Gallery #1
The Archive: Katie Belcher

Gallery One features large charcoal drawings by artist, writer and arts administrator Katie Belcher. Belcher is currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Originally from Ottawa the artist received a BFA (2007) from NSCAD University (Halifax, NS) where she studied sculpture and drawing. In 2007, she was awarded a six month residency at ARTsPLACE, culminating in her solo Chapel Gallery exhibition, Plank Road. With Ingrid Jenker, Belcher curated the contemporary drawing exhibtion, Somewhere Along the Line for MSVU Art Gallery in 2009. Belcher is currently featured in solo exhibitions at both Gallery Vertigo and the Vernon Public Art Gallery. The artist also has an upcoming solo exhibition at Criag Gallery in Dartmouth, Nove Scotia. In 2010, Belcher will take the position of artist-in-residence for the inaugural VANS-in residence program in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.

Artist Statement:

Through my artistic practice I have been exploring the ways in which humans process experience and build memory, making unusual connections between objects, literature, spaces and species by which we are surrounded. I find drawing to be the perfect medium through which to make these explorations. It is immediate and intuitive, and lends itself to evoking experience without defining it.

The Archive presents drawings from the Charcoal series. The subjects of this series are drawn from both memory and life. I select subjects with a natural tactility and strive to skillfully represent their weight, texture and physical presence. The drawings are centrally composed, densely modelled in black charcoal and conte, and make significant use of erasure. The static subjects are animated by the tonal variations and marks beyond their outer contours. The resultant images appear to be emerging from or shifting and dissolving into the atmospheric white space. By alternating between highly realistic representation and loose mark-making and erasure, I aim to capture both the tangible and intangible qualities of the subject. (Belcher)

Gallery #2
Amass: Joanne Pringle
 

Gallery Two features new works by artist Joanne Pringle. Pringle works almost exclusively with the medium of papier mache. Amass is the artist`s first solo exhibition. The works in this exhibition explore the fascinating way in which birds, animals and fish form beautiful and dynamic groups and the unified, rhythmic movements that ensue.

Amass, the dance. I watch the birds, their flight synchronized, dancing through the air.  The fish swirling, swarming and flowing. Moving in unison. Each one knowing. Visual music.  (Pringle)

Grinding and pulping paper, then mixing it with glue results in the wonderfully versatile medium of paper mache.`I love seeing the pieces transform from globs of paper mache into something that makes me smile.  The best is when the finished piece reflects the vision that was in my mind, but it doesn’t always end up being that way. (Pringle)
 
Joanne Pringle is a Salmon Arm artist who also  works out of her studio at Gallery Vertigo. Pringle has taught art extensively and will share her papier mache secrets at a SMARTIES family art-making session during the exhibition.

NOAA Members Wall Gallery

Vertigo Window Gallery:
Time Machine, Earth and Water: Kevin Michael Witzke

Artist Statement:
 
My current series of work looks directly at the concepts and devices involved in time.  With Time Machine I have created a device to investigate time and to document its markings.  When observing the work I encourage you to become an archaeologist, a scientist, and student of the past.  The markings reveal a history you read on the canvas document. 
 
The markings are made using earth samples from the Okanagan valley, collected from sites in the mountains and on the valley bottom. These pigments are an integral part of the valley we call home; a fundamental component of the land.  As your eyes meander across the canvas, the various time-marks become stories you read; a visual narrative of what is 'Okanagan'.
 

Biography:

Born in Vernon, BC, Kevin Michael Witzke has spent his lifetime in the Okanagan Valley pursuing and developing his career in fine arts. Kevin received his Diploma of Fine Arts in 2003, and his Bachelor of Fine Arts at UBC-O in 2007.  Since 2007 he has continued creating in his studio in Kelowna, BC, and exhibits his work locally and abroad.

Time Continuum: Kevin Michael Witzke

One 36 foot painting in 2 panels, one 10 foot painting. (earth and acrylic on canvas)

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. 

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:
2010:
Still Here: NOAA juried exhibition - Apr.13 to May 16
Susan Bizecki and Kevin Michael Witzke - Mar.9 to Apr.1
UBC Okanagan Students: Architecture Digress - Feb. 9 to Mar.4
School District 22: Incognito - Jan.12 to Feb.5
2009:
Headshots, Wheeltown: Noel Bullock - Oct.15 to Nov.7
Philomena Caroll, Margarita Alejandre, Sookinshoot - Sep.10 to Oct.3
Almost Famous Auction - August 22
Microbial Tales - Arthur Desmarteax and Allison Moore - July 2 to July 25th
Pfannschmidt, Newell and Mace - May 26 to June 23
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