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. Â 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.
We were welcomed warmly wherever we went! This is at a printmaking studio.
Signatures of all the artists in the exhibition on the wall leading into the show. The background image is my print.
Installation shot of Printed in Canada/Taiwan
Me in front of my works installed at the Dr Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei
Guy Langevin, the Canadian curator, discussing his works in front of the crowd (pictured with a translator, daughter of Rock Shen, curator of the Taiwanese exhibition)
Deborah Chapman, a wonderful mezzotint artist from Montreal.
The Canadian artists with our Taiwanese artist-friend, Boris, at the entrance to the exhibition with Taipei 101 tower behind us.
In front of the Hall where the exhibition took place.
In Liao Shiou-Ping’s studio. He is considered the father of contemporary printmaking in Taiwan.
