<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><img height="111" width="180" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="860fc236-4594-4052-b3e2-84c390550ed7" src="cid:38FE28F7-DE04-4F78-92EC-BB32FC3A6ED0@uwaterloo.ca"><br></span></font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b style="font-size: 13px;">University of Waterloo Fine Arts Presents</b></font></span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b>MFA Thesis 2</b></font></span><br><br><strong style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">May 2–18, 2013</strong><br><span style="font-size: 13px; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><strong>Opening Reception: Thursday, May 2 from 5:00–8:00 pm</strong><br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>Gallery One</strong></span></span><br><strong style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Nicholas Breton</span></strong><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><strong style="font-size: 13px; ">The Gesture and the Drip</strong><br><br><em>The Gesture and The Drip </em>investigates our increasing reliance on digital media as a means to encounter and view works of art online as a form of photographic documentation. This body of work attempts to place greater significance on the human gesture in contrast to the loss of human presence that often accompanies such digital documentation. The gesture and the drip are recurring mark making elements that can be traced throughout my work. Occasionally, these gestures are the physical mark made by my hand but in other instances they are the result of reproduced images and patterns that have been silk-screened onto the surface of the canvas. The actual and reproduced gestures become interchangeable. My paintings encompass the paradox of the authentic and the mediated gesture.<br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><b></b></span><br><span style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>Gallery Two</strong></span></span><br><strong style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Jessica Massard</span></strong><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><strong style="font-size: 13px; ">Possibly, Maybe</strong><br><br><em>Possibly, Maybe </em>is an exhibition of polychromatic, process-based objects made out of acrylic paint. Working with and against the limits of the material, the paint is systematically cast, peeled, stretched and rolled colour by colour transforming it into three-dimensional hybrid forms. The working process I have devised is predetermined and regulated, yet the element of chance is integral to the work due to its material constraints. I am exploring the sculptural potential and plasticity of a material that is traditionally used for painting. While acrylic is a relatively new material, designed to be durable and long lasting, the forms I create out of it are vulnerable to climate, time and gravity which counters the plastic's perceived resilience. As a result, this body of work signals opulence, abundance and visual splendour as well as the inevitability of physical and material decay. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.jessicamassard.com/" target="_blank">www.jessicamassard.com</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Please join us in celebrating the thesis exhibitions of these promising emerging artists.</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Both exhibitions are free and open to the public.<br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>UWAG</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">University of Waterloo Art Gallery, East Campus Hall 1239</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Fine Arts Office: 519.888.4567 ext. 36923 <a href="http://www.finearts.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_blank">finearts.uwaterloo.ca</a></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Gallery: 519.888.4567 ext. 33575 <a href="http://www.uwag.uwaterloo.ca/" target="_blank">uwag.uwaterloo.ca</a><br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>Hours</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Tuesday to Saturday</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">12:00-5:00 pm</span><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Or by appointment</font><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff1e16" face="Arial"><b>Contact</b></font><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Ivan Jurakic, Director / Curator</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">519.888.4567 ext. 36741</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><a href="mailto:ijurakic@uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank">ijurakic@uwaterloo.ca</a><br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>Driving</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">263 Phillip Street, Waterloo, ON</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Located in East Campus Hall on Phillip Street off University Avenue West, behind University Plaza</span><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Use South entrance to ECH across from Engineering 6</font><br><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><b>Please Note:</b></font><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> Philip Street is closed for construction so approach via Columbia Street West<br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>Parking</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Limited meter parking is available behind ECH</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Visitor Parking is available in Lot E6, E5 or Lot B after 3:45 pm</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><a href="http://www.uwaterloo.ca/map/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.uwaterloo.ca/map/index.php</a><br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>Mailing</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">UW Fine Arts | University of Waterloo Art Gallery</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">200 University Avenue West</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1<br><br><span style="font-size: 8pt; ">Images (left to right): Nicholas Breton, <em>The Gesture and the Drip</em> (detail), oil and acrylic on canvas, 2013. Jessica Massard, <em>Possibly, Maybe</em> (installation detail), 2013. Images courtesy of the artists.</span></span><br></p></body></html>