Upcoming: Mina Totino | Flirt
Detail from the Compensatory Objects Collection, 2023, glazed clay. Photo credit: Stan Douglas
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 16 12- 4pm at Mackenzie Heights
Final Week
Summer Exhibition
At Pendulum Gallery
Curated by Chris Keatley
Curated by Chris Keatley
Tiko Kerr | Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
If becomes when
August 21 – September 22, 2023
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 9, 2 - 4 PM
Tiko Kerr is a local artist who since the 1980’s, has been an important figure in the Vancouver cultural scene through his art making and community activism. Kerr’s work is fundamentally informed by how he personally sees the world and the way human vision functions to interpret the world.
This multi-part installation derives from Kerr’s long-time interest in collage informed by his practice as a painter. One component reflects his recent explorations of the multi-layered plexiglass wall reliefs of the last few years; another are unique large works that combine collage, digital printing, and painting, which focus attention on the textures and markings created during the collage process enhanced by the application of additional collage elements on the surface of the work. Also featured is a new sculptural piece, combining elements of collage, drawing and sculpture, and standing over 8’ tall.
A site-specific series, undertaken in collaboration with poet Otoniya J. Okot Bitek - a diasporic writer and academic based in Kingston, Ontario – brings together the two artists in a work painted, collaged and drawn onto large vinyl sheets and suspended in front of an enlarged collage, printed on canvas and hung on the wall behind. The text and markings on the vinyl sheets are read in combination with the large collage work, and the shifting of the viewer’s position and the slight fluttering of the vinyl sheets creates a dynamic visual experience enhanced by the shifting natural light falling into the Gallery throughout the day.
Pendulum Gallery
HSBC Building
885 West Georgia Street
Vancouver BC
Upcoming Next
Terrence T. P. Turner
Hold That Thought
Terrence T.P. Turner Tie One on, 2023
Powder coated aluminum sculpture
18 × 9 ¼ in
Powder coated aluminum sculpture
18 × 9 ¼ in
We are thrilled to be presenting Terrence's first solo exhibition at the gallery this fall. For this show Turner is giving us sculptures in his characteristic and distinctive playful style that reimagines everyday objects and gestures into three dimensional sculptural moments. The exhibition will also include photographic works. Please join us on Saturday, October 14 from 12 -4 pm for the opening reception.
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MRG Booth A30
Both Sides Now
Art Toronto
Special Project A31
Martha Sturdy
All Fall Down
As a follow up to Martha Sturdy: All Fall Down, an evocative exhibition which took place in late 2022 at the West Vancouver Museum, Martha Sturdy will present a series of never-before-seen sculptures.
With an unsettling magnetism, the latest works in the All Fall Down series invite audiences to immerse themselves in an installation of sculptures cast in bronze. Centered on natural cycles of growth, death, decay, and renewal, the strikingly eerie works incorporate crumbling ancient cedar logs, salvaged from a once fire-stricken stand of trees at Martha’s farm in Pemberton, British Columbia. Selected for their raw, undulating forms and split to reveal grain, composition and life-cycle, the inherent drama and imperfection of the wood is heightened by tempering and treatment, before being cast in bronze and coated in a rich black patina.
This would mark the second time the gallery has work with Martha Sturdy and the gallery is delighted to be working with such an icon of West Coast creativity.
With an unsettling magnetism, the latest works in the All Fall Down series invite audiences to immerse themselves in an installation of sculptures cast in bronze. Centered on natural cycles of growth, death, decay, and renewal, the strikingly eerie works incorporate crumbling ancient cedar logs, salvaged from a once fire-stricken stand of trees at Martha’s farm in Pemberton, British Columbia. Selected for their raw, undulating forms and split to reveal grain, composition and life-cycle, the inherent drama and imperfection of the wood is heightened by tempering and treatment, before being cast in bronze and coated in a rich black patina.
This would mark the second time the gallery has work with Martha Sturdy and the gallery is delighted to be working with such an icon of West Coast creativity.
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ABOUT THE GALLERY
Mónica Reyes Gallery (MRG) has been backing the growth and development of emerging and mid-career artists at its current location since 2013. Serving the local and international art scene, MRG promotes artist initiatives invested in shaping the economies of art and culture. Located in the heart of Strathcona, the gallery is uniquely positioned to create dialogues with the artists and cultural engineers who call the neighbourhood home.
Our new outpost, located at 2895 West 33rd Avenue – at the intersection of Mackenzie Street, opened in February 2022. This new location in the very heart of Vancouver's west side, will provide a unique opportunity for the gallery’s roster of artists to connect with a new audience, to present new projects and to participate in curated group exhibitions.
Mónica Reyes Gallery is committed to presenting the work of artists who reflect the diversity of the visual arts community in Vancouver, BC. In particular, we are committed to providing space for artists to present narratives that are often underrepresented in many art galleries. MRG acknowledges it’s role as a commercial gallery in the Vancouver art community and recognizes the importance of continually reflecting on this position in relation to the ongoing impacts of colonialism within our institutional systems. We strive to centre the gallery’s programming around equity, diversity and inclusion and invite our community to engage with us to create a more just and sustainable future for the visual arts.
A project that was inspired by the pandemic and its need to return to the local and foster the community around us, Monica Reyes was one of the founding galleries of a new art fair, called COMBINE. It's purpose is to serve as a platform for new and aspiring art collectors to learn about the West Coast art scene and as an opportunity for seasoned collectors to discover the latest local talents. The predominant concept of collaboration is visible in the make-up of the fair, consisting of five Vancouver galleries and the emphasis of interconnected elements of artists, collectors, galleries, and institutions of this inaugural fair.
MRG's regular exhibition program and special events provide artists with opportunities to show work that includes range of practices from more traditional forms of painting, sculpture and photography to experimental video, durational performance and installation.
We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on unceded, traditional and ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories.
Our new outpost, located at 2895 West 33rd Avenue – at the intersection of Mackenzie Street, opened in February 2022. This new location in the very heart of Vancouver's west side, will provide a unique opportunity for the gallery’s roster of artists to connect with a new audience, to present new projects and to participate in curated group exhibitions.
Mónica Reyes Gallery is committed to presenting the work of artists who reflect the diversity of the visual arts community in Vancouver, BC. In particular, we are committed to providing space for artists to present narratives that are often underrepresented in many art galleries. MRG acknowledges it’s role as a commercial gallery in the Vancouver art community and recognizes the importance of continually reflecting on this position in relation to the ongoing impacts of colonialism within our institutional systems. We strive to centre the gallery’s programming around equity, diversity and inclusion and invite our community to engage with us to create a more just and sustainable future for the visual arts.
A project that was inspired by the pandemic and its need to return to the local and foster the community around us, Monica Reyes was one of the founding galleries of a new art fair, called COMBINE. It's purpose is to serve as a platform for new and aspiring art collectors to learn about the West Coast art scene and as an opportunity for seasoned collectors to discover the latest local talents. The predominant concept of collaboration is visible in the make-up of the fair, consisting of five Vancouver galleries and the emphasis of interconnected elements of artists, collectors, galleries, and institutions of this inaugural fair.
MRG's regular exhibition program and special events provide artists with opportunities to show work that includes range of practices from more traditional forms of painting, sculpture and photography to experimental video, durational performance and installation.
We respectfully acknowledge that we live and work on unceded, traditional and ancestral xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories.
CONTACT US
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602 E Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6A 1R1 T. 604.339.2096 www.monicareyesgallery.com mr@monicareyesgallery.com opening hours: Monday and Tuesday 11am-2pm; Saturday 12-4pm; and by appointment
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2895 W. 33rd Avenue Vancouver, BC V6N 2G3 T. 604.339.2096 www.monicareyesgallery.com mr@monicareyesgallery.com opening hours: Wednesday - Saturday 12-5pm; and by appointment
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