EPIPHYTES AT DUSK, LAURA ST. PIERRE       

VIVIANEART 
January 13 - February 15

For nearly two decades Canadian artist Laura St. Pierre has explored her relationship with the natural environment. Her newest series of photographs, expands upon her exploration of a lone figure, the Sower, who tends to rag tag gardens. In these new works, some of the Sower's greenhouses have become portable. They are carried on the back, pushed on wheels or carts, and worn as masks. The Sower's relationship to the plants becomes more intimate, more sustaining. Her breath, the heat from her body, and the humidity from her skin sustain non-human life in an otherwise sterile world. The human sustains the non-human, proposing an alternative to the current extractive relationship.

St. Pierre's work has been exhibited throughout Canada including presentation in "Another Landscape Show" in 2019 and the "Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art" in 2013 at the Art Gallery of Alberta. She has earned Bachelor degrees from the University of British Columbia and the University of Alberta, and completed a Masters of Fine Arts degree at Concordia University in Montreal. Her work is in the permanent collections of The Dunlop Gallery, Regina, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Art Gallery of Alberta.

Open: Wed - Sat: 11:00 - 18:00 & Sun: 12:00 - 17:00
Access: Location is wheelchair accessible.
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VIVIANEART 1018 9 Ave SE, Calgary AB T2G 0H7