Exhibitions

Eric Louie | Becoming
October 5 - 17, 2023
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
Opening Reception Thursday, October 5, 6-8pm | Artist in Attendance

Bau-Xi Vancouver is thrilled to present Becoming, the anticipated new exhibition from Vancouver based artist Eric Louie. Louie's signature shimmering abstract forms almost appear to slowly move and shift, reflecting the collection's theme of the four seasons and the ever-changing nature of life. Louie's works possess a chameleonic ability to exist comfortably among a multitude of aesthetics, from 1920s Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern through to the late 20^th Century and into the forefront of contemporary design. 

Artist Statement:

My latest show approaches ideas surrounding the four seasons, perpetual change and cyclical nature of life. Different temperatures found in light and colour exemplify each passing moment depicted. The connection between the changing seasons, their varying colours and our projected memories associated with them is where the work touches most eloquently. Each painting involves some interaction and reaction between the imposing forms inhabiting the spaces I’ve created. Some semblance of the elements comes out in each scene where I’m focused on pulling that “feeling” out of myself.

-Eric Louie, 2023

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Capturing Ephemera | The Art of Floral Photography
October 5 - 28, 2023
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver


Bau-Xi Vancouver presents Capturing Ephemera, a curated exhibition featuring three photographic artists – Barbara Cole, Isabelle Menin and Martin Klimas - who have pushed the boundaries of floral imagery to exciting and innovative territory with their creativity and specialized technical precision. The medium of photography lends itself perfectly to floral imagery – its immediacy allows the artist to capture and immortalize any desired moment within a flower’s short and fragile lifespan.

Toronto based artist Barbara Cole, well known for her underwater images, thoughtfully selects various types of flowers with particular features and characteristics and submerges them in water, the moving current or sub-surface reflections giving them an otherworldly look and personality.

Belgian artist Isabelle Menin photographs multiple blooms individually and then proceeds to digitally separate them, sometimes down to the individual petal; she then arranges them in unexpected compositions often on a soft Rococo-like background, yielding a lush and sophisticated final image that encourages the viewer to enter further into the artist’s visionary dreamscape.

Finally, German photographer Martin Klimas uses an extremely high-speed camera and lens to photograph carefully selected flowers and branches in the exact instant that their ceramic vases are hit by a bullet. The perfect stillness of the blooms above juxtaposed by the tumultuous shatter below depicts both an actual and symbolic moment of change: chaos and calm co-existing in a sliver of time.

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Jamie Evrard | In Full Bloom
September 9 - 23, 2023
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
Opening Reception Saturday, September 9, 2-4pm | Artist in Attendance


Bau-Xi Vancouver presents In Full Bloom, the new exhibition from Vancouver artist Jamie Evrard. A master of expressionist florals, Evrard offers a lush reverie of a collection which celebrates the bountiful blooms and blissful headiness of high summer in Vancouver. Through Evrard's atmospheric paintings, the viewer is led down meandering paths of nostalgia and appreciation for the very best of times - a welcome respite in today's uncertain world.


Artist Statement:

Another bright blue morning and I went out to pick some pints of blackberries and an enormous bunch of deep ultramarine hydrangeas, enough to fill a pail. Crashing through the back gate with my purple pilferage, I brushed by the mint patch, filling the air with its scent. Then, just as I was settling down to work in my studio I heard steel drums in the park, and had to run out to that warm green field strewn with feathers of the geese who inhabit it all summer between baseball games. The sun and the joyful music warmed me. Summer! Too much to fit into a canvas, and how could I describe this mad beauty anyway? I bought every colour I could find, and I tried.

Being inside my airy studio surrounded by garden felt outside; fuchsias, golds, a few cadmiums popping through the windows, a cool breeze. As I worked, each painting told me a story - not at all the one I had expected, but I listened as the shapes and colours unfolded sometimes way into the evening to the sounds of baseballs pinging off aluminum bats, kids laughing. A humming bird flew in and finally out again, and I put away my paints to try again the next day.

-Jamie Evrard, 2023

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Sheila Kernan | Inbetween
August 5 - 17, 2023
3045 Granville Street, Vancouver
Opening Reception Saturday, August 5, 2-4pm | Artist in Attendance

Bau-Xi Vancouver is pleased to present Inbetween, the new exhibition from Calgary-based landscape artist Sheila Kernan. Continuing with the west coast themes of her preceding exhibition Real Places, Imaginary Spaces, Kernan delves further into the beguiling beaches and lush coastal forests of British Columbia, uniquely applying Gestalt theory to her process. The result is a collection of immersive, textural scenes replete with the energy of the landscape.

Artist Statement:

Sometimes the in-between isn’t about what’s there; it’s about what is not. Hovering between realism and abstraction, my practice has always embraced “Gestalt theory.” Gestalt theory is a theory about perception: it describes our abilities to recognize complex scenes and reduce them to more simplified patterns and shapes. I aim to reduce scenes and simplify landscapes into shapes, textures and patterns, leaving out some information to allow viewers to fill in the gaps and ‘connect the dots’. At the same time, the many layers within my paintings provide detailed components where we don’t have to use our imagination. This intersection between fantasy and reality is endlessly fascinating to me and perfectly represented in these west coast scenes.

-Sheila Kernan, 2023

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Kathryn Macnaughton | Ripened Fruit
July 6-27, 2023
340 Dundas Street West, Toronto
Opening Reception Thursday July 6, 5-7pm | Artist in Attendance

Bau-Xi Gallery is thrilled to present Ripened Fruit, the highly anticipated exhibition by Toronto-born, Lisbon-based painter, Kathryn Macnaughton. 

Artist Statement:

"This collection of new work embodies the essence of growth and maturity, just like the transformative process of a fruit where texture, taste and appearance evolve. After months of experimentation in the studio and learning to embrace failure, these new paintings have taken a bold departure from my previous body of work.

Over the past two years, I've wanted to explore new approaches, but it was crucial for me to feel at ease in my new environment in Lisbon before embarking on this new direction. Like my creative process being fully present in my daily life is essential during my walks, I'm very observant capturing mental snapshots of the vibrant colors, blooming flowers and the way the light hits the past buildings.

In contrast to my earlier work, where I would conceal areas, I lacked confidence in, I now expose the entirety of the painting. Imperfections are embraced and even encouraged. These paintings serve as a reminder that flaws are intrinsic to our individuality and authenticity, transcending the notion of perfection. The most exhilarating moments occur when happy accidents transpire, revealing uncharted territories and granting me glimpses into unexplored artistic avenues in these paintings. The act of failing is celebrated on par with succeeding as it is through the failures, the true growth and artistic revelations manifest.

This new collection exudes a sense of liberation, playfulness and spontaneity compared to my previous work. The process is unpredictable, demanding trust in my intuition, embracing the failures became paramount. The delicate process requires unwavering concentration, knowing precisely when to pour the paint and skillfully deciding whether to halt or push the boundaries, venturing closer to the edge of no return." - Kathryn Macnaughton, 2023

A graduate of OCADU, Macnaughton has exhibited in Canada and abroad since 2010. The artist's paintings are included in multiple international private, public and corporate collections. 

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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