Sheila Kernan | Interplay: Memory and Connection

Sheila Kernan | Interplay: Memory and Connection
August 17-31, 2024
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
Opening Reception Saturday August 17, 2-4pm
Artist in Attendance
Artist Talk & Tour August 17 2:15-2:30pm


Bau-Xi Vancouver proudly presents Interplay: Memory and Connection, the new solo exhibition from Calgary-based artist Sheila Kernan. In this series, Kernan continues to explore her fascination with coastal vistas in her signature multi-technique style. New landscapes depict a reverence for British Columbia’s forests, rocky shores and islands, coloured and emphasized through memory and eliciting connection with the viewer through shared experience and emotion. The immersive, textural scenes are replete with the energy of the wild landscape. 


Artist's statement:

Memory is a fluid and subjective phenomenon that is continually shaped by our experiences and emotions. Through my practice, I consistently explore this malleable nature of past recollections and how they evolve over time. I am interested in how the power of perspective can shape and sometimes change our current understanding of what once was.

I value evolution and am always searching for new ways to combine materials and to construct and deconstruct my paintings. This uncertainty of outcome is what keeps things fresh, exciting, and challenging. I seek to reconnect with a childlike sense of wonder and discovery, chasing the rush that accompanies each brushstroke and each new artistic revelation.

My paintings act as a bridge between my personal experiences and memories with nature and the collective human experience with nature. It is this moment of connection that the paintings take on a life of their own, becoming an opportunity for viewers to recall and process their own memories, emotions, and experiences. I am thankful every day for this exchange.

-Sheila Kernan, 2024


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