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Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria: BC Women Artists
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Judith
Currelly
born in Toronto,
Ontario - resides in Northern BC and Yukon
Judith Currelly is exceptional. After studying at the Ontario College
of Art and Design and the University of Victoria BC, she became
a homesteader, an artist and a commercial bush pilot. Her
imagery is inspired by the stark vastness of Northern
BC and the Yukon. Every aspect of her life is influenced by the
land. Haunting images of man and animals co-exist in Currelly’s
work, evoking feelings of primitive mysticism, ancient rituals and
reverence. In "Northern Maps, Legend and Legacies" (2000),
Currelly drew on her years as a commercial bush pilot in Northern
BC and the Yukon to depict monumental landscapes from an aerial
perspective. Throughout her career Currelly's spectacular oil paintings
have demonstrated her reverence and passion for the lands and people
of the far North. Currelly has a prestigious exhibition record spanning
nearly four decades. Her work is included in numerous private, corporate
and public collections including the Canada Council Art Bank and
the Governor General’s Heritage Collection. She exhibits across
Canada.
From: http://www.dianefarrisgallery.com/artist/currelly/index.html
http://akimbo.biz/events/?id=14652
http://www.artnet.com/Artists/ArtistHomePage.aspx?artist_id=4674&page_tab=Exhibitions
http://ccca.finearts.yorku.ca/c/writing/j/jensen/jen001t.html
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Eszter Burghardt
resides in Vancouver BC
Eszter Burghardt is a Canadian-Hungarian artist whose paintings
are often inspired by her travels. Since
completing a BFA in 2000 from Emily Carr University she has exhibited
internationally in the USA and is represented by the Bau-Xi Gallery
in Canada. Burghardt relies on her emotional response to capture
the essence of a place. She pays close attention to the effects
of light, color and sound in her surrounding environment. Much
of her work is based from memory and imagination. Travelling into
the wilderness is where she finds the catalysts needed to paint
these inspired works. Based on a trip to the Canadian Western
Arctic, the exhibition “Tundra’s Tale” in 2008
was about her travels in the arctic tundra that summer. She exhibits
at the Bau-Xi Gallery in Vancouver, in Toronto and in the US,
and has been given two month-long artists residencies in Iceland
(2009 and 2010).
http://www.eszterburghardt.com/bio
http://www.bau-xi.com/dynamic/artist.asp?ArtistID=279
http://www.augengallery.com/
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Fiona Ackerman
born 1978 in Montreal - resides
in Vancouver BC
Fiona Ackerman studied painting at Dawson College and Concordia
University, obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Art in 2002 from the Emily
Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver.
Her training includes workshops in Italy, Spain and Germany and
she has participated in solo and group exhibitions in France, Germany
and Canada. Ackerman has worked on a number of art projects involving
youth, community and local artists in Vancouver. Working with acrylic
and oil paints on canvas and paper, Ackerman borrows from literary
sources, music and art history, as well as from her own life and
environment to build subtle narratives. While deeply interested
in formal composition, she paints from a keen interest in story
telling and strong engagement with the world around her.
From: http://www.dianefarrisgallery.com/artist/ackerman/index.html
http://www.fionaackerman.com
http://viewartgallery.ca/artists/fiona-ackerman/
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Georgia Hunter
resides in Vancouver BC (and
Gold Hill, Oregon)
Georgia Hunter is a multi-talented and gifted artist working in
a variety of mediums. She holds a degree from the University of
British Columbia in Fine Arts. She did further studies at the Medicine
Hat College in Visual Communications and in Fine Arts at the University
of Lethbridge where she received the Board of Governers’ Award
for Art in 1982 and again in 1983. She was twice awarded a bursary
for high grade point average for Visual Communications in Medicine
Hat, Alberta. Her paintings and sculptures have gained recognition
in the wider art community, winning awards in shows in Alberta and
BC. Her sculpture ‘Salmon’ was short-listed for public
art in the city of Vancouver Public Art Competition. Shedivides
her time between 3D and 2D work, and writes/illustrates children’s
books. Georgia’s work has been in galleries across Canada
and in the United States. Her sculptures are in private and corporate
collections in Canada, USA and Britain.
http://petleyjones.com/dynamic/artist_bio.asp?ArtistID=15
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Victoria Edgarr
born in Montreal Quebec - resides
in Victoria BC
Victoria Edgar is an artist printmaker who studied at Dawson College
(DFA) and Concordia
University, Montreal (BFA). In 1981, after a brief stage
at Atelier Graff, she began an intensive etching formation at Atelier
Libre de Recherches Graphiques,(ALRG) studio of La Guilde Graphique,
working in the etching tradition of WS Hayter. She was massier from
1983-84 and studio coordinator from 1985-91, working with resident
and visiting artists such as Keith Howard, and with master printers
Susy Raxlen and Luc Nadeau. Since 1993 she has been printmaking
at Ground Zero Printmakers, Victoria's co-op studio, and is a member
of the Xchanges artist-run center. She teaches in the children's
art programme at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, leads children's
printmaking events and has organised Artist's Book workshops as
well as teaching printmaking courses at Ground Zero. Victoria Edgar
exhibits on an ongoing basis in Montreal and Toronto and participates
in events and exhibitions in Victoria and throughout BC.
http://www.zoominfo.com/Search/ReferencesView.aspx?PersonID=72793980
http://www.xchangesgallery.org/studios/studio_03ve.htm
http://www.artap.com/home_e.php?Lang=E
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Cori
Creed
born
in Vancouver - resides in Vancouver
Growing up near her grandparent’s farm, Cori Creed developed
an immense respect for the earth around her. She has a great admiration
for how land is cultivated for wine, often integrating the natural
landscape of hills and valleys into her work, creating beautiful tapestries
of nature full of texture, dramatic colors and warm light. Having
admired the work of Wayne Thiebaud for years, Cori likes to use voluminous
brush strokes and layering of paint. When asked to explain her extensive
color palette, she notes that she focuses on a single ray of light
or a few distinct blades of grass - illuminating these colors throughout
her work, to make them larger and more apparent than the human eye
naturally permits. Early influences of Van Gough are undeniably present
in these works (From: Christina Maybaum). Creed has exhibited at the
prestigeous Buschlen-Mowatt Gallery in Vancouver, the Caldwell Snyder
Gallery in San Francisco and the Trajan Gallery in Carmel.
http://www.coricreed.com
http://www.caldwellsnyder.com/artists/cori-creed/view-artworks
http://www.trajangallery.com/Exhibition.html
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