Kelly Irving : Pender Island, BC, artist's biography, statement and cv

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Kelly Irving : CV, Biography and Artist Statement

Curriculum Vitae

Visual Arts Exhibitions:
Solo:
2019 - photography; Pender Island Public Library; Pender Island, BC
2009 - photography; Talisman Books & Gallery; Pender Island, BC
2008 - photography; Talisman Books & Gallery; Pender Island, BC
1989 - Fresh Man Art; drawings, sculpture; studio exhibition, Victoria, BC
1988 - Grazed; paintings, drawings; Said Gallery, Victoria, BC
1988 - Hang it Out to Dry; drawings; Squeaky's Laundramat, Victoria, BC
1985 - The Trap; sculpture; Open Space Gallery (foyer), Victoria, BC

Paired:
With Joanna Rogers:
2019 - Same Same... But Different v9; mixed media; Sea Star Vineyards, Pender Island, BC
2018 - Same Same... But Different v8; mixed media; Sea Star Vineyards, Pender Island, BC
2017 - Back We Are; mixed media; Slow Coast Café, Pender Island, BC
2017 - Same Same... But Different v7; mixed media; Sea Star Vineyards, Pender Island, BC
2016 - Same Same... But Different v6; mixed media; Sea Star Vineyards, Pender Island, BC
2015 - Here We Are Now v2; mixed media; Slow Coast Café, Pender Island, BC
2015 - Stacked; mixed media; Talisman Books & Gallery, Pender Island, BC
2015 - Same Same... But Different v5; mixed media; Sea Star Vineyards, Pender Island, BC
2015 - Same Same... But Different; mixed media; The Old Schoolhouse, Qualicum Beach, BC
2015 - Same Same... But Different; mixed media; Gibsons Public Art Gallery, Gibsons, BC
2014 - Us Again; photographs and mixed media; Talisman Books & Gallery, Pender Island, BC
2014 - Here We Are Now; photographs and mixed media; Slow Coast Café, Pender Island, BC
2014 - Same Same... But Different v4; mixed media; Sea Star Vineyards, Pender Island, BC
2013 - Same Same... But Different v3; mixed media; Whalepointe, Pender Island, BC
2012 - Same Same... But Different v2; mixed media; Corre Alice Gallery, Cumberland, BC
2011 - Same Same... But Different; mixed media, Anglican Hall, Pender Island, BC
With Scott Clark:
2004 - Off the Map; mixed media; Community Hall, Pender Island, BC

Group:
2020 - Whimsy; painting; The Gallery at Hope Bay, Pender Island, BC
2019 - Colourful Coast; digital photography; Talisman Books and Gallery, Pender Island, BC
2019 - Art Off the Fence; digital images and drawing; Good Shepherd, S. Pender Island, BC
2019 - High Relief; mixed media; Talisman Books and Gallery, Pender Island, BC
2019 - Black and White; digital photography; Talisman Books and Gallery, Pender Island, BC
2019 - World Travel; digital photography; Talisman Books and Gallery, Pender Island, BC
2018 - Small Packages; paintings; Talisman Books and Gallery, Pender Island, BC
2018 - FUN Art Show; mixed media; McTavish Academy of Art, Saanichton, BC
2017 - Small Packages; paintings; Talisman Books and Gallery, Pender Island, BC
2015 - Art in the Orchard; mixed media; Corbett House, Pender Island, BC
2014 - Art in the Orchard; mixed media; Corbett House, Pender Island, BC
2013 - Art in the Orchard; mixed media; Corbett House, Pender Island, BC
2012 - Art Off the Fence; mixed media; outdoor exhibition, Pender Island, BC
2012 - LP; mixed media; Deluge Gallery, Victoria, BC
2006 - Pender Creatives; curator & painting; Anglican Hall, Pender Island, BC
1998 - Arting Around; painting; Community Hall, Pender Island, BC
1996 - Stella Maris Artists; painting; Hope Bay Store, Pender Island, BC
1995 - Spring Show; mixed media; Stella Maris Gallery, Pender Island, BC
1995 - Community; sculpture; Stella Maris Gallery, Pender Island, BC
1993 - Visual Arts Honours Exhibition; mixed media; University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
1993 - Erotica for April Fools; drawing; New Era Social Club, Victoria, BC
1990 - 20/20; sculpture; Mirairi Inc., Victoria, BC
1990 - Big Society; sculpture; Noah Becker studio, Victoria, BC
1989 - Autoretrato 89; painting; Appreciations Art Centre, Victoria, BC
1989 - Summer Solstice; sculpture; Mystic Lane Productions, Vancouver, BC
1988 - Winter Solstice; sculpture; Mystic Lane Productions, Victoria, BC
1988 - Gallery on Wheels; painting; Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC
1985 - Three Sides Of; painting; David Merino studio, Victoria, BC
1985 - Installation; mixed media; Alley Art, Victoria, BC
1984 - Urban Targets; mixed media; Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC
1984 - Contemporary Art in Victoria; installation; Alley Art, Victoria, BC
1983 - T-shirts as Art; screen-printed T-shirts;Stones Gallery, Victoria, BC

Photographs Published:
Museums:
International Slavery Museum, Liverpool, England
Magazines:
Fine Woodworking
Bride (Australia)
Monday Magazine (Victoria)
Aqua (Salt Spring Island)
Books:
Sea Kayak the Gulf Islands by Mary Ann Snowden; published by Rocky Mountain Books
Kayaking Vancouver Island by Gary Backlund and Paul Grey; published by Harbour
Newspapers:
Vancouver Sun
Victoria Times
Island Tides (Pender Island)
Gulf Islands Driftwood (Salt Spring Island)

Reviews/Documentation:
Internet:
2015 - Different Styles on View at the GPAG; Gibsons Page, Gibsons, BC
Video:
1984 - Ox O Canada; Rogers Cable, Victoria, BC
1984 - Victoria Artists; Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC
1983 - For Further Processing; Rogers Cable, Victoria, BC
Newspaper:
2015 - Same, Same but... Different (GPAG show); Coast Reporter, Gibsons, BC
1984 - In and Out of Bounds; Monday Magazine, Victoria, BC

Visual Arts Education:
Internet Site Design Certificate; 1999; Computer Master, Victoria, BC
BFA (Honours); 1993; University of Victoria, Victoria, BC
Studio Drawing Lessons; 1987 - 1988; Glenn Howarth (RCA), Victoria, BC
Visual Arts Diploma Program; 1978; Victoria College of Art, Victoria, BC

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Biography

I am one of the fourth generation of my family living on Pender Island. However, I did not spend much of my childhood on Pender. I lived in nine other towns and cities in Western Canada, including 20 years in Victoria, BC. Growing up I was exposed to a broad range of visual arts, including Pacific Northwest First Nations art. My father's side of the family are Métis and also have Coast Salish roots. Although I knew of my heritage while growing up only recently have I actively explored it, in both my life and art.

As long as I can remember I've drawn. I decided in my late teens that I needed to practise if I were to be good. Years later my collection of sketchbooks and drawings provide a record of people, places and thoughts. And now there's Procreate on the iPad...

I bought my first SLR 35mm camera in 1972 and shortly after had a darkroom. Cameras, and darkrooms came and went but when digital photography came along I leapt onboard. At the University of Victoria a workstudy position in the Fine Arts Computer Lab opened my eyes to the promise of a new program: PhotoShop.

Painting began in earnest while studying at the Victoria College of Art. In the early 1980s I operated under the name The Dept. of Public Cow Works, stencilling graffiti, which led to postering, and eventually to street performance. That, in turn, led to an ongoing interest in live theatre (set design, acting, a bit of writing and directing).

I enjoy making sculpture but having a small studio most of my sculpting work takes place in the warmer months outdoors.

Over the years I've done a bit of graphic design, including a half dozen years working as kelly i Design. During that time I worked on web design, book layout, print ads and wedding photography.

Artist's Statement

Consistent in my visual arts career it is the need to explore: concepts, techniques and materials. A direct result is my mixed media work. Working mainly with photography since the 1990s I began to miss the tactile nature of painting and sculpture which led me to my current investigations of shallow relief, shadow boxes and layering imagery. My abiding interest in art history informs many of my concepts and compositions. I enjoy working near, and crossing, the margins of fine art, craft and the graphic arts. The concept of 'purity' in the arts does not interest me; I'm much more fascinated by integration and cross-pollinating of forms and techniques.