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Artist Statement: ... I do not drive. No need to be vigilant with the gas pedal or be aware of the road conditions, I get to look out at the rocks and the trees going past, then, more trees and more rocks, then... a lot. |
“I make stuff and tell stories... (they are) ongoing...” Nhan Duc Nguyen Nguyen has collected audio and texts from residents of Vernon, of BC, for the inclusion to Shrine to Literature: In Vernon Another Tree Grows...". One component, an audio playback of answers from participants of their names, birthplaces, and length of residencies in current locations, plus a "Happy 10th Anniversary Vertigo" message, is a playful take on Canada's recent nationwide census - and will be a part of the installation during Vertigo’s Anniversary festivities at the gallery. |
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| Gallery #2: Shauna Oddleifson - the other side |
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Artist Statement: My work is subversive in nature, containing deranged visuals and a schizophrenic sense of humour, appropriating from our childhood desires and patterns of thought. I am interested in the strange things that people do to themselves, and to others. I moved into the three dimensional realm first with deformed dolls constructed from found fabric and buttons, and monsters made out of polymer clay. These creatures act as the confidants to the little girl in the drawings; much like other children who tell their secrets to teddy bears, the little girl shares her evil plots with the dolls, malformed from the pernicious stories they retain within. |
Featured in Gallery Two this month is a series of collaged works by Kelowna artist, Shauna Oddleifson. In an ongoing series of works depicting a recalcitrant little girl and her outrageouly naughty acts, Oddleifson treats us to both humour and a delicious sense of dismay. Also included in the exhibition is a series of ten tiny clay monsters of the under-the-bed variety. |
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| NOAA Members Feature Wall Portia Priegert : Embedded |
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The North Okanagan Artists Alternative Community Exhibition |
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The North Okanagan Artists Alternative presents The Community Exhibit in the Coatcheck Gallery at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre. The Community Exhibit marks the first time the North Okanagan Artists Alternative, who call Vernon’s Gallery Vertigo their home, have hung an exhibit at the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre. The exhibition and art sale features a large collection of 48 pieces from 20 North Okanagan Artists Alternative artists. Mediums include everything from acrylic and oil paintings to photography and sculptures. North Okanagan Artists Alternative (NOAA) is a registered non-profit society comprised of local and regional artists and friends of the arts. Since September of the year 2000, NOAA has been actively engaged in creating public awareness of the arts in all its forms by establishing and maintaining Gallery Vertigo which offers a rich and varied array of visual art exhibitions, cultural events and learning opportunities for all ages. Artists featured in The Community Exhibit are Susan Beck, Howard Brown, Colleen Couves, Cindy Downey, Wayne Emde, Allison Griswold, Akira Ellen Hanson, Judith Jurica, Constance Kalapaca, Doreen Lambert, Robin McDonald, Jean MacDougall, Amber Powell, Wendy Pros, Merlayne Reilly, Barbara Rety, Ryan Robson, Robyn Soderberg, Helena Valk, and Leila Ward. The public will have an opportunity to meet with the artists at the opening reception on Tuesday, May 17 2011 from 4:00 to 6:00pm in the Coatcheck Gallery, located in the lower foyer of the Vernon and District Performing Arts Centre. Most of the artwork is for sale. Purchase inquiries may be made through Gallery Vertigo. A catalogue is available at the Coatcheck Gallery. |
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| Kalamalka Vertigo at Okanagan College: Sindri Hans Guðmundsson: Selected Works |
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Selected works from local artist, Sindri Hans Guðmundsson will be on exhibit at Kalamalka Vertigo until May 6th. These colourful paintings reflect the artist’s exuberant graffiti and mural work. Originally from Iceland, the artist currently has a studio outside Vernon. He is also a popular instructor at Gallery Vertigo’s SMARTIES, a family art-making program that runs from 2 to 4 pm every Sunday at the gallery. Sindri’s work can also be viewed at “Kush Organics” where a large wall mural is in progress. Since the crazy 80´s so many things have happened. I was one of those hyperactive kids, but instead of being medicated, my Grandma had other solutions. She would just keep me busy with all kinds of different things. So, as child, I took piano lessons, practiced soccer, basketball, badminton, chess and track and field, along with writing and acting in school plays and other cultural events. In my late teen years I started a crew with some of my friends and made hip hop mix tapes and graffiti. It was called T. M. C. or Twisted Minds Crew. By then I had started working in a coffee shop in Iceland called “Prikid”. In English that means “The Stick”. This coffee shop is the oldest coffee shop in Iceland, established in 1951. It is very dear to me, as it has been a second home for Icelandic artists since the 50´s. There, you can come at eight o´clock in the morning and have breakfast and join in on the city gossip or philosophical discussions. At night, it changes into a bar and on weekends it is a really popular popular hip hop/indy/electro club with the occasional live performance. It was a great place and still is. I started working there when I was 18 and continued until I moved away from Iceland at 23 years old. In those five years along with my job I would organize small concerts, do all kinds of different art projects, started a nightlife guide, and founded the first free newspaper just for girls called “Ordlaust” with four friends. I always knew I needed to travel a lot, which is hard when you live in Iceland because, as you probably know, it´s an island in the middle of the Atlantic! And the plane tickets are not that cheap. So, I finally figured it out. I found a job in Norway on a cruise ship which sailed between Norway and Denmark. It was great! I worked for two weeks a month on board and then I used my other 2 weeks for travelling. I had a little place on board the ship where I could paint (by then I had already started selling my work in Iceland). Most of the work made in Norway is still in Norway on the walls of my co-workers houses. I always had a new order when I came on board again and some extra pocket money. After 2 years of sailing and travelling, I had kind of fallen for Copenhagen. It´s such a beautiful city! But, I moved back to Iceland and started working at my little coffee shop again. But, after two years of travelling, I kind of felt that Reykjavik was a little small for me. My girlfriend at that time was an exchange student from Paris, France. After her year was finished in Iceland, I went with her to Paris and spent almost a year there. I was so lucky to be able to get this wonderful apartment on the hill just under the Sacred Heart (that is one of the most beautiful places in Paris). I started painting graffiti again in Paris, as well enjoying the city of arts on my long board looking for wood panels from houses under construction to paint on and sell outside in the “area of the masters”, where the painters lived in Paris during its many years of being the home of geniuses. After Paris I just really felt that I needed to live in Copenhagen. So that’s where I went. I started working as a backstage vegan and vegetarian cook in a concert house that hosted 70 % of all foreign bands that visit Copenhagen. I got to meet all kinds of different artists like Ac/Dc, Depeche, Mode, Moby, Air, The Mars Volta , and Hank Williams the III. I had two exhibitions while in Copenhagen. I came to Vernon in August 2010. My mom and my little brother had lived in the Okanagan for four years. I had visited a couple of times before and I found it to be a warm and welcoming place. I have never had time to start my education, and I have been alone and away from my family for so long. I figured I could hit two flies in one punch and so I chose a school here, close to my family. I have had one show here at Gallery Vertigo last November. I have also been having fun guiding the Vertigo art group for kids on Sundays called “Smarties”, as well as painting a big mural in a local store called “The Kush Organics”. So, if you like what you see here you can go there and see a giant-sized wall mural. This show is dedicated to my Grandmother, Ebba, who was the rock in my life. She moved to the next life last Christmas. She loved all animals, and inspired me to always paint beautiful things. She taught me how to love life and nature. Inspirations: Nature, spiritual guides, role models, forms, shapes, happiness, colours,music, psychedelic, beauty, feelings, imagination, love, vanity, molecules, space, infinity and galaxies…(Guðmundsson) |
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