Drew Burnham | Poetry of Place
July 22-August 3, 2023
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
Opening Reception Saturday, July 22, 2-4pm | Artist in Attendance


Bau-Xi Vancouver is thrilled to present this very highly anticipated new exhibition from established BC painter Drew Burnham. Well-known for his unique, hyperrealist portrayal of British Columbia's coastal landscapes, Burnham employs his immense skill, deeply intuitive process and immediately recognizable visual vocabulary of vivid colour, stylized form, and glazed lines to make his paintings leap to life - they seem to pulse with an inherent rhythm, and reverberate with the energy of the landscapes themselves. With an ever-increasing demand for his work, Burnham has experienced sold-out shows for over 10 years.

This new collection of five paintings is the culmination of two years of the artist's work.

Burnham trained with Don Jarvis and Toni Onley, and studied architectural rendering as well as Fine Art at the Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr University of Art+Design) and at the University of Victoria. Burnham continues to live and paint out of his home and studio on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Artist Statement:

What is showing up in my painting space is a distinct recognition that a painting only needs me to move the brush, not to be the creator of the work. My job is to not interfere but to disappear, with no thought, no theory, no input. It is not an intellectual process; its language is not words. The unpainted painting knows what to do, it just needs hands. It is finished when it stops asking for final fixes of the bits I have interfered with. These are things I did not expect to find out.

-Drew Burnham, 2023

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Gallery Artists | Method VI
July 6 - August 31
350 Dundas Street West, Toronto

The journey towards a finished artwork exists as an often unseen methodology that builds each artist’s polished visual language. This summer, Bau-Xi Gallery is thrilled to present Method VI, a show highlighting the processes behind the work of a select group of artists. Both of our spaces will be showcasing the work and artistic procedures of painters, sculptors and photographers - opening the dialogue of what composes a finished piece.

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Joshua Jensen-Nagle | Summer Session
July 8-20, 2023
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
Opening Reception Saturday, July 8 2-4pm 


Bau-Xi Gallery Vancouver is pleased to welcome summer 2023 with Summer Session, a collection of immersively-scaled beachside imagery from acclaimed Toronto-based aerial photographer Joshua Jensen-Nagle and his ongoing Endless Summer series. Inspired by his abundant memories of summer days surfing with his dad on the New Jersey shore, Jensen-Nagle creates images from a distance that act as memories: captured moments of bliss and solace that call to the viewer to take part in the visual and mental escape. The "escape artist", as Jensen-Nagle was dubbed by the Globe and Mail, photographs beaches in places all over the world including Bondi, Cinque Terre, Capri, Oahu, Mexico and Tel-Aviv. 

Artist Statement:

The Endless Summer series explores my obsession with beach culture and the notion of nostalgic escapism, offering a reflection on my own thoughts and feelings of childhood summers spent along the New Jersey shore …memories of never-ending days floating in the water, jumping waves and surfing with my dad. It was a simpler time and one of the only times in my life that I can remember feeling nothing more than uncomplicated happiness. I often long for the simplicity of those days.

My lens is not meant to document a reality, but rather attempts to capture a feeling experienced within the moments photographed, allowing the viewer to then reflect on their own memories and dreams. If the viewer can connect to the work on an emotional level, I have achieved my objective.

– Joshua Jensen-Nagle 2023

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Bratsa Bonifacho | No Sugar Added
June 17-29, 2023
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
Opening Reception Saturday, June 17, 2-4pm | Artist in Attendance

Bratsa Bonifacho is an established artist based in Vancouver. His work is held in many private, corporate and permanent museum collections across five continents. Major collections held include the Canadian Embassy in Argentina, Museum of Modern Art in Serbia, the National Museum of Serbia and the Department of External Affairs in Ottawa.

Internationally recognized for his deeply layered abstract paintings, Bonifacho has an intense interest in technology, communication and cultural identity which is at the forefront of his current artistic practice. These new works are a continuation of his Celebration series. Bonifacho imitates the effects of computer viruses and worms by scrambling letters and messages in his large-scale oil paintings. His work carries the elegance of programming code and symbolizes the deep layers of chaos and confusion caused by viruses, conflict and crisis.

Artist statement:

My choice of title “No Sugar Added” refers to a paring back of frills and unnecessary adornments to reveal the power of simplicity. I have a relationship with each painting which is driven primarily by emotion. This collection picks up from the previous Celebration series, focusing on simplified grid structure and interrupted code-like symbology. However, while the Celebration series focused on an overall presence of white with bright colour accents, this collection features rich, deep colours in combinations which reflect mood and intuitive impulse, emphasizing the all-encompassing importance of the present moment.

– Bratsa Bonifacho 2023

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Joseph Plaskett | Gallery Feature
June 15 - 29, 2023
340 Dundas Street West, Toronto | Upper Gallery

"The art that I make and that I see others make confirms the miracle of being alive. Almost every day I live in a state of exaltation." - Joseph Plaskett

Bau-Xi Toronto is pleased to present a gallery feature of still-life paintings and works on paper by globally renowned Canadian artist Joseph Plaskett this June. 

Joseph Plaskett (1918-2014) is considered to be one of Canada’s most talented and established painters. In the spring of 2001, he was awarded The Order of Canada for excellence in the field of visual art. Since the 1940’s, he has had over 65 solo and group exhibitions, with work in major public, private and corporate collections, including the National Gallery of Canada. He has exhibited with the Bau-Xi Gallery, both in Vancouver and Toronto, since 1973.

Please join us to celebrate the artwork of this remarkable artist. 

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Kim Keever | Diffusions
June 8-29, 2023
350 Dundas Street W, Toronto
Opening: Thursday, June 8, 5:30 -7:30 PM 

Kim Keever’s creations of paint pigments blooming underwater take on enchanting, otherworldly forms. Bau-Xi Photo is pleased to present Diffusions, an exciting new collection of abstract photographs from the artist this June in Toronto.

Keever is always searching for discovery in his practice, born out of chance, patience and experimentation: "I would like the viewer to have the feeling that they haven't seen this before."

After earning an engineering degree from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, Keever worked briefly for NASA on various projects involving high-speed fluid flow. Although he switched careers to become a full-time artist in the mid-1970s, his previous vocation continued to inform his work, lending a scientific methodology and investigative process to his artistic practice.

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Cori Creed | Sightlines
May 13-27, 2023
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
Opening Reception Saturday, May 13, 2-4pm

Bau-Xi Vancouver is proud to present Sightlines, the upcoming exhibition by established BC landscape artist Cori Creed. Cori’s dynamic new canvases continue to celebrate the rich and wild province of BC, with the intention of capturing the essence of moving through the landscape.

Artist's Statement: 

It is easy to find inspiration in the dramatically and uniquely varied wild places of our province. I am constantly drawn to our wild places for so many reasons. I derive so much peace and perspective from soaking in the natural world and in doing so, I receive inspiration in the patterns and light and forms that I surround myself with. There is always another peak to be explored or a corner to turn on a coastline - treasures to be chased and revealed. It is a homage to the subject, but also to the things that lie beyond.

- Cori Creed 2023

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Michael Wolf | Feature Exhibition
May 11 - 31, 2023
340 Dundas Street W., Toronto | Upper Gallery

This May, Bau-Xi Gallery is honoured to present a curated selection of works from the renowned series, Tokyo Compression and Cheung Chau Sunrises, by the acclaimed German photographer, Michael Wolf.

In Tokyo Compression, Michael Wolf decided to push the issues of privacy and voyeurism that he first explored while documenting dense megacities to their extreme. The density presented here is not architectural but human, as commuters fill every available square inch of these subway cars. Wolf applies the “no exit” photographic style to these portraits, trapping the gaze of the viewer within the frame by aiming his camera at passengers pressed against the windows of a crammed Tokyo subway.

With the 2019 series, Cheung Chau Sunrises, Wolf left the city of Hong Kong, finding a new home on the nearby island of Cheung Chau. On the roof of this three-story house, with views of one of Hong Kong’s many bays, the series grew conceptually. These photographs appear as a systematic counterpoint, at a place synonymous with a lack of space, smog, and a permanent conformity to economic circumstance. This meditative body of work was the last one created by the award winning artist. 

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