UW Fine Arts + UWAG Present MFA Thesis 1, opening April 9, 5-8 pm

[Jurakic, Ivan]

University of Waterloo Fine Arts Presents
MFA THESIS 1

April 9–May 2, 2015
Opening Reception: Thursday, April 9 from 5:00–8:00 pm


Gallery One
Sarah Kernohan
Sift

Sift is a drawing installation influenced by the artist’s experiences in nature, most recently a five-day hike along the Lagavegur Trail in Iceland. The drawings recall this walk through a landscape that was at times out-of-focus, while at others absolutely clear, providing the landscape with an evocative and ever-shifting identity. Each drawing represents a process of trying to understand and re-create the way that sediment settles and deposits on snowfields after a season of storms.

Sarah Kernohan’s work focuses on landscape, large-scale natural physical events and memory. She is completing her MFA at the University of Waterloo and received a BFA from OCAD University. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, and is the recipient of several awards; including the Ontario Graduate Scholarship, University of Waterloo President’s Scholarship and grants from the Ontario Arts Council. She participated in the Keith and Win Shantz Fellowship and worked in London UK with the collaborative Peles Empire and painter Oliver Osbourne. She currently lives and works in Kitchener, ON.
www.sarahkernohan.com


Gallery Two
Liz Little
Small Worlds

Small Worlds is an installation of wall drawing that explores the possibilities of shape and colour through repetition and scale. Combining drawing materials with printmaking techniques, I use my hand and body to replace the printing press in the creation of uniquely reproduced shapes. Movement and rhythm are initiated by repetition, and through colour there is the opportunity to examine the relationship between the viewing experience and perception, cognition and sensation. I am interested in the subjective experience, and how both brain and body are involved in the relationship between artwork and audience.

Liz Little is a multidisciplinary artist whose work focuses on repetition, colour, and abstraction. She is presently an MFA candidate at the University of Waterloo and received a BFA with Distinction from Concordia University in 2010. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States and Germany and is part of national and international private collections. As a recipient of the Keith and Win Shantz Fellowship in 2014, she assisted the artist Ciara Phillips in Glasgow, Scotland. She is the recipient of several scholarships and awards, including the Sylvia Knight Award in Fine Arts and the Bill Watson Memorial Award for Printmaking. She currently lives and works in Kitchener, ON.
www.lizlittle.org

Please join us in celebrating the thesis exhibitions by these promising emerging artists.
Exhibitions are free and open to the public.

UWAG
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
East Campus Hall 1239
Gallery: 519.888.4567 ext. 33575
uwag.uwaterloo.ca
Fine Arts: 519.888.4567 ext. 36923
finearts.uwaterloo.ca

Hours
Tuesday to Saturday
12:00-5:00 pm
Or by appointment

Contact
Ivan Jurakic, Director / Curator
519.888.4567 ext. 36741
ijurakic at uwaterloo.ca

Driving
263 Phillip Street, Waterloo, ON
Located in East Campus Hall on Phillip Street off University Avenue West, behind University Plaza
Use South entrance to ECH across from Engineering 6

Parking
Limited meter parking is available behind ECH
Visitor Parking is available in Lot E6, E5 or Lot B after 3:45 pm
http://www.uwaterloo.ca/map/index.php

Mailing
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1

Images (left to right): Sarah Kernohan, Sift 50, 2014, graphite, vinegar and water on Mylar. Liz Little, Sway, 2014, chalk pastel on wall. Images courtesy of the artists.
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