exhibits

2012 Exhibit List (coming soon!)

Artist Receptions
The EAGM hosts receptions for exhibiting artists whenever possible. Events such as these allow visitors to meet artists and learn more about their work. The artists give a brief talk or walkthrough of their art practice and answer questions from the crowd. The gallery provides refreshments throughout the event. Artist Receptions last approx. 2 hours, and are "come and go" style. There is no dress code and everyone is invited to attend. Children are also welcome to come with their families.  Scheduled artist talks are typically congruent with the receptions and begin approximately 1/2 hour into the reception.

Gallery I Exhibit

Organized by the Royal Saskatchewan Museum                                                            Hunter of the Prairie Sea                                                                                     December 21 - February 29, 2012                                                                                                                                                                            Mid-Show Reception: Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm Part of the EAGM's mandate is to promote and educate the public about histories and heritage that are prominent to our community, province and country. We usually fulfill this directive in our museum, but due to our museums seasonal nature we occasionally exhibit larger collections/artefacts from other institutions in our gallery space(s) off-season. The EAGM is pleased to collaborate with the Royal Saskatchewan Museum to present Hunter of the Prairie Sea, an exhibition of a Mosasaur fossil. Mosasaurs roamed the oceans during the Cretaceous Period. This large predatory marine reptile is closely related to modern monitor lizards and snakes. It was a dominant predator of the Western Interior Seaway, which stretched across North America. Their remains have been discovered around the world, but this particular fossil was discovered near Rush Lake, Saskatchewan. This exhibition will feature a cast of the original skeletal remains along with educational and fun fact-filled information panels provided by the RSM. Come out and see this extraordinary piece!

Gallery II Exhibit

Gladys Wozny Siemens

Shoreline
January 26 - February 25, 2011
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 26, 2012 @ 7 pm.   Artist will be in attendance.

Gladys Wozny Siemens’ documents the memories nature leaves behind. Through casting, she creates sculptural reliefs with gypsum cement, to effectively capture the surviving evidence of activity that can be found along the shoreline near her studio. Concerned with the state of nature in a technology-driven world, Wozny Siemens documents these mementos before they are permanently washed away.

What the viewer will find when exploring                   Wozny Siemens’ work are patterns of animal tracks, plant life and soil formations found along shores and other terrain. She then captures these moments in time, petrifying them through her casting process.    The resulting fossils perpetuate the ephemeral quality of her subject, turning them into relics from a previous time. Much like a dinosaur fossil, we approach her work with a sense of something that no longer exists; the only difference is that it is something we can remember.  Wozny Siemens’ work draws awareness to the fragility of nature and its unpredictable future. As the environment is continually threatened, these impressions force us to reunite with the natural world.

Gladys Wozny Siemens, La Pensee..., 2011

Wozny Siemens is a visual artist living and working in Rush Lake, Saskatchewan. She studied art at the University of Saskatchewan and obtained an Honours B.A. in studio art, specializing in sculpture. Having exhibited throughout Saskatchewan, she is included in the University of Saskatchewan permanent art collection, as well as private collections.

Project Wall Exhibit

Natalie Buongiorno

Deadly Origins: Three Studies
January 7 - March 17, 2012

Natalie Buongiorno's artistic practice is based in figurative oil painting and examines interpersonal relationships in the construction of identity. These three studies, from her series Deadly Origins, were completed during an artist's residency in Barbados, West Indies, where she began to experiment with new approaches to her work. Integrating the use of embroidery in her painted canvases, she found another medium that was as seductive as oils and offered a tactile quality to her work never before achieved with just paint. Her delicate needlework transforms into hostile animals, creating instability in her subject's constructed identity.

Natalie Buongiorno is a Toronto-based artist who is motivated by her interest in human experience and behaviour.  Since graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Design in 2006, her practice has concentrated on figurative works that explore the influence of society on human behavior and the notion   of self.

-Natalie Buongiorno, Artist Statement, 2012

 

Natalie Buongiorno, Wrath, Oil and Embroidery on Canvas

 

Current Exhibits

Hunter of the Prairie Sea, Installation Shot, 2012