Curated by Katherine Searle For both artists, the photograph is foundational to their imagery, though neither is exactly a photographer. Using mediums that range from graphite, to photo-etching, to acrylic paint, Peatman and Voth refuse to romanticize or oversimplify the experience of childhood. Instead, there is a brutal honesty in their work that addresses those
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Curated by Chantelle Fawcett Sidley is a Canadian portraiture artist, originating from Rossland, British Columbia. A recent graduate of the University of British Columbia Okanagan, Sidley is dedicated to creating artwork that explores the themes of place, time, and memory in the context of site-specificity and street art ideologies. Emerge curator Chantelle Fawcett, adds, “Sage
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The experience of pain is a semiotic quandary. Despite its seeming universality, we lack the ability to truly communicate this phenomenon, as it is altogether interior and abstract. In this new body of work, Abbotsford artist Tara-Lynn Kozma-Perrin denies figuration as she grapples with the representational relationship between chronic pain and expressive forms of communication.
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Cody Lecoy is an emerging artist of Sylix and Lekwungen ancestry whose unique perspective combines Northwest Coast formline design with the vivid, illusory qualities of Surrealism. Cognitive Dissonance, a new series of work in which Lecoy explores his family lineage to decipher his own past. Elements from colonial heraldry, specifically the Canadian Coat of Arms,
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Mi’kwite’tmn is comprised of three exhibition components. First, the Museological Grand Hall holds vitrines (plexiglass display cases) etched with silkscreened and sandblasted images of baskets made by Johnson’s great-grandmother, Caroline Gould. Specific Mi’kmaw terminology associated with particular techniques is also used to label the diagrams. The second component is the Performance Space featuring neo-artifacts activated
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2017 Fraser Valley Regional Biennale
21.09.17 - 31.12.17
The 2017 Fraser Valley Regional Biennale is a dynamic, collective representation of exceptional artwork produced by artists in the Fraser Valley region over the past two years. Tailored iterations of the exhibition will be presented at multiple venues throughout 2017. The exhibition is planned by The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford in partnership with the Abbotsford
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Curated by Christina Billingham Fragmented Self features the work of emerging Fraser Valley artists: Andrew Booth, Paige Caldwell and Amanda Vergara. Curated by Emerge University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) Intern, Christina Billingham, Fragmented Self explores the idea of internal conflict and the disassociation it may lead to. The artists use bold imagery to demonstrate
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This exhibition of new work by accomplished printmaker Ericka Walker explores the visual and rhetorical relationship between war-era propaganda and continued notions of patriotism, capitalism, and white supremacy in North America.
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Jim Adams: The Irretrievable Moment is a two-part retrospective exhibition between the Surrey Art Gallery and The Reach Gallery Museum Abbotsford.
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Collaborative and independent works by Brendan Tang and Sonny Assu combine elements from science fiction, comic book, and gaming cultures to consider how these forms alternately reinforce and transcend racial boundaries in youth culture.
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