A Momentary Glimpse, Exhibition at Babel

Today is the second day of my short but sweet solo show in Trondheim. Yesterday was the opening, a decent turnout despite the busy arts schedule this week and the perfect weather. As promised, here are some photos of the exhibition.

A Momentary Glimpse Set Up

This morning I hung the works for my show "A Momentary Glimpse". I was feeling a bit unhappy with some of the pieces while I was working on them, but they look great on the walls of the gallery. Babel is a great space, and the three rooms allowed me to split my work into three themes: architecture inspired works made in Trondheim, food and social satire.
There's still the lighting and map to create, but I'm really happy with the way it turned out.

More pictures to come after the opening.

AIR Update

I'm still in Norway. まだノルウェーだよ！

It's a race to finish for my exhibition, but rather than spend all my time in the studio, I have been taking advantage of the surrounding nature. Lots of walks in and outside the city and tons of artsy-fartsy activities with other artists.

個展の始まりはもうすぐなんですが、またノルウエーに来る機会あるかどうかわからないので、自然、トロンハイムの生活を楽しんでいます。

 A typical day in Trondheim: sunny on one side, rainy on the other.

 I went to Bymarka a couple times. It's a forested area just outside the city with hiking trails in the summer and ski trails in the winter. The first time, we took a ski trail which was not dry enough for hiking yet and ended up trudging through cold wet bog for a few kms. Luckily it was a really warm day and the ankle high water and mud was bearable.

Either way, it's great to breathe in the fresh air and feel the warm sun and cool breeze on your face.

A Momentary Glimpse

My solo show "A Momentary Glimpse" will open at Babel next week.

Check their Facebook page for information:

https://www.facebook.com/events/263308637355046/

I hope to see you there!

ありがとう！

来日してから、すでに６年間が経ちました。東京芸術大学で版画を勉強し、多様な仕事で新しい経験を得たし、展示、制作など山ほどして、アーティスト、そして人間として人生で最も重要な６年かでした。
難しい決断でしたが、帰国することにしました。
日本で出会った友達、作品を展示してくださったギャラリー、応援していただいた皆様、感謝のあまり、言葉もございません。
これから制作、生活拠点はカナダですが、日本で展示を続けていきたいので、またきっと会える機会いっぱいあります。
本当にありがとうございました！

ブレイク前夜〜次世代の芸術家たち

Hey everyone- guess what!
I was on TV yesterday! I appeared in a short TV series about young artists on BS Fuji. The segment will be on YouTube at a later date so everyone can see it.

昨日テレビに出演したよ！
BSフジの「ブレイク前夜〜次世代の芸術家たち」という若手アーティストを紹介する番組に作品を発表していただきました。現在日本にいなくて、私も見れなかったが、後ほどYouTubeにアップされるので、楽しみに待っています。

http://brezen.buyshop.jp/blog/2016/05/04/111306

AIR Update in Norway

So I have been in Trondheim for over 3 weeks now, with a few weeks left until I leave. The weather has got warm and all of a sudden it feels like spring. I've still been enjoying the fjord walks, taking in the sunset and dusk late at night.

I have a solo exhibition opening soon connected with my artist in residence program at LKV. My vision for the show is still in the forming stages. A lot of the individual pieces have been inspired by the architecture in Trondheim, but an exhibition is so much more than just the sum of its parts.

 Curation and the ways in which you display work can be just as important as the work itself. This is something I would say is not my forte; often my shows consist of framed work centred at eye level. It's perfectly fine for looking at a single piece, but gets boring with repetition throughout an entire gallery. It's something I intend to think about more from now on, especially after seeing some creative presentations of work in Trondheim.