Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary

The Athlete Series will be available for public viewing at MOCA starting Saturday May 25th and remain up as a part of Olympian Heights until July 1st. The opening/auction event will be Friday June 7th starting at 7 pm. with the auction starting at 8 pm.

MOCA is dedicated to presenting exhibitions, public and education programs and maintaining a permanent collection pertaining to contemporary art, architecture, design and craft from Calgary, Canada and the world.

This small scale interdisciplinary project space was originally started by the United Congress in 1999 as One Minute Happiness. In 2007 they handed it over to me and I renamed it Museo Poco. When Angie Inglis + Jane Grace + I closed Sugar Shack Art Salon in 2010 we co-curated the window gallery as Sugar Cube. It is currently operating as the collaborative space La Fenêtre between myself + Eddie Olson + White-field Senate.

WHAT IS A TIMERAISER?

Getting involved in your community isn't always easy, so we've made it simple for you to find relevant and meaningful opportunities that fit your busy lifestyle.

Timeraiser is like speed-dating with a twist.

Throughout the evening, meet with different agencies and match your skills to their needs. Once you have made your matches you are eligible to bid on artwork. The twist is rather than bid money, you bid volunteer hours.

Have a winning bid? You have 12 months to complete your pledge, then get to bring your artwork home as a reminder of your good will.

What is your artwork about (underlying concept, focus, themes, intent, etc)?

At this point my art practice is a big playpen with certain parameters: the medium and technique of woodcut cherry, walnut, and century-old Douglas fir, the portrait genre, historical photographic records (especially from the Glenbow archives), circus sideshow references, and about fifty years of popular culture from the 1920s (silent film cowboys like Hoot Gibson and Tom Mix) to the 1970s iconic gender archetypes such as Sophia Loren and Steve McQueen.

Gloss enamel woodcuts guaranteed to pop your eye out & wild bird woodcuts on Douglas fir guaranteed to pop your other eye out.

Exhibit runs October 18 - November 9, 2012
at AXIS Contemporary Art
#203 - 100, 7th Avenue SW
Calgary, AB Canada

Question: What kind of artwork do you make?

Answer: Figurative woodcuts and paintings and scheming up alternative venues/ project spaces: Sugarmobile, Sugar Gallery, and with Milo Dlouhy, Sugar Estate, Portrait Estate, and The National Portrait Gallery Inc.

My 30" x 60" giant letterpress style woodcut used for marketing the 2011 Calgary Folk Music Festival will be on permanent display at Festival Hall in Inglewood Calgary. 

Festival Hall is the new home of the Calgary Folk Music Festival offices and an intimate performance space seating approximately 200.

Festival Hall is located at 1215 10th Ave SE.

Exhibition Opening Friday January 6th 2012

Elevation Gallery is the inspiration of designer/goldsmith Cheryl Baxter. A brilliant collection of fine art by emerging and mid-career artists, but also an eclectic grouping of fine jewellery by award winning goldsmiths.