[BCMA] Kamloops Art Gallery Media Release | Tricia Sellmer opens May 3 Opening Reception May 10

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Tricia Sellmer
Unfolding 3, 2024
acrylic and oil on canvas
183 x 153 cm
photo: Cory Hope
MEDIA RELEASE

For immediate release from
Kamloops Art Gallery
April 30, 2025

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Tricia Sellmer
Unfolding

The Cube
May 3 to August 20, 2025
May 10 Opening Reception 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Curated by Craig Willms

Kamloops artist Tricia Sellmer translates sound into colour and gesture through new abstract paintings at the Kamloops Art Gallery

Unfolding, an exhibition of new work by Kamloops-based artist, Tricia Sellmer, is composed of eleven paintings organized into four chronological parts. This body of work was created over the past year in Sellmer’s current dedicated studio and exhibition space on Victoria Street in Kamloops. Made while listening to the dynamic and moving sounds of classical music, this backdrop of sound inspired bold brushstrokes and patterns. As the title suggests, this work captures the unfolding of Sellmer’s artistic career into movements, like a musical score, telling the story of shifting ideas and styles as her practice developed.

Throughout her artistic career Sellmer has engaged with feminism, modernism, and abstraction, best exemplified in her Tapestry Gardens Series, first exhibited at the Kamloops Art Gallery in 2002 and later acquired for its collection. Tapestry Gardens Series serves as the inspiration and an instigating force behind the Unfolding exhibition where multiple layers of paint are built up like a tapestry. Selections from the Tapestry Gardens Series are presented as a companion to this new body of work.

Artist Biography

Sellmer writes, lectures, and curates projects and exhibitions. In 2002, she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University College of the Cariboo (now TRU) in conjunction with BC Open University, and in 2009, she received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Transart Institute for Creative Research. Sellmer has participated in numerous national and international residencies and her artwork is in collections throughout North America, Europe, Mexico, and South Africa.

Media Information
Charo Neville, Curator
250.377.2410
cneville at kag.bc.ca<mailto:cneville at kag.bc.ca>

About the Kamloops Art Gallery

The Kamloops Art Gallery, established in 1978, is situated on the unceded and unsurrendered lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc within Secwepemcúl’ecw, the traditional territory of the Secwépemc people. The largest art gallery in Secwepemcúl̓ecw (the Interior of British Columbia), the Gallery offers national caliber art experiences through a diverse range of accessible and affordable exhibitions, talks, tours, and studio-based programming for all ages and abilities, and boasts a collection of over 3,000 works of art.








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CRAIG WILLMS [he/him]

ASSISTANT CURATOR



cwillms at kag.bc.ca<mailto:cwillms at kag.bc.ca>

250.377.2400 ext. 2406





KAMLOOPS ART GALLERY

101 – 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC  V2C 2A9

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The Kamloops Art Gallery is situated on the unceded and unsurrendered lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc within Secwepemcúl’ecw, the traditional territory of the Secwépemc people.


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