The rhythms, shapes and colours afloat in
Ackerman’s projection are familiar to those who
know her canvas paintings, many of which result
from her thematic research projects. In Grasslands,
Ackerman produced a number of oil-and-acrylic
works based on garden utopias; in Studio Paint-
ings, she visited the studios of artists such as Jessica
Eaton, Atilla Richard Lukacs and Lawrence Paul
Yuxweluptun. “I see my arc of work much like that
of an author,” writes Ackerman on her website.
“Each series is like a book, different in tone, style Fiona Ackerman, Nature Ceaselessly
and story.” and Randomly Experiments, 2018, acrylic,
For her current exhibition, Ackerman has not so pencil and spray paint on canvas
much chosen a destination from which to make a
new “book,” but an approach toward it. In this instance, the mode is derived from
dance, and the objective is less the marks themselves than a record of their gestures –
“an invented nature...performed through delicate, deliberate steps.” These movements
are apparent in works like 100 Titles (2018), where choreographies of botanical forms
are reduced from flower to petal in an effort to return us to the individual plant.
Michael Turner
important Canadian artists from the eskerfoundation.com tue-sun textile tradition, and as a descendant
mid 19th century to contemporary 11am-6pm; fri 11am-8pm To Apr from generations of needleworkers
artists including: Horatio Walker, Otto 29 DaveandJenn: Paradise for and embroiderers, Torma's practice
Jacobi, Frank H. (Franz) Johnston, an in-between time brings us is both a nod to traditional working
Henri Masson, E.J. Hughes, John back to the forest, a landscape methods as well as a contemporary
Snow, Jean Pederson, Greg Pyra, often depicted in their earlier work. contribution to the subversive,
Charles Malinsky, Cam Roberts and However, this forest is a mirage; a feminist avant-garde movements of
Rajka Kupesic. Apr 21-May 19 John heartache; an exercise in resilience; the 1960s and 70s, which worked
Snow, Works on Paper. as well as a party for the end of the to reclaim craft traditions. Featuring
world. To May 6 Kapwani Kiwanga: new and major works produced over
Contemporary Calgary A wall is just a wall (and nothing the past five years. May 26-Sep 2
&403-770-1350 more at all). In this new body of Vanessa Brown Brown works in the
contemporarycalgary.com work, Kapwani Kiwanga delves into space between strength and fragility
Public programs and exhibitions are disciplinary architecture and decon- through an alchemical fusing of
held at a variety of central Calgary structs the physical and psycholog- steel, pigment, and glass - sculpture
locations. Please visit website ical qualities of different built envi- flirting with painting, a symbolic
for details. ronments including schools, prisons, narrative collage, form as gesture
hospitals and mental health facili- or character. Bringing together new
Esker Foundation ties. Opening May 26 Anna Torma. installations and recent works, rang-
4th floor - 1011 9th Ave SE Emerging from a deep Hungarian ing in scale from grand to intimate.
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CALGARY colour with loose botanical drawing. Filler weaves together painting,
This series approaches painting printmaking and photography in her
Founders’ Gallery as a dance; an invented nature 'painterly collages'. Garden Party
University of Calgary, is performed through delicate, brings together panels of colour,
4520 Crowchild Trail SW deliberate steps. May 17 Eric Louie: meticulous patterning and
&403-410-2340 Semblances. New paintings by the floral elements.
founders.ucalgary.ca Vancouver artist. The works feel tan-
mon-fri 9am-5pm; sat & sun gible but are merely approximations Nickle Galleries
9:30am-4pm adults $10; seniors $5; or shell ghost imagery. Using digital University of Calgary
students/youth (7-17) $4; children references, he creates other worldly 410 University Court NW
under 7, Veterans/Serving Military spaces that play with colour, light &403-220-7234
and Members free and space. Rhys Douglas Farrell: nickle.ucalgary.ca Apr: mon-fri
To May 27 Witness: Canadian Art Pop. A mini exhibition of new works 10am-5pm; thu 10am-8pm; sat
of the First World War. Containing by Calgary based hard-edge painter, 11am-4pm. May: mon-fri 10am-
53 works by 40 of Canada's best- Rhys Douglas Farrell which ties ele- 5pm To Apr 7 Mark Dicey: Each
known artists including AY Jackson, ments of graffiti and street painting Painted Document is a visual man-
Arthur Lismer, Henrietta Mabel May, with the minimal op-art tradition. ifest of Dicey's travels into and out
Paul Nash, Dorothy Stevens and of his workplace. It features recent
Frederick Varley. What makes this Illingworth Kerr Gallery large works on canvas, mid-sized
exhibition truly unique, however, is Alberta College of Art + Design, works on paper, a 'Swarm', a wall
that it also includes powerful and 1407 14th Ave NW collage of 'notations', a site-specific
poignant works by ordinary Canadi- &403-284-7633 ikg.acad.ca installation, and a suite of vitrines
an soldiers. A traveling exhibition by tue-fri 12pm-6pm; sat 12-4pm housing his dedicated sketch-book-
the Canadian War Museum. Opening May 17 GRAD SHOW 2018. works. To Apr 28 Walter May:
The annual Graduating Students Look Again, mixed media. May is a
HGlenbow exhibition features the work of Calgary-based artist whose practice
130 9th Ave SE students from ACAD's Ceramics, includes drawing, digital photogra-
&403-268-4100 glenbow.org Drawing, Fibre, Glass, Jewellery + phy, installations, and on occasion,
tue-sat 9am-5pm; sun 12-5pm Metals, Media Arts + Digital Technol- performance art. Opening May 2
adults $16, seniors & students $11, ogies, Painting, Photography, Print What is Money?
youth (7-17) $10, family (2 adults & Media, Sculpture, and Visual Com-
4 youth) $40, children under 6 free, munication Design programs. The The New Gallery
members free.To May 13 Eye of the Illingworth Kerry Gallery presents 208 Centre St SE
Needle. How the humble needle and work in the gallery and throughout &403-233-2399 thenewgallery.org
thread, the shiny bead and sequin, the College by nearly 200 graduating tue-sat 12-6pm Opening May 25
the porcupine quill and tuft of moose students, including the recipients of bust/boom, an exhibition curated
hair have been used in the hands of ACAD's Board of Governor Awards. by Noa Bronstein and Deborah
skilled creators to create objects of Wang. Artists include Gabrielle Hill,
incredible beauty. To May 21 Frida Newzones Gallery of Hwayeon Nam, Richard Ibghy &
Kahlo: Her Photos. A selection Contemporary Art Marilou Lemmens, An Te Liu and
of more than 240 images from a 730 11th Ave SW Gordon Matta-Clark.
collection of 6,500 photographs &403-266-1972 newzones.com
from the archives of Casa Azul (the tue-fri 10:30am-5pm; sat 11:30am- TRUCK Contemporary
Blue House) - the residence where 4:30pm To May 5 Michael Batty Art in Calgary
Frida Kahlo spent most of her life. and Kristofir Dean: Line & Colour. 2009 10th Ave SW
The photographs were locked away Opening May 12 Marie Lannoo: &403-261-7702 truck.ca
in a room of the Blue House along Spectrum. A senior Canadian tue-fri 11am-5pm; sat 12-5pm
with many of Frida's belongings abstract painter, Lannoo uses the MAIN SPACE To May 5 Juan Or-
after her death in 1954. Ongoing language of colour to accumulate, tiz-Apuy: La Guaria Morada. In La
Sandra Sawatzky: The Black Gold connect, combine, transform, and Guaria Morada, tropical orchids, an
Tapestry. The Artist’s Mirror: interact. By breaking down each hue ultrasonic industrial humidifier, and
Self Portraits. into incremental parts of increasing dehumidifiers are assembled to form
intensity and layering each part an artificial environment in a per-
Herringer Kiss Gallery over others, different iterations petual state of negotiation and pre-
709 - 11th Ave SW of one colour interact with other carity. Centred around the national
&403-228-4889 colours in a slow, steady chromatic flower of Costa Rica, the installation
herringerkissgallery.com tue-fri progression. One colour transforms serves as an homage to Ortiz-Apuy's
11am- 5:30pm; Sat 11am-5pm; into another through connection, country of origin, and functions as
Apr 12-May 12 Fiona Ackerman: accumulation, and interaction. Emily a metaphor for situations caught in
Act Naturally. A new series of ab- Filler: Garden Party. In her first solo similarly uncertain
stract paintings freely mix washes of exhibition in Calgary, Toronto-based
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WILLIAM TOWNSEND: PAINTING ALBERTA, DETAILS OF CANADA
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, To July 1
Born in London, England and trained at the Slade School of Fine Art,
William Townsend first came to Canada in 1951, to teach painting at what
was then the Banff School of Fine Arts. He must have been enchanted by the
place, because he returned regularly to teach there and at the University of
Alberta, and actively promoted Canadian art internationally. The AGA show
includes not only the paintings he made of the Canadian West, but also en- WILLIAM TOWNSEND, CASCADE XII, 1967
tries from the journals he kept of his travels across the country. COLLECTION OF THE ARTIST’S ESTATE
THE ARTIST’S MIRROR: SELF PORTRAITS Glenbow, Calgary, To Jan 16, 2019
Few subjects are as compelling as an artist’s self-portrait. Whether tempered
by an emotional state, a social setting or a political position, the images art-
ists draw, paint and photograph of themselves may be profoundly revealing
or veiled and enigmatic. This exhibition, drawn from the collections of
Library and Archives Canada and Glenbow, includes historical and contem-
porary works by Raymonde April, Emily Carr, James Hill, Yousuf Karsh and
Norval Morriseau, among many others. JAMES HILL, SELF-PORTRAIT AS A SNAIL, 1979
LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA
WALTER MAY: LOOK AGAIN Nickle Galleries, Calgary, To Apr 28
This retrospective exhibition presents a range of works produced by the
senior Calgary artist dating since the 1970s. Walter May is best known for
his sculptures and assemblages of discarded found objects, some of them
discovered in junk shops and flea markets, others gathered in neighbour-
hood lanes and alleys. Also on view are his accomplishments in other me-
dia, from drawing and digital photography to installation and performance,
WALTER MAY,
all part of his distinctive visual language. GOOD WOOD BAD WOOD AND CANE, 2015
BUST/BOOM The New Gallery, Calgary, May 25 - Jun 29
Guest curators Noa Bronstein and Deborah Wang have assembled an
amazing line-up of artists in a show that examines boom-and-bust economic
cycles through both “abstract and tangible markers.” The late Gordon
Matta-Clark (acclaimed for his architectural interventions and deconstruc-
tions), Gabrielle L’Hirondelle Hill, Hwayeon Nam, Richard Ibghy, Marilou
Lemmens and An Te Liu have all produced works that speak to the often AN TE LIU, TITLE DEED, 2009
IMAGE COURTESY OF THE ARTISTS
devastating impacts of financial crises on individuals and communities.
DEBORAH CAMERON: TRANSITORY BEAUTY Whyte Museum of the Canadian
Rockies, Banff, Apr 14 - Jun 10
Based in Banff since 1986, visual artist Deborah Cameron presents here her
“photographic compilations” – multi-layered images depicting elements of
the natural world together with more personal references and allusions. Her
impressionistic depictions of local flora and fauna, from wildflowers to moun-
tain goats, engage viewers in an exploration of colour, texture, light and form.
Educated in art history at Carleton University, Ottawa, Cameron is an active DEBORAH CAMERON, FLOW, 2017
member of Banff’s cultural community.
preview-art.com PREVIEW 11CALGARY Liz Burritt, Jenn Demke Lange, is much to be cynical about, but I
Jason Lange, Jim Etzkorn, Xanthe have found an outlet where I gather
and precarious conditions. La Guaria Isbister, Koi Neng Liew, Annette ten much joy and light. I am so fortunate
Morada is a fragile ecosystem. +15 Cate, Jenna Stanton, Noriko Masuda, to be able to pass on that joy. As
WINDOW GALLERIES Apr 6-May Susan McKinnon. Set in the Historic an Aboriginal man from Little Red
31 Madeleine Mayo: Hot Mess. Clay District (Medalta) which was River Cree Nation, I gather much
Fluorescent pink light radiates once home to some of Canada's inspiration from the stories passed
with deceptive openness while most important clay factories. They on by elders within my community.”
an unstoppable leak threatens to sat abandoned after the industry -Jason Carter
affirm the unruly desire for more. declined, and are now being refur-
The impossible bulk of Imagination bished into dynamic cultural hubs, Bugera Matheson Gallery
lumbers back to the sweeping, and and today, artists come from all over 10345 124 St NW
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artists who have decided to make tue-fri 11am-5pm; sat 10am-5pm
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features super-realistic Alberta
Alberta Craft Gallery Art Gallery of Alberta landscapes with bright vibrant
10186 106 St NW 2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq colour. "Ours is the presence of the
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CRAFT albertacraft.ab.ca tue-wed 11am-8pm; thu-fri desire to capture the presence of the
mon-sat 10am-5pm, thu 10am- 11am-5pm; sat-sun 10am-5pm moment. I am motivated by a desire
6pm Apr 14-May 26 Amy Malbeuf adults $12.50, seniors (65+)/ to respond to nature's rhythm. I
and Ruby Sweetman: The Art of students $8.50, children under 6 look for an offered tableau spread
Hide Tanning: Tradition Inspiring free, children 7-17 $8.50, family (up that begs interpretation.” Born in
the Present and Future. Features to 2 adults + 4 children) $26.50, Holland, Jim Visser came to Canada
new contemporary and traditional members free.To May 6 Peter von with his family after the Second
works by Malbeuf and Sweetman Tiesenhausen: Songs for Pythag- World War and settled into farming
created through the traditional oras. Addressing ideas of time, life, near Edmonton. Apr 27-May 12
thirteen-step Woods Cree hide nature and re-generation, this new Les Graff: Colour Spelled with a
tanning process taught at Portage exhibition also engages audiences U presents evocative abstracts rich
College. This exhibition is part of with important issues related to ex- in opulant colour, and masterfully
the Alberta Foundation for the Arts traction, production and our impact executed. In 2017, his 57th year
25th Anniversary Commemorative on the environment. of studio production, he changed
Art Projects. Opening May 5 Home. Ongoing William Townsend: Paint- his focus. Exploring colour and
Artists: Les Manning , Aaron Nelson, ing Alberta, Details of Canada. visual texture, and the importance of
William Townsend came to Canada media bypassing the idea of subject
for the first time in 1951 to teach altogether. Born in Camrose, Les
painting in Banff. For the rest of his was inducted in the Royal Canadian
life he returned repeatedly to teach Academy of Art in 2016 for his con-
in Alberta, surveying the state of tribution to the arts in Canada.
contemporary painting across the
country while en route. Sharing Peter Robertson Gallery
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mon-fri 11am-5pm; sat 10am-5pm;
Bearclaw Gallery Apr 6-21 Graham Peacock: Fields I
10403 124 St NW Figure. Recent paintings, new work
&780-482-1204 from 2015-2018 show the play with
bearclawgallery.com the crazed allover fields of colour
mon-sat 10am-5:30pm Apr 14-26 and forms of figuration. May 24-Jun
Jason Carter: New Works. Carter is 9 Jonathan Forrest: Colour Co-
one of Canada's most exciting and herence. Abstract paintings which
accomplished contemporary Aborigi- feature planes of thickly layered,
nal visual artists, celebrated for both smoothly articulated acrylic paint
his paintings and his carvings. “As punctuate Forrest's vibrant geomet-
an artist, I divide my time equally ric compositions. Using a fresco-like
Les Manning, Cold Stone, 2011 between painting and carving. I approach "troweling wet bright
Photo: Cecil Finch approach both with humour and colour into a wet undercoat of thick
Alberta Craft Gallery, Edmonton optimism. In the world we live, there paint" he creates unique chromatic
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of pigment and support free her deft thefrontgallery.com tue-fri 11am- Knowles, William Perehudoff, Robert
hand to respond to the personal, 5pm; sat 10am-5pm Opening Apr 26 Scott, Les Thomas, Alex Colville,
the political, the beautiful, and the Dave & Allan Thomas: Connectivi- Andy Warhol, Al Reynolds, Kevin
traumatic. May 12-Jun 2 Matthew ty. Brothers Dave and Allan Thomas, Sehn, Andrew Valko, Michael Nicoll
Tarini. A realist painter living in Ed- share the gallery exhibition space Yahgulanaas, David Thauberger,
preview-art.com PREVIEW 13EDMONTON open a door into 51 studios of artists of people she has known for years.
currently working across Canada Freedman subtly manipulates the
and internationally acclaimed pho- in 2017, while also reminding us backgrounds in relation to the sitter,
tographer Matthew Pillsbury. Also how powerfully expressed were the and comments that she comes
presenting Canadian rising talents, thoughts of those 51 artists in 1967. to know their image intimately,
with new works by Hua Jin, Cory Postcommodity, Scott Benesii- although she may not know them
Nespor, Jori Warren, Grady Wallace, naabandan, Danis Goulet, Kent as people - photography’s eternal
and Tania Garner-Thomas. Monkman: 2167. imagineNATIVE, in contradiction. School Art 2018.
partnership with TIFF, Pinnguaq and Experience the creativity, charm and
LETHBRIDGE the Initiative for Indigenous Futures talent of Medicine Hat and region's
(IIF), present 2167, an innovative students, from Kindergarten to
HSouthern Alberta Art Gallery virtual reality and media project. Grade 12, in this year's new School
601 3rd Ave S &403-327-8770 Four Indigenous filmmakers and Art exhibition. More than 40 schools
saag.ca tue-sat 10am-5pm; thu 10 artists have been commissioned to present art in all media that will
am-7pm; sun 1-5pm. create four VR works in the context delight and fill all with well-founded
To Apr 22 Jackson 2Bears, Tori of 2017, Canada's sesquicentennial, hope for the future of Medicine Hat's
Foster, Mary-Anne McTrowe, with each artist asked to set their children and youth.
Robyn Moody, Adrien Segal, work an additional 150 year
Michelle Sylvestre, Dr. André La- in the future.bridge ST. ALBERT
roche, Dr. Jamie Larsen, Christine
Clark: Visualizing Agriculture. The MEDICINE HAT HArt Gallery of St. Albert
growing field of Data Visualization #100-6D Perron St (temporary
is situated at the fertile intersec- Esplanade Art Gallery location until fall 2018)
tion of art and science. Explores 401 1st St SE &403-502-8583 &780-460-4310
the symbiotic coupling of these esplanade.ca mon-fri 10am-5pm; artgalleryofstalbert.ca tue-sat
seemingly disparate disciplines. sat noon-5pm Children (5 and 10am-5pm; thu 10am-8pm Apr
The artwork that emerges from this under): FREE, General Admission: $7, 5-28 Wei Li: Inside Out. This
investigation explores the potential Family (up to 5 people): $20To May emerging artist's intricate paintings
that lies within scientific inquiry 12 Elaine Freedman: A Moment: present a mixture of complex lexi-
when strict standards for fact and Portraits of Women. The exhibition cons. Raised in China but educated
method are probed through an embraces a diversity of women in as a contemporary artist in Canada,
expanded perspective. Yvonne the Medicine Hat area, in this series Li's works address her own hybrid
Lammerich, Ian Carr-Harris: of over 50 photographic works. identity, as well as the subjective
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“To everything – turn, turn, turn,”
sang the Byrds in 1965. Whether
the Byrds’ cover of Pete Seeger’s ad-
aptation of the Book of Ecclesiastes
(3:1-8) refers to a change in seasons,
or is a call for peace at a time of war,
is up to the listener. But for many,
the band’s hyphenated folk-rock
version evokes yet another hyphen-
ation: that of spring blossoms and
an equally emergent “flower power”
generation of baby boomers, some of
whom are included in this 19 person
group show.
Among the boomers is Wilf
Perreault. Born in the French com-
munity of Albertville SK, Perreault
studied sculpture under Bill Epp
and Otto Rogers at the University
of Saskatchewan before moving to
Regina, where he taught high school Cory Nespor, Together, 2017, mixed media on board
until 1980. Although accomplished
in portraiture, Perrault is best known for his urban “back alley” paintings. In a recent
series using re-purposed doors, Perreault approached a landscape that many non-Prai-
rie dwellers associate with horizontality and rendered it on the vertical axis – a familiar
theme presented in an unfamiliar format.
Another exhibition participant is Winnipeg-born Cory Nespor, who, along with Tania
Garner-Tomas, Hua Jin, Grady Wallace and Jori Warren, represents a new generation
of artists inspired by similar concerns. In Together (2017), Nespor has taken a screen
print of clasping hands – one old and weathered, the other young and married – and
covered it with a text: IF YOU ARE AFRAID, TAKE MY HAND & WE WILL GO TO-
GETHER. Like Andy Warhol (also in the exhibition), Nespor has tinted the image
with rosy pinks and glowing golds.
Michael Turner
modern culture. Opening May 3 St. medium of cold wax and oil. Rachel S’eliyemetaxwtexw
Albert High Schools: High Energy Roznaski: Fantasy is a series of Art Gallery
23: Cultivating Change. abstracted studies of human civiliza- University of the Fraser Valley
tion, often including elements of nat- 33844 King Rd
BRITISH COLUMBIA ural history, urban biodiversity, and
decay. Apr 21-May 22 The Goldn
Years is a collaborative effort high-
&604-504-7441 sag-ufv.ca
mon-fri 10am-6pm
To Apr 10 Alone In Wonder. Visual
ABBOTSFORD lighting the engagement of the short Arts Diploma Graduate Exhibition
“golden” years between a mother includes an exciting mix of inventive
Kariton Art Gallery & Boutique and her children. It combines the works: Installation, New Media,
2387 Ware St photographic skills of Britt Menzie, Print Media, Photography, Painting
&604-852-9358 and artistic skills defined through and Video. Participating Artists:
abbotsfordartscouncil.com tue-fri theory and painting of Chalie Howes. Beru Bell, Sharon Clark, Jenna Cook,
11-4pm; sat 9:30am-4:30pm To Apr The show presents captivating Mario Desantis, Mouon Levan,
18 Kindred Spirits. Kathleen Meng- images of a mother adorned in gold Candice McPherson, Susan Song.
es and Patricia Peters' combined with her children engaged in playful
body of work brings to light the gestures of love.
subtleties and grace of the unusual
preview-art.com PREVIEW 15popular Victoria-based landscape
painter. McGill Library: 4595 Albert
Street. To May 29 Estudio Mitl:
ANÍMALES. This exhibition will
showcase environmentally-focused
linocuts and wood carvings made by
the printmaking partners of Mexico
City's Estudio Mitl.
Deer Lake Gallery
Burnaby Arts Council
6584 Deer Lake Ave
&604-298-7322
burnabyartscouncil.org tue-sat
12-4pm To Apr 7 Luminescence III,
celebrates its 3rd year as a diverse
and unique cultural experience with
works by 20+ notable artists. Apr
13-28 The Best of BC: Profes-
sional Photographers of Canada
(PPOC) Hosted and organized by
ABBOTSFORD the curatorial selection process and the Burnaby Arts Council. Opening
by crafting interpretive texts to be May 5 Vue Point features works
Apr 27-May 18 Creative & Per- displayed throughout the exhibition. of Susan Point a descendant of
forming Arts Festival. This spring Saskia Jetten: PROCESSION. the Musqueam people; she is the
the Gallery serves as a focal point Jetten's work is grounded in print- daughter of Edna Grant and Anthony
in a festival celebrating the creative making but includes drawing, soft Point. Susan inherited the values
and performing arts at the University sculpture, and stop motion anima- of her culture and traditions of
of the Fraser Valley, encompassing tion. In this new body of work, she her people by her mother Edna-
Visual Arts, Theatre, and Creative continues to explore familiar themes who learned by her mother, Mary
Writing students in the English through a series of stylized, ungainly Charlie-Grant. Susan's distinct style
Department. The festival will include figures. The work explores identity has stimulated a movement in Coast
Exhibitions, Readings and short The- and inter-personal relationships, Salish art. She draws inspiration
atre Performances across several often using the theme of masks and from the stories of her ancestors
venues around the UFV Campus masquerade and the figure of the and commences the use of non-tra-
and introduce the Fraser Valley clown as they relate to the theatre ditional materials and techniques,
community to the multi-faceted of public behaviour. therefore inspiring a whole new
culture of the arts at this institution. generation of artists.
See website for details. BURNABY
Nikkei National Museum
The Reach Gallery Burnaby Art Gallery 6688 Southoaks Cres
Museum Abbotsford 6344 Deer Lake Ave &604-777-7000
32388 Veterans Way &604-297-4422 nikkeiplace.org tue-sun 11am-5pm
&604-864-8087 thereach.ca burnabyartgallery.ca tue-fri 10am- To May 27 Kelty Miyoshi McKin-
tue, wed, fri 10am-5pm; thu 10am- 4:30pm; sat-sun noon-5pm non: BETA VULGARIS: The Sugar
9pm; sat & sun 12-5pm Opening Apr 20-Jun 3 Arts Alive 2018 is Beet Projects explores the relation-
May 24 Tales Untold. Artists Rebec- an annual showcase of student ship between the seemingly innocu-
ca Chaperon, Davida Kidd, and Chris works held in collaboration with ous material of sugar and Japanese
Reid all use elements of narrative the Burnaby School District. David Canadian history in Western Canada
to conjure intense and imaginative Ostrem: Why Won't You Be Art?. (specifically, BC and Alberta). Within
worlds through a variety of media: Features 40 recent photo-collage the sugar beet, contrasts emerge
paint, photography, printmaking, based works by the Vancouver artist. between the expression of sugar's
and sculpture. Although stylistically He incorporates art history, literature purity, genericity, and neutrality and
different, all the work in this exhibi- and pop culture into incisive state- its history and conditions of labour.
tion shares a common bond through ments and questions about artistic
the artists' relationship to literary struggle, human perception, emotion SFU Gallery
structure and storytelling. Accom- and meaning. OFFSITE: Bob Prittie AQ 3004-8888 University Dr
plished BC writers Susan Musgrave, Library: 6100 Willingdon Ave. To &778-782-4266 sfu.ca/gallery
Zsuzsi Gartner, Erika Thorkelson, and May 28 Ken Faulks: Commercially Ongoing Focusing on research,
Chelsea Rooney have responded to Viable. Featuring illustration and collections, publications, projects,
this body of work by assisting with commercial design work by this and talks. Rather than presenting
16 PREVIEW n APR -MAY 2018 H OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYSDavid Ostrem
April 20-June 3, 2018
Opening Reception: April 19, 7pm
Artist Talk: April 26, 6pm
This exhibition features 50 recent
photo-collage based works by
Vancouver artist David Ostrem who
incorporates art history, literature
and pop culture into incisive
statements and questions about
artistic struggle, human perception,
emotion and meaning.
David Ostrem, Why Won’t You Be Art? No. 2, 2014,
digital collage on paper, AP/1, 33.0 x 42.5 cm,
Courtesy of the artist, Photo: Blaine Campbell
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will present their original art work. using a wide variety of techniques,
Kootenay Gallery of Art, Come and support our youth in their themes and approaches. This
History & Science Society response to the challenge that has exhibition is an opportunity for these
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5pm To Apr 14 Paul Walde: Alaska CHILLIWACK and being inspired by what others
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studios & galleries. There is no fee to CUMBERLAND 14 Uncultivated Ground: Paintings
visit the studios, and many will have from a Common Edge features
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COQUITLAM ing work that is remote and wild,
including a replica mine shaft, inter-
active kiosks, a labour history hall, rooted in location yet abstract, and
Art Gallery at Evergreen reflective of an increasingly chaotic
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displays. There is also a temporary and anxious environment. Apr 21-
1205 Pinetree Way
exhibit space which features rotat- May 5 Boundary Show Case of the
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artgalleryatevergreen.com wed-sat ing exhibits. See website for details.
best work. We have many talented
12-5pm; sun 12-4pm To Apr 22
artists throughout the Boundary
Gailan Ngan: Chronicles. Ngan’s FORT LANGLEY area, some who will be showing
first exhibition at the AGE. Renowned
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for her skilful, creative approach
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Coast. Opening May 5 Ben Reeves, In-home studio gallery of Barbara KAMLOOPS
solo exhibition. Boldt, located 5 km outside of Fort
Langley, featuring local landscapes, HKamloops Art Gallery
forest and garden scenes in oils 101-465 Victoria St
COURTENAY and soft pastels, and her signature &250-377-2400 kag.bc.ca mon-
EarthPatterns paintings of sand- sat 10am-5pm; thu 10am-9pm;
Brian Scott Studio and Gallery Opening Apr 7 Circle and Wig: Best
8269 N Island Hwy stone formations found on Galiano
Island. Copies of biography Places Friends Forever is a collaborative
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brianscottfineart.ca daily 12-4pm of Her Heart: The Art and Life of practice between Jessica Groome
18 PREVIEW n APR -MAY 2018 H OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYSGrandma and The Lions Diptych
bscottfinearts.ca
2227 Granville Street Vancouver BC
preview-art.com PREVIEW 19LAXGALTS’AP
50th SCA International Nisga'a Museum
810 Highway Dr &250-633-3050
Juried Exhibition nisgaamuseum.ca
tue-sat 10am-5pm. Admission
SCA
SC
(+GST): adults (19-59) $8, children
Open Call for Submissions (6-18) $5, preschool, senior &
Nisga'a citizens free, families (2
adults with up to 4 children) $22.
Deadline: June 1 Ongoing Anhooya'ahl Ga'angigat-
gum'-The Ancestors' Collection
Papermill Gallery features Nisga'a masks, bentwood
Todmorden Mills Museum boxes, charms, headdresses, regalia,
Toronto, Ontario rattles, and other treasures. Visit our
website for more information.
July 24 - August 19, 2018
MAPLE RIDGE
societyofcanadianartists.com The ACT Art Gallery
11944 Haney Pl
&604-476-4240
KAMLOOPS tions in a wide variety of materials, theactmapleridge.org tue-sat
including bronze, stainless steel, 10am-4pmTo Apr 21 Bettina
and Ashleigh Bartlett creating aluminum, wood and stoneware. Matzkuhn: AN EXTENDED
drawings, paintings and installa- The great diversity of outdoor art is OUTLOOK. Well known in the
tions. For this exhibition, the two complemented in the gallery by an textile world for her contemporary,
artists worked from their respective overwhelming number of paintings, intelligent, and often humorous
cities for six months before coming serigraphs, medals, reliefs and embroidery art, she will focus largely
together at the Gallery for a two- sculptures in various media. on the theme of 'weather' for this
week residency to complete the exhibition. Opening Apr 28 Garibaldi
project in The Cube. Opening Apr 14 HKelowna Art Gallery Art Club Spring Show. A mainstay
The Poetics of Space. Much art of 1315 Water St of the art scene in Maple Ridge
the last several centuries has been &250-762-2226 since 1959, the Garibaldi Art Club is
preoccupied with the creation of kelownaartgallery.com tue-sat a group of artists who get together
space, from the illusionistic space 10am-5pm; thu 10am-9pm; sun to paint, engage in workshops, and
of Renaissance art to the presence 12-4pmadults $5, seniors/students host art exhibitions each year to
of depth that can exist even within $4, family $10, group of 10 or more share their work with the community
pure abstraction. It presents a range $40, members free, thu free.To and visitors to the area.
of historical and contemporary May 27 Okanagan Print Triennial,
artworks by more than 30 artists international juried printmaking NANAIMO
that together communicate some exhibition that features artists from
of the countless ways artists have around the world, organized in col- Nanaimo Art Gallery
contemplated space. laboration with the Vernon Public Art 150 Commercial St
Gallery and UBC Okanagan. Opening &250-754-1750
Apr 7 Johann Wessels: Immacu- nanaimoartgallery.com tue-sat
KELOWNA late Deception, paint and substrate 10am-5pm; sun 12pm-5pm Apr
form the foundation of a series of 7-Jun 3 Fulhame’s Map is an
Geert Maas Sculpture exhibition named after the scientific
Gardens and Gallery meticulously fabricated historical
artifacts and relics that explore work of Elizabeth Fulhame, an 18th
250 Reynolds Rd
how art can trick both the eye and century Scottish chemist who is
&250-860-7012
geertmaas.org the mind to seduce and persuade known for her experiments with
mon-sat 10am-5pm; sun by chance. its viewers. Opening Apr 14 Art in light sensitive materials. In 1794 she
Internationally acclaimed artist Action, 32nd annual exhibition that wrote that maps could be made us-
Geert Maas invites the public to showcases the creativity and artistic ing silver chemistry inscribed by the
visit his exceptional sculpture talent of over 150 local youth from actions of light. This was essentially
gardens and indoor gallery, with one the Central Okanagan region. OFF- a photographic process, and the first
of the largest collections of bronze SITE: Satellite Space at the Kelowna recorded instance of such a discov-
sculpture in Canada; changing International Airport (YLW), Ongoing ery. Her work was remarkable, not
exhibitions, Maas creates distinctive, Julie Oakes: Awestruck, Calendar only for the revolutionary potential of
rounded, semi-abstract figures, of Ecology. her ideas, but also for her ability to
architectural structures and installa- persevere in a society hostile to the
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mid-May) adult $8; senior/student
$6; youth $4; children and members
free; thu 5-8pm by donation.To May
Tinted Dreams 27 Paul Seesequasis: Indige-
nous Archive Photo Project. An
Distillery exhibition curated from his multiyear
project via Facebook and Instagram
of sourcing and sharing images of
Indigenous people from across the
April - May, 2018
country. The result of this project
has been to emancipate images
Contact to visit studio gallery from obscurity and let them see the
light and be seen - and importantly
named and acknowledged. She.
Landscape
Charcoal and sangina on paper, 15”x18” We. They: The Women Show is a
community curated exhibition and
VLADIMIR KOLOSOV FINE ART STUDIO a partnership between Touch-
tel: (604) 466-2577 (Studio) stones and The Nelson and District
E-mail: vladimirk@artofvk.com, www.artofvk.com Women's Centre. Two very important
facets of this exhibition are a 60 ft
long timeline and a 'wall of women'
NANAIMO using historic photos, artifacts, portrait display (100+). The intent
poetry, personal statements and art. of this historical and collaborative
achievements of women. While her Artifacts, images and other content exhibition is to frame feminism from
experiments did not create lasting about the Japanese Canadian com- many perspectives - illustrate the
images, Fulhame's concepts were munity in Nanaimo augments the past - celebrate community and
fixed in the form of her essay With experience. A travelling exhibit from acknowledge the cultural currents
a View to a New Art of Dying and the Nikkei National Museum which continue to be addressed.
Painting, which became a catalyst & Cultural Centre.
for the development of photography. NEW WESTMINSTER
Featuring: Fabiola Carranza, Sara NELSON
Cwynar, Jessica Eaton, Allison Amelia Douglas Gallery
Hrabluik, Hannah Maynard, and Oxygen Art Centre Douglas College
Nicole Kelly Westman. 3-320 Vernon St (Alley Entrance) 700 Royal Ave &604-527-5723
&250-352-6322 douglascollege.ca mon-fri 10am-
Nanaimo Museum oxygenartcentre.org 7:30pm; sat 11am-4pm To Apr 21
100 Museum Way &250-753-1821 wed-sat 1-5pm May 25-27 8th Etherealize: Ink wash figures by
nanaimomuseum.ca Annual Oxygen Art Market. Every Alex Wang (Wang Zhihao). The use
mon-sat 10am-5pm May 21: daily year, the Oxygen Art Market attracts of these four tools - water, ink, paper
10am-5pm adult $2; student/senior hundreds of art-lovers! Over 40 and brush - in traditional Chinese
$1.75; Child (5-12) $0.75; Kids established and emerging Kootenay painting is not accidental. They are
under 5 Free.To May 4 Extension artists submit their paintings, draw- like the plum blossom, orchid, bam-
BC - Divided in Solidarity. The ings, prints, photographs and other boo, and chrysanthemum, which of-
community of Extension grew up 2D work for this weekend-long ten all appear in traditional painting
around a coal mine started in the event. The work is hung Salon-Style, and represent the four seasons, as
late 1890s.It was diverse, including in the manner of the Académie des well as good character. Opening Apr
residents with Italian, British, Beaux-Arts exhibitions in Paris at 26 The Pacific and Other Stories.
Finnish, eastern European, American the turn of the century, where work Works in glass and canvas by Robert
and Chinese backgrounds. Featuring was hung on every wall space from Gary Parkes and Denise Dupre.
artifacts, photos and maps from ceiling to floor. Hanging over 150
museums, archives, art galleries pieces was a major undertaking HNew Media Gallery
and public collections. Opening May for the volunteer committee, and it Anvil Centre
12 A Call for Justice: Fighting for makes for a striking event. 777 Columbia St, 3rd Flr
Japanese Redress (1977-1988). &604-875-1865
Tells the story of human rights and HTouchstones Nelson newmediagallery.ca
the enduring perseverance of the Museum of Art and History tue-sun 10am-5pm; thu 10am-8pm-
Japanese Canadian community, 502 Vernon St To Apr 8 Corpus. One in a series of
subject to unjust treatment from &250-352-9813 exhibitions that explore ontological
1942-1949. The emotional 10 year touchstonesnelson.ca wed, fri, sat states of being: the process of
struggle to achieve acknowledge- 10am-5pm; tue & sun 11am-4pm; becoming more or less human in a
ments and apology are explored thu 10am-8pm (hours change world increasingly transformed by
22 PREVIEW n APR -MAY 2018 H OPEN LATE ON FIRST THURSDAYSIpseity
PENTICTON ART GALLERY, PENTICTON BC - To May 13, 2018 pentictonartgallery.com
Although there is no exact start-
ing point for Modernism, Marcel
Duchamp’s Fountain (1917) was
recalled by many in the art press
last year, largely as an excuse to cel-
ebrate the movement’s centenary.
That this celebration resounded
not with a bang, but with a whim-
per, is indicative of a movement
that has had an uneasy relation-
ship with identity. If the impact
of identity politics had a tipping
point, it could be 2017, when ques-
tions of gender were met with re-
sponses by progressive institutions
like the Penticton Art Gallery
(PAG), where they were busy de-
vising Ipseity. J.J. Levine, Alone Time 1, 2007, photograph mounted on aluminum
According to PAG director/curator Paul Crawford, “Ipseity is a noun with its origin
coming from the Latin root ipse, ‘self’, and is defined as selfhood; individual identity,
individuality.” Crawford is careful to add that “Ipseity is by no means intended to pres-
ent a thorough exploration of gender and identity, but rather this exhibition presents
a number of personal narratives intended to start a greater conversation, which we
hope will lead to a better understanding of the complex issues faced by those in the
LGBTQ+ community.”
Guest curated by Toronto’s Toboron Waxman, the show includes: Hamed H. (Istan-
bul, Turkey via Kabul, Afghanistan), Patrick Kearns (Vancouver BC), JJ Levine (Mon-
treal QC), LyleX0X (Vancouver BC) and Raven Called Crow (Victoria BC). Equally
important are exhibition partners: the Community Foundation of the South Okana-
gan; RADAR; School District No. 67 (Okanagan Skaha BC); South Okanagan Gay
and Lesbian Association; and YES Project, all of whom are active in public programs
held in conjunction with this timely exhibition.
Michael Turner
new technologies. It is the first of So Kanno + Yang02, Bertrand Planes She uses a variety of knots, bends,
two exhibitions to explore the future + Arnauld Colcomb. weaving and crochet to produce her
of the human body. Opening Apr 28 marine formations.
TRACE. There has always The Gallery at Queen’s Park
existed an innate relationship Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park NORTH VANCOUVER
between drawing, human behaviour &604-525-3244 acnw.ca
and technology. Over time we wed 1-8pm; thu-sun 1-5pm To Apr HCaroun Art Gallery
have honed the role of our body, 29 Dennis Greer. The expansive- 1403 Bewicke Ave
perfected our tools and refined our ness and quiet energy of coastal BC &778-372-0765 caroun.net
media to make marks that interpret are strongly evident in the imagery tue-sat 12-8pm Apr 1-14 Pho-
the world around us. We have and muted palette of Greer's recent tomontage Exhibition by Armin
observed, represented, reproduced paintings. His works on aluminum Masoomabadi. Apr 17-28 Wizard,
and interpreted through technology and wood using cold wax and lin- Abstract Painting Exhibition by
and, in the process, we have merged seed oil with oil paint in an attempt Venus Arastoo Nejad. May 1-12
with these technologies. Trace is an to simulate the translucency of the Spring Group Exhibition. Works
exhibition of drawing machines, our rainy west coast atmosphere. May by Ahmad Aghazadeh, Anoshe
relationship with these technologies 2-20 Diane Roy. The striking beauty Daghighi, Armin Masoomabadi,
and the marks they leave. Artists: of landscapes and oceans' has al- Fatemeh Javadi, Leyla Mohammadi,
Patrick Tresset, Gregory Chatonsky, ways fascinated this fibre artist. Masoumeh Ghahremani Nejad,
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