Contemporary Painting & Abstraction

Figurative painter and collage artist exploring identity, gender, displacement and the representation of the female body.

Painter using observation, colour and spatial compression to turn everyday interiors, streets and objects into shifting pictorial structures.

Painter whose energetic floral and botanical forms move between observation, abstraction, colour and gestural surface.

Painter creating luminous, layered abstractions that suggest landscape, reflection, atmosphere and the instability of perception.

Painter examining how ordinary scenes, memory and photographic reference become unstable through paint, surface and perception.

Artist working across drawing, painting and photography with images that combine narrative uncertainty, humour and the uncanny.

Painter who works with woven and interlaced acrylic paint to test the boundaries between image, textile, surface and sculpture.

Artist moving between painting and sculpture while incorporating found objects, images and text into materially playful arrangements.

Artist using dyed and sewn textiles to examine histories of modern painting, labour, gender and medium classification.

Artist examining subculture, activism, domestic architecture and civic space through painting, ceramics, sculpture and video.

Ceramic artist building richly layered sculptural forms from clay, glaze, gathered materials and accumulated surface.

Painter using layered text, humour and contradiction to explore communication, knowledge, belief and personal experience.

Painter working through abstraction, figuration and textile references to explore memory, intimacy and the construction of images.

Painter whose geometric and patterned abstractions use repetition, colour and hand-built structure to create shifting optical spaces.

Artist extending painting beyond the canvas through layered monochrome surfaces, environmental actions, photography and installation.

Painter creating optical and spatial works in which simple forms, colour and installation alter the viewer’s bodily perception.

Justine Andrew works in painting. The practice engages abstraction.

Deborah Bakos works in painting. The practice engages landscape, abstraction, figure and portraiture, and identity and cultural memory.

Riti Batra works across painting, photography, and mixed media. The practice engages abstraction and material practice.

Mary Blaze works across oil painting, mixed media, and drawing. The practice engages abstraction and material practice.

Dianna Burns works in painting. The practice engages landscape, abstraction, and figure and portraiture.

Niina Chebry’s principal medium is not yet independently verified. The practice engages wildlife and abstraction.

Painter whose listed work MY CITY-3 explores abstract architectural imagery; a North Vancouver artist profile provides a regional connection.

Elyse Dodge works in painting. The practice engages landscape and abstraction.

Penny Eisenberg works in oil painting. The practice engages landscape, city and architecture, and abstraction.

Melanie Ellery works in painting. The practice engages abstraction.

Ken Faulks works across painting and drawing. The practice engages landscape and abstraction.

Donna Giraud works in acrylic painting. The practice engages abstraction.

Harris Gulko works in painting. The practice engages landscape, forest and coast, and abstraction.

Shakun Jhangiani works across acrylic painting and mixed media. The practice engages landscape, abstraction, and material practice.

Katsumi Kimoto works in painting. The practice engages landscape, forest and coast, and abstraction.

Richard McDiarmid works across oil painting, acrylic painting, and watercolour. The practice engages abstraction.

Abbotsford-based abstract painter working with cold wax, oil, encaustic and mixed media.

Ross Penhall works in painting. The practice engages landscape, city and architecture, and abstraction.

Veronica Plewman works in painting. The practice engages abstraction.

Christine Reimer works in acrylic painting. The practice engages landscape and abstraction.

Chin Yuen works in painting. The practice engages abstraction.