Diana Lynn Thompson: 2nd Nature

September 24 to November 13, 2005 For over 10 years, Saltspring Island artist Diana Lynn Thompson has been exhibiting her work across Canada and internationally in solo and group exhibitions, and producing environmental installations, performances and community art projects. Thompson has been described as “a pilgrim of wonder in the…

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Landmarks: Mary Smith McCulloch

September 20 to November 20, 2005 The Kelowna Art Gallery is very pleased to present the exhibition Landmarks. This is the Gallery’s first solo exhibition in nearly two decades of the work of Mary Smith McCulloch. Mary Smith McCulloch is an internationally exhibiting artist who has resided in Kelowna since…

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Doug Smarch Jr.: Lucinations

November 26, 2005 to January 15, 2006 Lucinations is based on a legend from my community that comes from a time before the arrival of the Alaska Highway. According to this legend, a man was looking for a lost relation and went to ask the help of a medicine man.…

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Robert Davidson: The Abstract Edge

November 26, 2005 to January 29, 2006 The Kelowna Art Gallery is proud to be the only western Canadian venue for the National Gallery of Canada’s tour of the exhibition Robert Davidson: The Abstract Edge. This exhibition brings a major selection of paintings and sculpture by this nationally renowned, Vancouver-based,…

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Digging Deep from Memory

January 21 to March 26, 2006 The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to be a host venue for Digging Deep from Memory, an exhibition highlighting the strength and diversity of film and video work by Indigenous filmmakers across Canada. The film and video makers are Duane Ghastant’ Aucoin (Tlingit); Gil…

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three rivers | wild waters, sacred places

February 4 to April 2, 2006 Organized and circulated by the Yukon Arts Centre Curated by Scott Marsden three rivers: wild waters, sacred places is situated within a current exploration of the culture of landscape and water and within the context of ecological concerns. This exhibition explores the landscape and…

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All Fired Up!

April 1 to June 11, 2006 The Okanagan Valley is a region rich in creativity so it is not surprising that this area is also ripe with accomplished potters and clay artists who are experimenting with a variety of techniques and exploring diverse subject matter. The objects produced range from…

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Regina Clay: Worlds in the Making

April 8 to June 11, 2006 Organized and circulated by the MacKenzie Art Gallery with the support of the Museums Assistance Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage. Curated by Timothy Long The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to present the nationally exhibition Regina Clay: Worlds in the Making. This…

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Road Runner

June 17 to September 10, 2006 Curated by Linda Sawchyn summertime family vacations hotels motels cars congestion road trips road rage watching the world go by through a car windshield… Summertime in the Okanagan means road trip time, and those of us who live in the Valley expect the population…

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Tomoyo Ihaya: Drawing Water

June 17 to September 10, 2006 Vancouver-based artist Tomoyo Ihaya produces prints, drawings and installations inspired by the artist’s experiences of the interconnectedness of the material and spiritual worlds. In recent work, Ihaya has explored the symbolic and physical importance of water. For her new installations in the Reynolds Gallery…

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Re-Mediations: Stephen Foster and James Gillespie

September 16 to November 26, 2006 Curator by Janet Jones RE-MEDIATIONS features photo-media works and video projections by Stephen Foster (Kelowna) and James Gillespie (Toronto) that comment on how the media represents us. Using the form of media spectacle to comment on itself, Stephen Foster, a Haida Metis, and James…

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Farheen HAQ

September 16 to November 26, 2006 Farheen HAQ is a Victoria-based artist who works with photography, performance and video. In her work she examines societal and cultural codes of dress and gesture with simple yet powerful imagery and explores issues of gender and ethnicity from her position as a young…

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Sarah Fuller: Culls

December 2, 2006 to January 28, 2007 Culls features the work of Canmore, Alberta based artist Sarah Fuller.  This mixed media installation features Fuller’s photo-based work which explores the artist’s experiences as a tree planter in B.C. for a period spanning seven years. As Fuller states, to many young Canadians…

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Dawn: Sketches by the Group of Seven

December 2, 2006 to February 18, 2007 THE GROUP OF SEVEN The Group of Seven had great ambitions when they officially formed in May 1920. Challenging what Canadian artists had done before them, they declared that “an Art must grow and flower in the land before the country will be…

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REDz on Screen 2

Indigenous Media Arts Exhibition February 3 to March 25, 2007 The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to be a host venue for REDz on Screen2, an exhibition highlighting the strength and diversity of film and video work by Indigenous filmmakers across Canada. In previous years, the focus on this series…

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Fern Helfand: Piazza San Marco

February 24 to April 15, 2007 …as the swift emergence of digital age recording devices flood the market, our desire to create more and more images seems to increase. Even though issues of veracity surrounding these new digital documents come into question, many of us are eagerly consuming and adding…

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hYbRIdS

(a smAll ciTy aRt muSeuM cO-prOduCtiOn) FeBruaRy 24 tO aPRil 15, 2007 The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to present Hybrids. This touring exhibition brings together for the first time the work of 10 contemporary artists from British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Yukon: Griffith Baker (Regina, Saskatchewan) Lisa Birke…

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Scott August: Pinecone Junction and other favorites

April 7 to June 17, 2007 In Pinecone Junction and other favorites, Scott August explores the relationship between the environment and urban culture. By fusing together visual representations of human and natural surroundings, August suggests a playful look at how modern culture can join with nature. Despite more traditional Canadian…

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Just My Imagination

April 21 to June 10, 2007 Organized by the MMB Collective and Museum London Curated by Kim Moodie and David Merrit The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to present Just My Imagination, a major exhibition of contemporary Canadian drawing.  This exhibition brings together 14 artists from coast to coast whose…

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