CURATOR’S CHOICE
Nelina Magliochi // Zachary Pinette // Jana Sasaki
The Cube
July 26 to September 7, 2008
This summer marks the fourth annual exhibition in the Cube of work by students graduating from Thompson Rivers University. Selected by Kamloops Art Gallery Assistant Curator Craig Willms, Curator’s Choice highlights some of the talent from TRU’s Bachelor of Fine Arts 2008 graduating class. Students at TRU graduate with a wide variety of specialties, including ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, painting, photography, and installation. Like previous Curator’s Choice exhibitions, this one is not so much a “best of” show, but one that is united by thematic and aesthetic threads running through the work of these emerging artists.
BRUSHES ON WHEELS
Terry Kirkpatrick
The Cube
June 8 to July 20, 2008
Since becoming partially disabled in 1991, Terry Kirkpatrick has completed accounting and computer courses at Thompson Rivers University and received an Art Diploma from Stratford Career Institute in 2002. He creates works in pencil crayon, pastel, watercolour, acrylic, and oil paint. His work has been displayed at Art in the Park at Riverside Park. Kirkpatrick’s images are drawn from First Peoples iconography, his friends and personal experiences.
CLOSE TO HOME AND FAR AWAY
Charlotte Kinzie
The Cube
April 19 to May 25, 2008
Charlotte Kinzie is a photographer who captures her surroundings with an eye open to new experiences. An avid traveller, she photographs the far-away and the close-to-home. As good as she is at transporting viewers to far off lands in her travel photographs, her ability to translate local scenes into something new is also impressive. She was voted Victoria’s Favourite Photographer of 2004, and Victoria’s news weekly Monday Magazine stated that she is the kind of photographer who is able “to turn ordinary moments into memorable works of art.” Now back in Kamloops, she presents a mixture of some of her most compelling colour photographs.
FROM THE BRUSHES OF BARRIERE
Yellowhead Artists’ Co-operative: Yellowhead Artists’ Co-operative: Marge Mitchell // Shirley Kristensen // Wayne Broomfield // Robert Bambrick // Jean Cartier
The Cube
March 1 to April 13, 2008
The exhibition features work by Barriere’s Yellowhead Artists’ Co-operative. Meeting once a week to paint in studio or en plein air, Marge Mitchell, Shirley Kristensen, Wayne Broomfield, Robert Bambrick, and Jean Cartier have formed a tightly knit unit to provide each other criticism, support, and camaraderie. In this exhibition, the five members exhibit some of their finest works, including oil and watercolour paintings, sculpture, and scrimshaw. Representing life in the North Thompson Valley, the exhibition is rich in landscape views and images of life on the ranch. The exhibition coincides with The Kamloops Cowboy Festival, which runs March 7 to 9, 2008.
SHAZAM! BREAKING OUT OF THE BOX
Laura Bittante // Martin Tuba // Andrew Enpaauk Dexel // Randall Eustache
The Cube
January 20 to February 24, 2008
Shazam! Breaking out of the Box is an exhibition of locally produced art that breaks out of the moulds that separate fine art from commercial art. Inspired by popular culture, artists Laura Bittante, Martin Tuba, Andrew Enpaauk Dexel and Randall Eustache have created an array of contemporary artworks inspired by mass culture, particularly cartoons and animation. A fun and inspiring exhibition, Shazam! is an exploration of the “highs” and “lows” of pop art by artists from our region.
FIRST FRUITS
Yvonne Reddick
The Cube
September 30 to November 1, 2007
First Fruits is in essence the first fruits of Yvonne Reddick’s labour. This exhibition of fruit and vegetable still-life oil paintings is her first public exhibition. A studious and meticulous painter, she only recently began her art practice. Although new to painting, she is in many ways very traditional. Inspired by European Old Master painters, such as Caravaggio, Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer, she slowly builds her oil paintings. Each small scale work is made up of many layers of paint. The resulting works seem to both glow with light and give off a depth and intensity of saturated colour. Reddick’s first series of paintings is a sure sign of promising fruit to come.