I’m in a group show called Open Print that opens on Wednesday, October 1st at the Salisbury Arts Centre in the UK. One of my new etchings will be on display and fellow Calgarian Eveline Kolijn is also one of the selected artists.
Happy to be part of BIMPE VIII! The exhibition opened in early September and will tour to several galleries in BC and Alberta including Federation Gallery, Dundarave Print Workshop, UBC Okanagan, and SNAP.
About a year ago, I was invited by Guy Langevin to participate in a print exhibition that would take place in Taiwan. 25 Canadian artists were to exhibit our works in Taiwan and 25 Taiwanese artists were to exhibit their work here (well, in Quebec). Guy invited three artists from the exhibition (myself, Deborah Chapman, and Mylene Gervais) and a representative from Trois Rivieres (Marie-Eve Berube) to accompany him to the opening in August. It was a whirlwind three days in Taiwan and we were welcomed by the generous and extremely friendly Taiwanese artists. The exhibition would serve as a way for artists in each country to show their works and to build relationships between artists and institutions beyond the exhibition. A catalogue of all of the works in both exhibitions is available.
I have works in the Second International Printmaking Triennial in Belgrade, Serbia. The exhibition opened on September 4th.
I’m honoured to have my work available for sale at The Print Center in Philadelphia. If you are a fan of print and are in Philadelphia, you should definitely drop by and check out their current exhibitions and gallery shop. But if you are far away and are still interested in purchasing one of my prints, head on over to their website to pick one up (and peruse the many other wonderful works on the site).
I’m currently en route to Asia where I’ll be attending the opening of Printed in Canada – an exhibition curated by Guy Langevin and featuring the works of 25 Canadian printmakers. Prior to heading off on my trip, I completed a new etching as part of my new series The Body Stranger. More to come about Taiwan after the opening! (sorry the colour is a bit off in the photo)
I’ve recently created several tiny prints (largest dimension is no larger than 3″ on these prints) related to my new series The Body, Stranger. Its been helpful to create these small, quick prints as a way to work through my ideas.
Sinking In (etching and chine colle, 3″ x 2.25″)
Away (etching and chine colle, 2.25″ x 2″)
Hidden (etching and chine colle, 2.25″ x 2″)
This past winter, the television show Fargo was filmed in Calgary and I was approached to print some props. This was mostly a lot of unsexy boxes and folders but it was still pretty interesting to be part of the behind the scenes production. I did all my printing on the weekends so I never ran across any actors but it was cool to check out some of the sets and other props. Thank-you to Joel Tobman for this opportunity (he also designed the stencils – I just printed them)! Below are some photos of the printing in progress as well as a screen shot of a box in use.
A forest of drying giant boxes.
Some ammunition boxes laid out and ready for their onscreen debut.
Case files! I had to cut a special template out of foam core so that I could print these. The back has a clip that couldn’t be removed.
This is what a lot of boxes looks like.
Silkscreening some large boxes (190 to be exact). We built registration guides out of screwed-in two by fours.
Screen shot of a printed box in action in Fargo.
Last month I shipped one of my prints to the Arts Visalia 2014 North American Print and Drawing Exhibition in California. The opening is this Friday and the show runs until July 25th. The juror was Professor Roxanne Sexauer of California State University.
I’ve just completed a new silkscreen. Its part of a small series, the first of which (Limbs Made Unfamiliar) was in a portfolio at SGC earlier in the year.
Touch Made Strange (silkscreen, 18″ x 14″)