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Gallery#1 |
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Maria Carolina Sanchez Bustamante presents selections from her recent work in ceramic and textile art. Gallery Vertigo invites the public to view these sensuous and compelling works.
Maria Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante brings a rich heritage of traditional South American ceramics and textile skills to her work. Tradition marries with a more contemporary sensibility, however, and the sculptural forms that result range from representational themes dealing with environmental and political issues to non-objective subjects. The weaving and ceramic pieces celebrate colour and texture offering the viewer a feast for the senses as well as food for thought.
Originally from Argentina, the artist has lived in Vernon, BC since 1989. Sanchez de Bustamante operates Ashpa Naira Gallery and Studio from her home in Killiney, on the Wetside of Okanagan Lake.
Sanchez de Bustamante studied design at the Cordoba University in Argentina and received her degree there in 1979. She has been exploring the mediums of ceramics and textlies for over three decades and has attended numerous workshops both in Canada and in South America. She has exhibited her work extensively in British Columbia and South America, and has also exhibited in international craft fairs in Europe and Asia. Sanchez de Bustamante has received several prestigious awards for her work, including the National Award for Textile Art in Argentina in 1989. The artist's work has been commissioned by the Argentinian President and the City of Cordoba as well as locally by NONA (North Okanagan Neurologial Society) and thhe Vernon Community Arts Centre. Her work can be found in numerous public and private collections in Canada, the United States, Latin America, Europe, Japan and Thailand.
ARTIST STATEMENT
If I may reflect upon the message of my work, I should say that each work is a personal interior exploration. Moved by the necessity of creating an original art form in conjunction with my South American identity, I express myself through textile and ceramic art within an ethnological connotation.
It is my intention to open paths with the possibility to connect them to joyful discoveries.
My art is a constant search as a human being.
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In his exhibition in Gallery Two, Howard Brown presents a series of wood assemblage pieces which explore the form of the chair. These recent works began life as worn and aged chair parts, bits of driftwood and found pieces of wood. What evolves from this juxtaposition of man-made and natural components is a mutated, biomorphic form. Although these pieces are still recognizable and functional as chairs, references to larger issues are suggested. The unnatural pairings suggest genetic manipulation. The softening over time of planed edges and knarly bits of wood lend a hopeful note or perhaps a warning about the possibilities of environmental recovery or decay.
Howard Brown was born in rural Alberta and currently lives in Falkland, BC. Brown studied philosophy at the University of Alberta where he earned a Masters Degree.The artist's background includes work in oilfields and coal mines, a stint in the Royal Canadian Navy, and teaching school. Brown is currently an industrial construction electrician by trade and also engages in politics, writing and the visual arts. An emerging artist, Brown has recently begun to show his work around the Vernon area in coffee houses and bistros as well as in members exhibitions at Gallery Vertigo for the past several years.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My exhibition consists of chairs which are assemblages of chair parts and found pieces of wood. This is my most recent work. All have been constructed in 2007. I originally began these on the theme 'evolution of a chair', but mutations started to occur so I let nature take its course. These latest pieces are consistant with the fascination in all my work with the shapes and textures of dead and inert things.
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| North Okanagan Members Feature Wall - Barbara Rety - Recent Work | |
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For Vernon artist Barbara Rety, being creative is a compulsion. Since she was young she has been exposed to many forms of art but has lately concentrated on life drawing and painting. Many of the artist's works explore the ambiguous elements which reflect the dichotomies inherent in a woman's life. Rety holds a BFA from Okanagan University College. The artist has an extensive exhibition history, most recently having shown her work at the Armstrong Art Gallery. |
| Vertigo Window Display: Cherie Hanson | |
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Currently on display in Gallery Vertigo's Window Gallery on 30th Avenue on street level in front of the gallery are some colourful digital works by Kelowna Artist Cherie Hanson. Hanson's art has appeared at the Kelowna Art Gallery, The Art Ark, The Alternator, The CNIB art auction, in Artscape, Artwalk, The Laughing Moon and as book illustrations. She is currently exploring digital techniques in creating her artwork; one of her digitally-altered photographs received an award of merit at a TONAC juried art show. She is also well-known in the drama world, having written, produced, directed, and costumed plays for over 20 years. In 2002, Cherie placed third in poetry at the Surrey Writer's Conference competition. Hanson's artwork can also be viewed at Studio 205 The Rotary Centre for the Arts, Kelowna, BC. |
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Exhibition
Proposals: Please print a copy of our form and send
it off to us with the information requested. proposal form and information for exhibitions in gallery #1 and gallery #2
Previous Exhibitions: 2007: |
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