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Storyline... - Exhibition - Jennifer Seymour & Camrose Ducote



Jennifer Seymour & Camrose Ducote - August 7– Sept 2 , 2008

Jennifer Seymour’s iconic cityscapes are given new life in her recent works. With greater attention to atmospheric perspective and vanishing imagery, Seymour’s capturing of seemingly random buildings, provides ... Read More

While this is Camrose Ducote’s first exhibition with Sopa, she is certainly no newcomer to the art scene. The Colorado native, now living in Vancouver, has an extensive list of exhibitions, as well as permanent collections ... Read More

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Play - Exhibition - Christopher Griffin, Tom DeGroot & Melissa Stern





Christopher Griffin, Tom DeGroot & Melissa Stern -
July 3 - August 5, 2008

Painter Christopher Griffin has traveled through geographically diverse areas, from rainforests to tundra, through ancient villages and archaeological sites; noticing images and symbols that are influences in his distinctive pictorially, narrative work. In this way, the markings seen in caves mixed with... Read More

 

Seattle artist, Tom DeGroot crafts resin boxes that enmesh play by using materials where he works multiple layers of resin, over grids, with numerous layers of paint systematically worked away; thus revealing little but small variations in their... Read More

 

 

Melissa Stern usually depicts human form in her mixed media ceramic sculpture, not unlike her sketches. Her figurative work has strong toy-like qualities, often from a make-believe place. The imperfect surfaces and time-worn coloring, suggest, perhaps a favorite toy that has... Read More

 

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Land... Water... Time... - Exhibition - Ben Van Netten

Ben Van Netten

Ben Van Netten - June 5 - July 1, 2008

Sopa Fine Arts is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Ben Van Netten - Land... Water... Time...

Known for transforming stripe painting from a static, conventional style into a vivid, sexy and fascinating art form, Van Netten orchestrates a perfect balance between color, light and space. These seeming abstractions sing with a blur of energy that moves across the surface of the canvas.... Read More

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Oxygenated - Solo Exhibition - Siobhan Humston

Siobhan Humston

Siobhan Humston - Oxygenated

Trunk Gallery
1755 W.3rd Avenue,
Vancouver 604.739.0800

May 20 – July 26, 2008

 


Turn On

Victoria Johnson

Victoria Johnson - Turn On

Lisa Harris Gallery
Seattle, WA

June 5 - June 28, 2008

 


A Common Space

Mellissa Stern

Melissa Stern & Charlotte Foust - A Common Space

Barbara Archer Gallery
Atlanta, Georgia

May 9 - August 30, 2008

 


Straight Forward

Robert Kingston, Harry Gruenert, Adele Kaars Sypesteyn, Bryan Ryley, Alayne Spafford

 

Straight Forward - May 1 - June 3, 2008

Robert Kingston, Harry Gruenert, Adele Kaars Sypesteyn, Bryan Ryley, Alayne Spafford

This show is about experiencing new things in an abstracted, but straightforward manner. The various techniques each artist uses, from thinly applied brushwork to heavy, thick lines and trickles; all timeless painting technique... Read More

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Primal Logic - Tom Degroot Exhibition

Tom Degroot

Tom Degroot
Primal Logic

Traver Gallery in
Tacoma, WA

April 12 - May 4


U8 - 3rd Annual Exhibition

U8 - 3rd Annual

U8 - 3rd Annual
April 1 - 13

U8

Sopa announces our 3rd annual juried exhibition, the ‘ Under 8 ’ Event. Beginning April 3rd the gallery will be exhibiting over 350 original art works priced under eight hundred dollars. Read More

 

Borderlands - Imagining the Immaterial

Shawn Serfas

Shawn Serfas
Borderlands - Imagining the Immaterial

Vernon Public Art Gallery

March 6 - May 1, 2008


Spare Parts - Exhibition - David Newkirk

David Newkirk

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David Newkirk - March 1 - April 1, 2008

Sopa Fine Arts is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by David Newkirk

SPARE PARTS

Mythology is the source of the theme for David Newkirk’s most recent body of work. He has envisioned the Greek mythical character Daedalus, the craftsman and inventor who was consigned to build a labyrinth on the island of Crete to house the Minotaur Absent-mindedly stumbling across random debris, Daedalus can be imagined finding inspiration in such humble commodities... Read More

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Christopher Griffin - Exhibition in Stowe, Vermont

Christopher Griffin

The Temperature of Colour
paintings by Christopher Griffin

West Branch Gallery & Sculpture Park
Stowe, Vermont

February 16, 2008 - March 28, 2008

 


Tide & Recess - Exhibition - Shawn Serfas

Shawn Serfas

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Tide & Recess - Feb 7 - Mar 4/08

‘TIDE & RECESS’

Embedded amidst the many layers in Shawn Serfas's paintings is an interest in Environmental Sciences, the landscape and issues bordering abstraction and representation. His paintings are an ongoing investigation of the connections between self-similarity in material structures, the geomorphology of painting and the relationship of humanity’s mark upon the land. His paintings also explore ancient ideograms and iconography which evoke the ancestry and immaterial structures... Read More

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Stem & Wings - Exhibition - Siobhan Humston

Siobhan Humston

Siobhan Humston - solo exhibition
Stem & Wings

Herringer Kiss Gallery
Calgary, AB

February 23 – March 29


Alex Couwenberg wins Joan Mitchell Foundation Award

Alex Couwenberg

December 2007

New York, NY - The Joan Mitchell Foundation is pleased to announce the twenty-five recipients of the 2007 Painters & Sculptors Grant Program in the amount of $25,000 each.

The Painters & Sculptors Grant Program was established in 1993 to assist individual artists.  The grants are given to acknowledge painters and sculptors creating work of exceptional quality.

The Foundation selected nominators nationwide dedicated to supporting artists who are under recognized for their artistic
... Read More

Gifted - Exhibition

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Gifted - Dec 6- Jan 3/08

‘GIFTED’

With Christmas just around the corner, it was fabulous to share in the festivities with our gallery artists, collectors, and friends this month. The aptly named “Gifted” group show proved to be a lot of fun as we enjoyed good wine, great food, lovely music and, of course sublime art! We would like to warmly thank all of those who helped us organize and facilitate the event as well as... Read More

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Melissa Stern

Melissa Stern

Melissa Stern - Artist in Residence in Serenbe, NY

New York sculptor Melissa Stern is the second participant in Serenbe's Artist in Residency program, sponsored by the Serenbe Institute and StudioSwan. Melissa will live and create art in our community for two weeks, from November 26 to December 10. Join us in giving her a warm welcome and take this opportunity to get to know more about her and her artwork!


Conspectus 2007

Martha Sturdy

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Conspectus 2007
Nov 1 - Dec 5/07

Martha Sturdy

Martha's steel sculpture and resin pieces are bold, clean, and minimal, which evoke a sense of unconscious spontaneity. Martha takes simple and artistic concepts and creates oversized statements using industrial materials such as casting resin, brass, and steel. Her clean... Read More

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Mechanical Odyssedy

Cory Fuhr

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Mechanical Odyssey
Nov 1 - Dec 5/07

Cory Fuhr

Cory Fuhr's mechanical odyssey began in 1996 as his work steadily moved away from the functional to the expressive and narrative. Cory Fuhr lives rural Vernon in the North Okanagan where his studio is a large barn that is able to house such large-scale pieces. Currently, Fuhr's work is exhibited in galleries across North America and has been featured in a number of art publications. ... Read More

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