Opening Reception
6-8
pm –
April 26
-
June 9,
2018
INTERwoven (Headbones) New Canadian Perspectives in
Textile and Printmaking- Mark Bovey, Davida Kidd, Walter
Jule, Karen Dugas, Liz Ingram+ Bernd Hildebrandt, Derek
Besant, Julie Oakes, Sean Caulfield, Tracy Templeton,
Guy Langevin,
and Alexandra Haeseker,
opens at Headbones Gallery on Thursday, April 26.
The exhibition shows works that originate from the
Canadian coast to coast. Thirteen
artists were “invited to challenge their personal
practices to produce new works for an exhibition at
Kobro Gallery in Lodz, Poland that somehow looked
to both textile and print references in creative ways,”
said Besant, the curator and also one of the artists.
Furthering a long standing liaison between
Poland and Canada, most of the artists, including Julie
Oakes of Vernon attended
the opening in Lodz. Headbones Gallery’s
presentation of Interwoven extends the exposure
to touch ground in Vernon.
Derek Besant is no stranger to
Vernon. He has already had an
exhibition at the Vernon Art Gallery and another is opening on May 24
– July 18, Dark Woods Revisited. With an
engaging perspective on life in general, he encourages
connection. Because there was an
enthusiastic reception of the works in
Lodz in the springtime of 2017, INTERwoven
traveled that fall to The National Cultural Center Art
Gallery in
Warsaw
with the support of the Canadian Embassy.
Mark Bovey
(Nova Scotia) has also had an exhibition at the Vernon
Art
Gallery and this new work
develops his long standing themes and use of digital
technology. Currently with a solo show at The Reach
Gallery in Abbotsford, Davida Kidd’s
poignant, intimate photographs of marginalized people in
alternative spaces caps off the west coast. From
Edmonton, Walter Jule,
Karen Dugas and the artist team Liz
Ingram + Bernd Hildebrandt have pushed the
boundaries of textile and printmaking. Sean
Caulfield’s current exhibition at the
Vernon Art Gallery,
Active Workings, (March 08 – May 16) an eloquent
and extensive exploration, opens the possibilities of
printmaking to grand dimensions. Tracy Templeton
is now based in
Indianapolis
but hails from the Canadian prairies and her works bring
the chill of winter back into view. Guy Langevin,
from Quebec brings a sensual sensibility – subtle,
visionary and toned by his expertise. Alexandra
Haeseker and Derek Besant
(Calgary) both who have an artistic history of expanding
the methods and imagery of art making bring the
best of Alberta onto our BC walls, with a slant
inclusion and un-jaded by politics. Julie Oakes
Interwoven piece, a flag titled Striving in
the Pink Lane sports the image of a woman swimming
“in the pink lane”.
To keep the Polish Canadian connection open, on June 15,
Headbones will be hosting
INTERlacing: Oscar
Gozkiewicz, Tomasz Matczak, Alicia Habisiak-Matczak and
Jolanta Rudzka Habisiak.
The
Poles will be coming to
Vernon.
And in March 2020, an exhibition opens at KOBRO Gallery
in Lodz focusing on women’s rights - Julie
Oakes and
Jolanta Rudzka Habisiak.