Briar Craig
January 29 to April 17, 2022
Briar Craig, Door Hinge (Punk Poet), 2014, ultra-violet screen print on paper, 40 x 28.25 in.
Collection of the Kelowna Art Gallery. Gift of the artist, 2020. Photo: Yuri Akuney, Digital Perfections.
README explores the frustration of misconception through a selection of work from our Permanent Collection by Kelowna-based artist Briar Craig. Craig creates clever wordplay through printmaking using ultra-violet cured ink, shining a spotlight on political rhetoric and everyday phrases. Bold words are superimposed over found objects like magazines and chalkboards, where the letters become game pieces that both entice and create confusion.
Briar Craig is a professor of Printmaking, Photography and Drawing at UBC Okanagan. His work has been exhibited in over twenty-five solo exhibitions and hundreds of group exhibitions. Craig’s art is held in the permanent collections of many notable institutions across the globe.
PANEL DISCUSSION
Printmaking
Thursday, March 31 | 6 to 7 pm
Join artists Briar Craig, Ericka Walker, Jill Ho-You, and Robert Truszkowski for a fascinating discussion about printmaking moderated by Curator Christine May. During this hour-long live Zoom webinar, hear how each artist got into printmaking and find out more about the specific techniques they use.
OPEN HOUSE
UBCO Okanagan: Print Studio Open House
Saturday, April 2 | 10 am to 1 pm
Join printmaking guru Briar Craig for a day in the UBC Okanagan Print Studio to learn more about the processes used to create silkscreen, lithography, linocut, and etching. Craig will offer a brief introduction to the process of printmaking, before demonstrating how these works of art are created. This in an in-person event.
VIDEO
Join artists Briar Craig, Ericka Walker, Jill Ho-You, and Robert Truszkowski for a fascinating discussion about printmaking moderated by Curator Christine May. During this hour-long live Zoom webinar, hear how each artist got into printmaking and find out more about the specific techniques they use.
Join exhibiting artist Briar Craig to hear more about his artistic practice and specifically about the screen prints presented in README.
Video interview with artist Briar Craig to accompany his exhibition, README, on display at the Kelowna Art Gallery from January 28, 2022 to April 17, 2022.
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