The Okanagan Tree

July 24 to September 26, 2010 To complement the Vancouver Art Gallery’s Tree exhibition, the Kelowna Art Gallery has organized a small exhibition of works selected from the permanent collection called The Okanagan Tree. Some of these works have not been exhibited in many years. All depict trees in the…

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The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social

Organized and circulated by the Vancouver Art Gallery with the generous support of July 24 to September 26, 2010 What becomes a legend most? Canadian icons that retain their symbolism generation after generation, such as the beaver, the canoe and the lone, struggling tree, come to mind. This exhibition on…

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Constructions of Identity

Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection of the Kelowna Art Gallery October 9 to December 12, 2010 Our main fall exhibition features works of contemporary art that have been added to the Gallery’s permanent collection in the last two years, many thanks to the financial support of the Canada Council…

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Keith Langergraber: Rattlesnake Island

October 9 to December 12, 2010 Keith Langergraber is a Vancouver-based multi-media artist who spent his formative years in Kelowna. This exhibition is comprised of a cluster of distinct elements that explore local lore, beginning with the Ogopogo. In his film Rattlesnake Island (included in the show), Langergraber himself plays…

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Ian Johnston: Bag Suite in 4/4 Time

December 18, 2010 to February 6, 2011 The Kelowna Art Gallery is delighted to be welcoming back Nelson-based artist Ian Johnston. Regular visitors may recall his huge wall of blue car bumpers that was part of our group show Module in the spring of 2009. Now Johnston will be showing…

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Jasmine Reimer: 1000 lbs. 3 Days

Dysfunctional Chairs series December 18, 2010 to June 12, 2011 Vancouver-based artist Jasmine Reimer is interested in the human body and how our culture’s largely sedentary lifestyle encourages obesity. Exacerbated by long hours in office chairs, some people’s bodies suffer and succumb to the stress under which they are placed…

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Doug Biden: Visceral Allegories

Organized and circulated by the Burnaby Art Gallery December 18, 2010 to January 30, 2011 Doug Biden was a highly talented and creative printmaker who died from pancreatic cancer in mid-career in 2007. He was an instructor at the University of British Columbia Okanagan in Kelowna who was well loved…

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