16th Annual Juried Student Exhibition

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: MARCH 3rd, 11:00-4:00 pm At the Gallery of Visual Arts

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Gerhard Richter

Gerhard Richter was born in Dresden in 1932 to a middle class family. Like many Germans of his generation, his relatives were involved in the Nazi movement; his mother's brother, Uncle Rudi died a young Nazi officer, while Richter's mentally disabled aunt was imprisoned in a Hitler euthanasia camp. Rigorous ideology and death have haunted Richter since he was just a child, perhaps causing his strong dislike for ideology of any kind and underpinning the attraction that nature, as an indiscriminate force, holds for him.

Support from his mother encouraged him to become an artist during his mid-teens and he embarked on a classical education at the Dresden Art Academy in Communist East Germany. Years later and a few months prior to the erection of the Berlin Wall, he and his wife fled with only a suitcase to Düsseldorf in West Germany. From 1961 to 1964, Richter studied at the Staatliche Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Karl Otto Gotz.

Richter's first exhibition in the U.S. took place at the Reinhard Onnasch Gallery in 1973. Fifteen years later in 1988 he was given his first North American retrospective organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto and The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. In 2001 the Museum of Modern Art in New York exhibited a retrospective of Richter's paintings called "Forty Years of Painting". Curated by Robert Storr, the exhibition was critically acclaimed.

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Sam Baillie

Born and raised in Western Canada, Sam Baillie’s creative talents often reflect the beautiful surroundings in Alberta as well as her love of all animals. Painting is a passion for Sam that began many years ago in high school where her talents were rewarded with top grades in art classes. This led Sam to continue developing her talent in the Fine Arts program at Red Deer College. In the years that followed, her creativity was not limited to painting alone as she explored and excelled in various artistic expressions including ceramics, wood carving, bronze sculptures.

In 2005 Sam broke away from the corporate world to devote her energy full time to painting. She has continued growing her skills working with mentors and various instructors and has become the artist of favour in many homes in Alberta and B.C. She has now expanded her involvement in art by sharing her inspiration and talent with others as an instructor of several painting groups in Calgary.

Sam feels that the environment where she thrives and can be most creative is in the natural world, so it is not without coincidence that she lives in the scenic countryside, tucked in the trees with nature, animals and tranquility. Her current works include watercolours, oils and acrylics that reflect this inviting and peaceful environment.

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Sarah Maple

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Sarah Maple was born in 1985. She completed a BA in Fine Art from Kingston University in 2007, and now lives in her native Sussex. In the same year she also won the ‘4 New Sensations’ competition for emerging artists, run by Charles Saatchi and Channel 4. Sarah's work has been featured as the cover and content of US art/fashion magazine Swindle, and Nylon magazine. She has also worked with Dazed and Confused and Dolce and Gabbana on her film and performance works.

In 2010 she curated an art auction for ‘Feminism in London’ with contributors such as Julian Opie, Julie Verhoeven, Stuart Semple, Susie Orbach and Kate Nash. Sarah’s artwork, films and performances have been displayed on the London Tube and been exhibited in New York, Canada, Ireland, Germany, Italy and throughout Britain.

Much of Maple's inspiration originates from being brought up as a Muslim, with parents of mixed religious and cultural backgrounds. Blurring the lines between popular culture and religious devotion in an unfailingly mischievous manner, Sarah's aesthetic narrative urges the viewer to challenge traditional notions of religion, identity and the societal role of women.

Maple's work often takes on fabricated scenes and situations. She is affected by the art world, as well as from her general surroundings; including friends, family, television and popular culture. She is also greatly moved by music, comedy and literature. She believes these influences are truly woven into her art and provide the platform upon which her work is realised.

Maple states that the aim of her work is 'to give my audience food for thought. I believe comedy is a great tool to achieve this, which is why I choose to portray my conceptual ideas through a light-hearted and tongue-in-cheek approach'.

Interiors

Gustave Caillebotte, "The Floor Scrapers", 1876

Interiors Project Sheet

Interiors Sample Images PART I

Interiors Sample Images PART II

Handouts

Wolf Kahn

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The unique blend of Realism and the formal discipline of Color Field painting sets the work of Wolf Kahn apart. Kahn is an artist who embodies the synthesis of his modern abstract training with Hans Hofmann, with the palette of Matisse, Rothko's sweeping bands of color, and the atmospheric qualities of American Impressionism. It is precisely this fusion of color, spontaneity and representation that has produced such a rich and expressive body of work. Wolf Kahn regularly exhibits at galleries and museums across North America. Selected museum collections include Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, CA.

Isabel Samaras

Isabel Samaras, "The Madgi"

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