Artist Statement:

The insidious nature of war is quietly bombing its way into the conscience of a greater population. Camouflage culture is spreading like radiation in the choking news media. They fill consumers with a reality fabricated by the imagination of an artist with psychotic tendencies. A planet that has recently acquired the ability to explode giant mushrooms that spread cloaks of invisible poison is a scary one to live on - but fear is debilitating, and so we must face and contemplate such issues as they effect the whole of life. The work in Atomic Pollen writes a conceptual chapter about humanity and conflict. The work is extracted with empathy rather than experience, evolving rather than planning. Making these dreams appear in a reality of acrylic paint and wooden board is far from the subject, but it sets the fuse for wonder and curiosity which can keep fear from being contagious. (Pfannschmidt) 

About the Artist:

Otto Gepko Pfannschmidt lives and works in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. The artist studied fine arts at Okanagan College from 1988 to 1991 and then at the Alberta College of Art and Design from 1992 to 1994. Upon completion of his formal education, Pfannschmidt began freelancing as a graphic designer and also began to create his own personal body of work. The artist continues to produce design work for clients in Canada and the United States. He has exhibited his fine arts work in the Interior of BC, in Vancouver and in the USA.

Artist Statement

Our collaborations operate within the potentiality of the obscure. Random, spontaneous interventions take place of traditional methodologies. Through awkward and energetic play, we fuse together dynamic collaborative mark-making to compose intriguing paintings.
Our process utilizes the movement of the human body as a vehicle to power paint onto canvas and wood. Using a variety of textures ranging from light washes to thicker splotches, our paintings show depth truthful to a pure-paint medium. We do not limit ourselves via the genre of paint and often employ latex, acrylic or oil. As are paintings evolve as a product of our immediate surroundings and are, in process, un-precious, foreign objects occasionally find their way into our 2-dimensional art. We paint on the floor. The painting becomes precious only after the superficial encasement of a high gloss epoxy resin, which illuminates the irony of our paintings’ finished status as being a commodity molded for the consumer. (Mace & Newell)

About the Artists:

Kayleigh Mace and Melanie Newell produce and exhibit work collaboratively as "DUO". Both artists are from Kelowna and graduated from UBC Okanagan's Fine Arts Program last year and were part of Anchor Tennant, the UBC O BFA Garduation Exhibition. They have since exhibited at Sopa Gallery in Kelowna, and participated in Winfield's Lake Country Art Walk. This is their first exhibtion at Gallery Vertigo.

NOAA Members Wall Gallery

June features student work from a recent workshop held at Gallery Vertigo called "Art & Attention" led by artist Heidi Thompson. The painterly landscapes are the very impressive first effort for many of the artists involved.

Vertigo Window Gallery:
Joanne Pringle

Artist Statement
Papier mache is a medium that people can relate to but are also surprised at the possibility of what can be done with it. I like challenging the medium of papier mache and bringing it to heights beyond expectation. Working with a paper pulp / glue mix results in pieces that can be large, but light weight and durable. (Pringle)

About the Artist:
Joanne Pringle is a self-taught artist, having gained the basic principle of art from books and in secondary school. Experimenting with many mediums, the artist is inspired by nature and her life's journey. Pringle's current artistic endeavor is working with the medium of  papier mache and looking for ways to stretch the versatility of the medium. The artist currently works from her home in Salmon Arm and maintains a studio space at Gallery Vertigo.

Artist Statement:
The “abolition” series is a group of drawings which have been created watching the hillsides of the Okanagan. Thinking about erosion, specific landscapes and changing of perspective within those landscapes has provided a softer, stranger view of the world. There is a quirky twist to these pieces, and I sometimes have thought that I was creating alien contour maps of the Okanagan hills. (Powell)

About the Artist:
Amber Powell grew up in Winfield, BC. She studied art at Okanagan College in 1987-88, and continued her education at the University of Victoria where she studied printmaking and drawing. Powell graduated from the University of Victoria in 1991 with a BFA, majoring in printmaking. She went on to do commercial art and design in Vancouver for many years and also produced  her own work as a member of a Granville Island studio.
After returning to the Okanagan in the year 2000, Powell became a founding member of Gallery Vertigo and continues to produce drawings while being an active member ofthe local artists’ community. The artist  has exhibited her work in public and private galleries in Vancouver, the Fraser Valley, Vancouver Island, and the Okanagan. Over the last several years she has also taught life drawing at Okanagan College and has continued to work as a commercial and production designer. She lives and works in Vernon, BC

KALAMALKA VERTIGO
All are invited to view the works at Kalamalka Vertigo, located at Vernon's Kalamalka Campus of Okanagan College. The gallery is located just past the college lecture theatre in the main building adjacent to the college office.
"Kalamalka Vertigo" , located at the Kalamalka campus of Okanagan College, represents a joint venture between Gallery Vertigo and Okanagan College. This is the newest incarnation of the ongoing partnership between the two institutions. The exhibition can be viewed during college hours from now until June 30th 

Exhibition Proposals: Please print a copy of our form and send it off to us with the information requested.
A selection committee reviews proposals once a year, usually in the spring.
Contact us for more information.
info@galleryvertigo.com
proposal form and information for exhibitions in gallery #1 and gallery #2
members wall application
window display

Previous Exhibitions:
2009:
Heidi Thompson and Stephan Bircher - Apr.21 to May 15
Lucky Number 7: NOAA juried exhibition - Mar.17 to Apr. 9
Social Spectrum: A Group Exhibition by UBC Okanagan Photograpy Students - Feb.10 to Mar.7
Fusion: Fourth Annual High School Exhibition - Jan 13 to Feb 17
2008:
Picasso's Cupboard/ Book Fair - Nov.25 to Dec.13th
not with a Bang, but with and SUV - The 7th Annual NOAA Members Open Exhibition - Oct.7 to Nov.1
the coming night - Jorden and David Doody / Typoportraits - kevin mcpherson eckhoff
Almost Famous Auction - August 17
Ten - Studio Artists - Current Work - July 29 to August 9 / Joanne Sale-Hook:Introduced Species - July 29 to August 17
Katie Brennan - Stasis Strategy / Floribunda - June 23 to July 19
Space (re)Constructed - Miranda Aschenbrenner / Memory/Recall - Suzanne Phillips - May 27 to June 21
March to May - Faith Moosang/Candies - Sabrina Ovesen
Sixth Annual NOAA Members Juried Exhibition - March 18 to April 12
Drawing Conclusions - UBC Okanagan Student Exhibition - Feb.12 to March8
The Wheel: School District #22 High School Students - Jan.15 to Feb.2
2007:
Picasso's Cupboard and Even Dozen
Mellow Yellow - The 6th Annual NOAA Members Open Exhibition - Oct.16 to Nov.10
Look What we Have Done.. Carolina Sanchez de Bustamante / Mutation - Howard Brown - September 11 to October 5
Almost Famous - Ken Jeanotte - August 7 to August 24
Zotz Collective - Kurt Hutterli - July 3 to July 28
Flesh nor Meat - Ila Crawford /All our Ancestors - Tanya Dubick - May 29 to June 23
Spectacles of Intimacy - curated by Lora Carroll - April 24 to May 18
Green - The Fifth Annual NOAA members juried exhibition - March 20 to April 14
Pressing Engagements - UBC Okanagan Printmaking Students - Feb.13 to March 16
Bugs - School District #22 High School Students - Jan.16 to Feb.3
2006:
Picasso's Cupboard, Studio Artists - Nov.21 to Dec.9
Fall Forward - Oct.21 to Nov.10
Helm, Seward, Began - Sept.8 to Oct.6