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Art Vancouver: The Contemporary Art Fair Returns

by PatioNathalie April 5, 2024

April 5, 2024

Art Vancouver returns to the Vancouver Convention Centre from April 11–14, 2024. The international art fair’s 8th edition welcomes nearly 60 exhibitors from across…

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Vancouver’s Outdoor Gallery “Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing”

by PatioNathalie February 22, 2024

February 22, 2024

Did you know that Vancouver has its very own outdoor art gallery? Platforms: Nine Places for Seeing spans several unexpected public locations including billboards,…

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Discover 6 Artists with Pennylane Shen of Dazed and Confucius

by PatioNathalie February 9, 2024

February 9, 2024

Say hello to Pennylane Shen. An accomplished artist consultant, curator, and educator who has been a driving force behind the global art consultancy firm,…

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February 2024 Arts and Culture Events in Metro Vancouver

by PatioNathalie January 24, 2024

January 24, 2024

We’re in the home stretch of winter (hopefully), and despite the temperature outside, there are still plenty of art and culture events to warm…

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Losing Control of the Landscape: Ross Penhall at West Van Art Museum

by PatioNathalie December 1, 2023

December 1, 2023

Feature paintings by: Ross Penhall, Photo by: Blaine Campbell⁠ By Wade Kinley The current exhibition at the West Vancouver Art Museum is a collection…

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Exhibitions Features Galleries & Museums Local Artists New Westminster On Now Public Art Uncategorized Upcoming Vancouver Vancouver's North Shore Visual Art Whistler
December Arts and Culture Events

by PatioNathalie November 23, 2023

November 23, 2023

Cover image: Squamish at Dusk Whether it’s the warmth of a small art studio or exploring a bustling local holiday artisan market, December is…

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The Anonymous Art Show Returns

by PatioNathalie November 14, 2023

November 14, 2023

Captivating art often holds an element of mystery–and North Van Arts’ annual fundraiser The Anonymous Art Show gives you the chance to take an…

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West End Art Walk

by PatioNathalie November 3, 2023

November 3, 2023

Feature Image: 217.5 Arc x 13, Artist: Bernar Venet. Photo courtesy of Vancouver Biennale By Marisa Chandler There are so many beautiful things to see…

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5 Things to Check Out at the Eastside Culture Crawl

by PatioNathalie October 26, 2023

October 26, 2023

Feature image provided by Eastside Arts Society. Eastside Culture Crawl 2022, Parker Street Studios, Photo credit: Joshua Wright All photos supplied by the Eastside…

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November Arts and Culture Events

by PatioNathalie October 25, 2023

October 25, 2023

The nights are longer with the arrival of the first days of winter, making it the perfect time to come in from the cold…

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march, 2025

13jun(jun 13)10:00 am30mar(mar 30)5:00 pmTo Be Seen, To Be Heard: First Nations in Public Spaces, 1900–1965(june 13) 10:00 am - (march 30) 5:00 pm PST 6393 N.W. Marine DriveEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Free,Ticketed

14julAll Day27aprCheryl Pagurek: Winter Garden(All Day) 13750 88 AveEvent Type:ExhibitionAdmission Type:Free

23nov(nov 23)11:00 am05may(may 5)6:00 pmCurve! Women Carvers on the Northwest Coast(november 23) 11:00 am - (may 5) 6:00 pm 4350 Blackcomb WayEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Ticketed

15janAll Day08aprSande Waters: BOXED(All Day) Event Type:ExhibitionAdmission Type:Free

Event Details

Art in the Community Presents Sande Waters: BOXED

Sande Waters grew up in North Vancouver. She then lived and explored the BC coast on a sailboat for many years, eventually settling on Cortes Island for a decade. For many years now she has resided adjacent to the ocean by Cates Park. Consequently, the ocean has stimulated her senses and profoundly influenced her as an artist, inspiring her to paint intuitively as a method of expression.

The act of creating art is often described as a dialogue between the artist and the artwork. Paintings often speak to the artist about what is needed next in the conversation, as the pigments themselves have the potential to become an influential voice in the direction of the entire composition. Her colourful and fluid abstract paintings represent a fascination with how chaos can emerge in one’s life, no matter how carefully we plan.

Working with acrylic paint and ink on canvas or paper, Waters creates organic forms, by allowing the paint and ink to “do its own thing” layer upon layer. Her intuitive, bold, and energetic paintings reflect a synergistic process of letting go, spontaneous gestural abstractions that are transformed into images of significance by the artist.

Waters is compelled by the process of bringing the uninhibited, undefined, and indescribable, into physical form. By constructing boxes made from her paintings on paper, she juxtaposes the abstract with the tangible. By acknowledging the “Box”, Waters invokes numerous contemporary narratives. She perceives the boxes as a metaphor for diversity as they are various sizes, and each one has a unique painting on the surface. A “Box” is also an object of desire, a vessel of containment and mysticism, which establishes its power. The “Box’ signifies a contemporary form, which speaks to our global economy and prosperity. All these qualities define the concept of my boxes.

Waters received her BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Vancouver and MFA from San Francisco Art Institute, California. She currently volunteers as the Assistant Art Curator at Lions Gate Hospital for the Healing Power of Art program. She was the Vice President on the Board of Directors at Seymour Art Gallery, North Vancouver, BC and on the Board of Directors for the Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver as Chair of the Artist Prize. Her work has been shown and collected in Canada, USA and Europe. She lives and works in Deep Cove, North Vancouver, BC as a guest on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw, Stó꞉lō, and Tsleil-Waututh peoples.

Feature image:
Sande_Waters, Boxes #1, Acrylic on paper 2019 NFS 16x27x20

Time

January 15 (Wednesday) - April 8 (Tuesday)