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<h1 style="margin-top:0cm"><span style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal">The Further Apart Things Seem<o:p></o:p></span></h1>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">Anna Binta Diallo, Atanas Bozdarov, Barbara Hobot, Adriana Kuiper & Ryan Suter, Brendan Lee Satish Tang, and Couzyn van Heuvelen</span></strong><span style="color:#2A2A2A;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">Co-curated by Shannon Anderson and Jay Wilson</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">University of Waterloo Art Gallery</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A"><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">September 15-December 10, 2022</span></strong><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Opening Reception:</span></strong></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#2A2A2A"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">Thursday September 15, 5-8 pm<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Curator’s Walk-Through:</span></strong></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#2A2A2A"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">Thursday September 29, 12-1 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A"><img width="600" height="401" style="width:6.25in;height:4.177in" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D8C684.3B472290"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">In a social and political moment where opinions are often divisive, the possibility of finding common ground can seem beyond reach. Debates over human rights, climate change, land claims, and even the politicizing
of the pandemic often seem at cross-purposes and irresolvable. How do we respond in times of uncertainty—when do we push forward, when do we give up, and when do we try things differently? In</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#2A2A2A"> </span></span><em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">The
Further Apart Things Seem</span></em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">, artists follow distinct paths toward subtle forms of resistance, while exploring areas of connection between that which feels disconnected or in opposition. By testing the
unexpected, they embrace material experimentation and provisionality as productive spaces for building resilience, resolution, and understanding.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<em><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">The Further Apart Things Seem</span></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#2A2A2A"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">is co-presented
by Contemporary Calgary, University of Waterloo Art Gallery, and Art Gallery of Mississauga.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">The exhibition is generously supported by the Ontario Arts Council.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">Artist’s Biographies</span></strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">Atanas Bozdarov</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#2A2A2A"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">(b. Etobicoke, ON,
lives in Toronto, ON) is an artist and designer whose recent projects have explored systems of access and accessibility, unnoticed conditions of disability and design, and architectural propositions for public space.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">Anna Binta Diallo</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#2A2A2A"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">(b. Dakar, Senegal,
lives in Winnipeg, MB) is a multidisciplinary visual artist who draws from her complex cultural background to explore the continuously evolving processes of memory and nostalgia to create unexpected narratives surrounding identity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">Barbara Hobot</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#2A2A2A"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">(b. Toronto, lives
in Kitchener, ON) is interested in creative processes and actions that de-centre the human, using loose trompe l’oeil, alchemy, gravity, and chance, to create a confusion of materials that draws attention to our incomplete grasp on the world that surrounds
us.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">Adriana Kuiper</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#2A2A2A"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">(b. Toronto, ON,
lives in Sackville, NB) and <b>Ryan Suter</b> (b. Tilbury, ON, lives in Sackville, NB) have collaborated on work since 2010. Their work turns to the interior lives of those coping with fear and conflict, between a desire to retreat and a need to speak out
in their quilt-based sculptures.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">Brendan Lee Satish Tang</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#2A2A2A"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">(b. Dublin,
Ireland, lives in Vancouver, BC) explores issues of identity and the hybridization of material and non-material culture in his work, drawing from futuristic technologies, contemporary culture, and ancient traditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#2A2A2A">Couzyn van Heuvelen</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#2A2A2A"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#2A2A2A">(b. Iqaluit,
NU, lives in Bowmanville, ON) explores Inuit culture and identity, new and old technologies, and personal narratives. While rooted in the traditions of Inuit art, the work strays from established Inuit art making methods and explores a range of fabrication
processes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#6C757D">Image Credit:</span></strong><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#6C757D"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6C757D">Brendan Lee Satish
Tang, “Roadside Tribute (large installation)”, 2021, watercolour on paper, wood, mixed media, courtesy of the artist.<br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Description:</span></strong></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color:#6C757D"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#6C757D">A full-sized paper and watercolour reproduction
of a blue and white Ford F-150 pick-up truck is mounted on wooden sawhorses with a glowing amber light emanating from underneath.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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