Artist Q & A: Janna Watson
In this new artist Q & A, Janna Watson reflects on Undercurrent, tracing how her bold, suspended compositions and centred gestures emerge from a deeply autobiographical process and the enigmatic nature of the subconscious.
Artist Q & A: Ian Stone
For his inaugural solo exhibition in Vancouver, Montreal based artist Ian Stone talks to us about the attraction to realism, his use of everyday objects in symbolizing aspects of gender, and history's heavy role in shaping contemporary perceptions and expectations of queer bodies and lives.
Frederick Hagan | Exhibiting at PAMA
On display until March 22nd, 2026 at the Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives is a delightful and inspring collection of works from the Estate of Frederick Hagan, as part of their exhibition, Fantastic Landscapes: Beyond the Ordinary.
Barbara Cole | Featured at SPAO
Featured in this collection is Cole's lenticular work "Miroir D'Eau" from the Meditations series, which utilizes a unqiue process to create an image that moves as it is viewed from different angles. Comprised of several separate photographs from the artist's series "Meditations", this piece seeks to convery the experience of 'fleeting impressions of life reflected in water'.
Barbara Cole featured in the Toronto Guardian
Barbara Cole is a Toronto-born fine art photographer celebrated for her dreamlike imagery and inventive use of photographic techniques, including underwater photography and modernized wet collodion. Her work explores themes of transformation, weightlessness, and self-discovery, capturing figures in states of transition and reflection.
Gavin Lynch featured in the Toronto Guardian
Lynch challenges the traditional notion of landscape painting by approaching each work with a digitally informed, collage-like approach. By playing with opposing visual and tactile qualities, Lynch creates a layered and nuanced canvas that plays with the sculptural qualities of paint. The artist looks to climate change and the inherent destruction of our natural environment to depict forest scenes and seascapes, each informed by research expeditions, lived experience, and his fascination with Weird fiction and Eco fiction.
Ian Stone Joins Bau-Xi Gallery
We are thrilled to announce that Canadian high realist painter Ian Stone has joined Bau-Xi Gallery.
Artist Q & A: Steven Nederveen
In anticipation of Steven Nederveen's new solo exhibition The Invisible Pull, the artist sits down with us and reflects on the inclusion of human presence in his latest imagery, the influence of surfing and meditation as practices of waiting and attunement, and his ongoing practice of combining photography and painting as a means of balancing observation, intuition, and experience.
Celia Lees | Collaboration with Johnnie Walker
In late 2025, Toronto-based abstract painter, Celia Lees, had the unique opportunity to collaborate with Johnnie Walker for the release of their Couture Blend.
Pat O'Hara | In Memoriam | April 19, 1936- December 6, 2025
It is with deep sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Vancouver-based artist Pat O’Hara on December 6, 2025 at the age of 89. She was a treasured part of Bau-Xi Gallery for over 40 years.
Artist Q & A: Cori Creed
In anticipation of her new solo exhibition Stratum, Vancouver based artist Cori Creed discusses the balance and interplay of representation and abstraction and what continues to captivate her about BC's coastal lansdcape.
Barbara Cole | Artalogue Podcast Interview
In celebration of the release of her newest exhibition, Impermanence, Barbara Cole was invited to be a guest on Artalogue, an engaging Arts podcast hosted by Madison Beale.