Vancouver Art Shows & Exhibits
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May 08 to May 11
Ernestine Tahedl was born and educated in Austria and received a Master's Degree in graphic art from the Vienna Academy of Applied Arts. Following graduation in 1961, she collaborated with her father, Professor Heinrich Tahedl, in the design and execution of stained glass commissions until she immigrated to Canada in 1963. Her work is represented in public, corporate and private collections and galleries in Canada, United States, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Japan. Her awards include the Graduation Prize of the Austrian Government 1961, the Bronze Medal of the Vienna International Exhibition of Paintings 1963, the Allied Arts Medal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1966, and a Purchase Award, Concourse Artistique du Quebec 1966. In 1967 she received a Canada Council Arts Award, in 1999 the Mayor’s Prize at Kyoto ’99, Kyoto, Japan, and in 2000 the Kobe Sun Prize at Flora Art 2000 at Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan. She was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1977 and of the Ontario Society of Artists 1984. She received the Governor General's Canada 125th Anniversary Medal in 1993. She was the recipient of the Arts and Letters Award from the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto in 2000, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 and the “In Celebration of Women” Long-term Achievement Award, Arts, in 2004. She was invited to participate in the Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy in 2003. She received the President’s Medal of the Ontario Society of Artists in 2006. The Varley Art Gallery of Markham organized and presented a Retrospective 1946-2006, curated by Katerina Atanassova, Curator, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, in 2006. This Retrospective travelled to several centers in Ontario: the John B Aird Gallery in Toronto, the Durham Art Gallery and the Georgina Arts Centre & Gallery. Tickle Scratch Productions produced a film for the Bravo television series: “The Artist’s Life: Ernestine Tahedl” under the direction of Michael Glassbourg in 2007.
Ernestine Tahedl was born and educated in Austria and received a Master's Degree in graphic art from the Vienna Academy of Applied Arts. Following graduation in 1961, she collaborated with her father, Professor Heinrich Tahedl, in the design and execution of stained glass commissions until she immigrated to Canada in 1963. Her work is represented in public, corporate and private collections and galleries in Canada, United States, France, Switzerland, Austria, and Japan. Her awards include the Graduation Prize of the Austrian Government 1961, the Bronze Medal of the Vienna International Exhibition of Paintings 1963, the Allied Arts Medal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 1966, and a Purchase Award, Concourse Artistique du Quebec 1966. In 1967 she received a Canada Council Arts Award, in 1999 the Mayor’s Prize at Kyoto ’99, Kyoto, Japan, and in 2000 the Kobe Sun Prize at Flora Art 2000 at Awaji Island, Hyogo, Japan. She was elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 1977 and of the Ontario Society of Artists 1984. She received the Governor General's Canada 125th Anniversary Medal in 1993. She was the recipient of the Arts and Letters Award from the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto in 2000, the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002 and the “In Celebration of Women” Long-term Achievement Award, Arts, in 2004. She was invited to participate in the Biennale Internazionale dell’Arte Contemporanea, Florence, Italy in 2003. She received the President’s Medal of the Ontario Society of Artists in 2006. The Varley Art Gallery of Markham organized and presented a Retrospective 1946-2006, curated by Katerina Atanassova, Curator, Varley Art Gallery of Markham, in 2006. This Retrospective travelled to several centers in Ontario: the John B Aird Gallery in Toronto, the Durham Art Gallery and the Georgina Arts Centre & Gallery. Tickle Scratch Productions produced a film for the Bravo television series: “The Artist’s Life: Ernestine Tahedl” under the direction of Michael Glassbourg in 2007.
- Granville Fine Art Address: 2447 Granville St Vancouver BC V6H 3G5
May 12 to May 25
Please join us Saturday May 12th from 1-4pm for the opening reception of Painters Eleven. Major canvases by all members of P11 will be available for purchase.
Please join us Saturday May 12th from 1-4pm for the opening reception of Painters Eleven. Major canvases by all members of P11 will be available for purchase.
- Granville Fine Art Address: 2447 Granville St Vancouver BC V6H 3G5
May 26 to Jun 01
Louis Kahn, the American architect, Said: “Good Architecture makes the intangible tangible so as to evoke the intangible.” I long to do just that. I paint about the human condition, about the mystery of life. About the tantalizing fact that we have only intimations, and will never know, the nature of reality. About the illusion that life is secure whereas in fact anything could happen at any time to totally change its course. About loss, fragility, old age, and mortality. And also about compassion and about love offering redemption from our plight.
Figures in my work are often androgynous and not of a particular person. Rather they are about what confronts us because we are human.
I try to capture that moment of bewilderment when structure and order in our existence breaks down, everything looks unfamiliar, and we are sure of nothing.
I use drafting film because I feel that it creates the ephemeral quality that I want in my work. The figures are in abstract settings as I do not want to place them in any one human context. I use oil paint as I love the materiality of the medium. In these works, I am not interested in painting the body in a realistic manner, but rather in finding a way to represent it so that it resonates more deeply with the viewer.
Louis Kahn, the American architect, Said: “Good Architecture makes the intangible tangible so as to evoke the intangible.” I long to do just that. I paint about the human condition, about the mystery of life. About the tantalizing fact that we have only intimations, and will never know, the nature of reality. About the illusion that life is secure whereas in fact anything could happen at any time to totally change its course. About loss, fragility, old age, and mortality. And also about compassion and about love offering redemption from our plight.
Figures in my work are often androgynous and not of a particular person. Rather they are about what confronts us because we are human.
I try to capture that moment of bewilderment when structure and order in our existence breaks down, everything looks unfamiliar, and we are sure of nothing.
I use drafting film because I feel that it creates the ephemeral quality that I want in my work. The figures are in abstract settings as I do not want to place them in any one human context. I use oil paint as I love the materiality of the medium. In these works, I am not interested in painting the body in a realistic manner, but rather in finding a way to represent it so that it resonates more deeply with the viewer.
- Granville Fine Art Address: 2447 Granville St Vancouver BC V6H 3G5
Jun 02 to Jun 08
Born, raised, and still living in Toronto, Yelland doesn't set out to make specific statements with his paintings. Rather, he prefers people to react intuitively and emotionally as opposed to intellectually. His intention is to draw the viewer in with something that may seem familiar at first, but, upon closer inspection, the imagery subverts any initial reaction. The paintings may be perceived as sombre, but are balanced with a subtle sense of humour, either within the image itself or, perhaps, in the title. Use of light plays a major role in determining the emotional tone and is the content when none seems readily apparent. He finds overanalysis on his part can inhibit an audience from forming their own understanding of the work, thus stunting the purpose of the art itself.
Born, raised, and still living in Toronto, Yelland doesn't set out to make specific statements with his paintings. Rather, he prefers people to react intuitively and emotionally as opposed to intellectually. His intention is to draw the viewer in with something that may seem familiar at first, but, upon closer inspection, the imagery subverts any initial reaction. The paintings may be perceived as sombre, but are balanced with a subtle sense of humour, either within the image itself or, perhaps, in the title. Use of light plays a major role in determining the emotional tone and is the content when none seems readily apparent. He finds overanalysis on his part can inhibit an audience from forming their own understanding of the work, thus stunting the purpose of the art itself.
- Granville Fine Art Address: 2447 Granville St Vancouver BC V6H 3G5
Jun 09 to Jun 15
Peter Wyse, a Sobey Art Award nominee, was born in 1970 (The Year of the Dog) in Kamloops, British Columbia. He works from his home studio in the historic village of Clayburn, 75 km east of Vancouver. Peter shares this charming space with his wife, son, and labradoodle ‘Scout’. Peter was introduced to art at an early age through his grandfather, R.E.Walker, who schooled his grandson in the practice of painting and the discipline required by an artist. He later studied art history and fine arts at the University of British Columbia. Four years after receiving his degree, his grandfather suggested, “Time to quit your day job!” This encouragement has led to successful solo and group exhibitions in BC,
Alberta and Washington State. His work is now featured in private collections throughout the world.
“I live within a landscape of dogs and frogs, flora and fauna, and even a rubber duck or two. My life is both peaceful and playful and this is what I paint.”
Peter Wyse’s eclectic art interests range from Matisse and Rothko to the murals of mesoamerica. These influences are evident within his spatial relationships and with his lively use of colour and line. While Peter has
worked with a range of mediums, he now paints exclusively with acrylics. Insatiably curious, Peter takes great delight in the mundane, using his unique style of layering and sanding flat coats of paint to reveal how the
ordinary can become extraordinary.
Born: 1970, Kamloops, BC, Canada
Resident: Abbotsford, BC
Education:BAFA, University of British Columbia
Langara College
Peter Wyse, a Sobey Art Award nominee, was born in 1970 (The Year of the Dog) in Kamloops, British Columbia. He works from his home studio in the historic village of Clayburn, 75 km east of Vancouver. Peter shares this charming space with his wife, son, and labradoodle ‘Scout’. Peter was introduced to art at an early age through his grandfather, R.E.Walker, who schooled his grandson in the practice of painting and the discipline required by an artist. He later studied art history and fine arts at the University of British Columbia. Four years after receiving his degree, his grandfather suggested, “Time to quit your day job!” This encouragement has led to successful solo and group exhibitions in BC,
Alberta and Washington State. His work is now featured in private collections throughout the world.
“I live within a landscape of dogs and frogs, flora and fauna, and even a rubber duck or two. My life is both peaceful and playful and this is what I paint.”
Peter Wyse’s eclectic art interests range from Matisse and Rothko to the murals of mesoamerica. These influences are evident within his spatial relationships and with his lively use of colour and line. While Peter has
worked with a range of mediums, he now paints exclusively with acrylics. Insatiably curious, Peter takes great delight in the mundane, using his unique style of layering and sanding flat coats of paint to reveal how the
ordinary can become extraordinary.
Born: 1970, Kamloops, BC, Canada
Resident: Abbotsford, BC
Education:BAFA, University of British Columbia
Langara College
- Granville Fine Art Address: 2447 Granville St Vancouver BC V6H 3G5
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Those wanting to participate in the up close and personal experience of seeing artists in their studios may wish to visit this cultural event. Since 1997 it has grown to incorporate 400 artists, craftspeople and designers in the East Vancouver area.
Those wanting to participate in the up close and personal experience of seeing artists in their studios may wish to visit this cultural event. Since 1997 it has grown to incorporate 400 artists, craftspeople and designers in the East Vancouver area.
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Nov. 19-Dec. 3 Annual Charity Bentwood Boxes Lattimer Gallery is proud to showcase a collection of unique bentwood boxes by selected Northwest Coast artists. The boxes were constructed by Métis artist, James Michels and designed, painted and/or carved by various artists, who have generously donated their time and talent. Each box will be available through silent auction ending Dec. 3. With each purchase, 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Urban Native Youth Association, which provides important services supporting and empowering young people in the community.
Dec. 3 5pm to 8pm Annual Open House Join us for an intimate and festive evening at the gallery. Participating artists for our annual charity event will be in attendance.
Nov. 19-Dec. 3 Annual Charity Bentwood Boxes Lattimer Gallery is proud to showcase a collection of unique bentwood boxes by selected Northwest Coast artists. The boxes were constructed by Métis artist, James Michels and designed, painted and/or carved by various artists, who have generously donated their time and talent. Each box will be available through silent auction ending Dec. 3. With each purchase, 100% of the proceeds will be donated to Urban Native Youth Association, which provides important services supporting and empowering young people in the community.
Dec. 3 5pm to 8pm Annual Open House Join us for an intimate and festive evening at the gallery. Participating artists for our annual charity event will be in attendance.
- Lattimer Gallery Address: 1590 W 2nd Ave Vancouver BC V6J 1H2
