[BCMA] [MEDIA RELEASE] Holly Ward: Fluid States opens at Kelowna Art Gallery

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Holly Ward: Fluid States opens at Kelowna Art Gallery



Holly Ward: Fluid States

April 23 to July 17, 2022



April 27, 2022 - Kelowna, BC: Holly Ward is an artist who isn't afraid to delve into an array of materials and processes to bring a project to life. She is an interdisciplinary creator who is just as at home with sculpture, multi-media installation, and architecture, as she is with drawing and video mediums.



Her most recent body of work is entitled Fluid States, and it is being presented at the Kelowna Art Gallery until July 17, 2022. In this exhibition, Ward deploys a series of creative practices aimed towards developing a deeper understanding of water, and our connection to it.



"This timely work calls attention to our need for a fundamental shift in the way we think about natural resources," says Christine May, Curator at the Kelowna Art Gallery. "Holly Ward's use of innovative materials and unconventional display creates a beautiful and thought-provoking piece that we're excited to share with visitors."



At the heart of Fluid States is a massive drawing on fabric that runs through the centre of the exhibition. Semi-transparent silk is draped over four metal supports that are anchored in concrete fragments on the floor. Holly Ward created the flowing lines and colours using a 'floating ink' technique - carefully manipulating drops of ink that remain on the surface of water, before being absorbed up into the material. She collected the water used in this process from Louis Creek (Tk'emlúps/Secwepemc territory), a watershed connected to the North Thompson River. This watershed is one of over 1,300 systems in direct proximity to the Trans Mountain pipeline, currently under expansion to triple bitumen exports overseas.



In addition to the large textile installation, visitors will encounter a collection of ceramic sculptures, and a video showing footage Ward captured along the Heffley-Louis Creek, North Thompson, and Fraser Rivers.



Gallery patrons are invited to make connections of their own as they explore the installation. Fluid States is on view through July 17, 2022.



The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street, in downtown Kelowna, B.C.



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Artist's Bio:



Holly Ward is a Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artist working with sculpture, multi-media installation, architecture and drawing as a means to examine representations of social progress and the utopian imaginary.



She received her BFA (interdisciplinary) from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1999 and her MFA (studio) from the University of Guelph in 2006.



Ward has exhibited in solo shows across Canada at the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, the Or Gallery in Vancouver, and YYZ Gallery, Toronto amongst others. She has participated in group exhibitions in Canada, England, Mexico, the US, Norway and South Korea. She is currently represented by Republic Gallery, Vancouver where she had a solo exhibition in 2009. For her 2009-2010 Langara College Artist in Residence project in Vancouver, Ward constructed a 22' diameter geodesic dome to act as host to a series of exhibitions, readings, workshops and experimental performances.



Image Credits



Installation photographs of Holly Ward: Fluid States, 2022. Courtesy of the Kelowna Art Gallery.



Resources



Webpage: https://kelownaartgallery.com/fluid-states/

Artist's Website: http://www.hollyward.org/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kelownaartgallery/



To arrange for an interview, or for additional high-res images please contact:



Joshua Desnoyers

Marketing and Events Coordinator



Kelowna Art Gallery

1315 Water Street, Kelowna, BC V1Y 9R3

250-762-2226 ext. 305

josh at kelownaartgallery.com<mailto:josh at kelownaartgallery.com>

www.kelownaartgallery.com<http://www.kelownaartgallery.com>


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