Featured Artists
Glenna Evans
www.glennaevans.ca
Glenna Evans is a visual artist currently based out of Vancouver, BC. She is presently studying full time at Emily Carr University of Art in Vancouver towards a BFA. The High Brow category consists of assignments based on notions of space, illusion-ism and formal applications of paint. Low Brow works are done outside of the Emily Carr Community, involving commercial illustration, alternative life drawing as well as a series of flash. Info on upcoming shows and drawings can be purchased at Glenna’s blog here: glennaevans.blogspot.com
Peter Ricq
www.parnellcollective.com
Peter Ricq was born and raised in Montreal in 81. After graduating from fine arts at Dawson college, He then attended a comic book school in 2001 where he then discovered that films were what drove him most. the following year, he went out to study animation at Concordia University. You can find a strong source of inspiration throughout his illustrations that have evolved from working in animation and comic books. He also likes to explore different styles and mediums when approaching a new canvas.
Peter has shown his work in several Montreal and Vancouver art Galleries, he also participated in a fundraiser art show in San Diego. His work has been featured in two international magazines (Hemp and Under Pressure), one local Montreal magazine (CRUX) and in Wallfarmers, a website dedicated on exposing new and established contemporary artists. His last animated short film (Glitch) was awarded with nine best animation awards and one jury prize. He is also the co-creator of an animated television series for Children which airs on BBC, Cartoon Network, YTV, Canal + and another 50 other chanels worldwide. Peter also has another four animated series in development.
Neal Nolan
nealnolan.blogspot.com/
Born in Winnipeg, MB, a feeling of obscurity from his surroundings and prescribed social precept developed a dedicated interest in sociology that ultimately led to a complacent resignation from popular society.
An inquest to understanding devoted Nolan’s intellectual and artistic practice to a varied number of transient years studying the various motions of social appendences, which helped to develop a unique social apperception.
An interest in semiotics, signage and font design coupled with a distaste for mass marketing led to long term involvement within the mid 90’s re-emergence of graffiti culture, unexpectedly marketable, the commercialization of the culture and its association with freight trains ultimately steered his inclinations to the ethics of tramp travel, riding between cities as an affordable means of transportation abundant experience and recluse.
The expanse of these experiences later committed themselves to a series of academic lectures delivered through the UBC and Langara departments of cultural study as well as an advisory position with Vancouver City Hall, the Co-founding of the now defunct Misanthropy gallery (2003-2005), a limited edition street wear line
(Pacificthorn.com) among a variety of other ventures.
In consideration to theoretical psychological themes and manipulations in marketing making up the parameters of our social template, our understanding of things as we initially perceive them defines the make up of our reality, perceived environment and identity. Neal’s present work explores the realm of definition, obscuring the identity of pre-existing media creating new themes in the alteration of contemporary and nostalgic reference, breaking down the barriers of definition in attempts to re-condition the archetypes within individual perspective.
Alexis Moreau
www.dieconstant.com
Alexis Moreau is a self taught Graphic Designer that has adapted a highly interpretive world by use of what he lovingly refers to as "silly pictures" to a multitude of mediums.
With a background in graffiti (and drawing elaborate worlds of weirdness) Alexis has transformed his work into the digital medium upon buying a computer while stationed in the middle of nowhere, compliments of the Canadian Military.
Alexis started to adapt his own photography and drawings into a mash of dirty pop culture mockery. This developed a unique style of ever rebellious messages with under tones of political irony.
Having traveled and lived in a multitude of cities and countries, always open to try something new and meet new people Alexis has had a unique set of experiences of the world causing him both excitement and disgust. Along the way Alexis has met many similar rebellious creatives that have collaborated with.
Create. Destroy. Repeat.
ADAM LUPTON
Mixed Media Artist & Designer - Vancouver
Lupton strays from usual mediums, and instead chooses to compose on everyday objects — those that get overlooked on a regular basis. Having a keen interest in facial expressions and their emotive values, he combines his passion for street art, typography, and tattoos to form the basis of his descriptive works. Lupton purposely alters portions of his subject to create glaring contrasts.
His design work (t shirts) deals significantly with hand drawn typographic and illustrative elements, as he tries to separate from the clean systematic format of computer design.
Adam recently was selected as one of 300 applicants for the Modern Amusement/ Holt Renfrew T Shirt Design Contest… and won first place! His design will be used by Modern Amusement and sold at Holts! Meaning, only places you can get Adam’s tees are at Planet Claire & Holt Renfrew…not bad!
MEGZ MAJEWSKI
Visual Artist - Vancouver
Megan Majewski’s cute-'n'-creepy art shows a world of twisted and bizarre dead girls, forgotten pets and other sweet-but-formerly-living things. Although non-living, you can feel the spiderly souls of the characters’ lives and the hardships they endure as skinny-necked oddball creatures from a gloomy underworld of the dead. With subjects that can be placed in the realm of Victor Van Dort and Beetlegeuse, they posess a certain cute-and-cuddly quality that makes you want to pinch their decaying, discolored cheeks.