[BCMA] Kamloops Art Gallery Media Release | Bree Apperley opens in The Cube January 17

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MEDIA RELEASE

For immediate release from
Kamloops Art Gallery
January 8, 2026

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    Bree Apperley, Bouquet, 2025. Digital photo. 45.7 x 61 cm.
    photo: courtesy of the Artist.

Kamloops Art Gallery Presents Bree Apperley: Slug Eggs

Exhibition // January 17 to May 2, 2026
Opening Reception // Saturday, January 31, 6:30 to 8:00pm

Curated by Craig Willms

Artist tackles “the torturous inanity of house-flipping grey paint and cyber trucks.”

In her new body of work, Slug Eggs, Kelowna-based artist Bree Apperley explores the impact of technology on our society, feminine expression in a capitalist system, and what she sees as the compromised nature of modern life. Through a playful display of repurposed objects and photographs, the ubiquitous white gallery plinth and typical framing devices are disrupted and reimagined.

Apperley’s interpretation of the world and aesthetic vision proposes an alternative to our current fraught cultural moment. Fueled by observations of a rapidly changing world, Slug Eggs presents an array of materials and approaches in dialogue with what the artist terms “the torturous inanity of house-flipping grey paint and cyber trucks.”

Common consumer and utilitarian items are repurposed and coupled with handmade items to form wall hangings and sculptures that mash up opposing means of production. Some materials, including a cascading assemblage of CDs, suggest a nostalgic longing for technology of the past. Apperley's unexpected combination of materials introduces new meaning and asks the viewer to consider these objects anew, beyond their intended function.

Bringing together eclectic materials that offer uncanny moments of discovery, Slug Eggs shifts us away from the disconnection inherent in digital interfaces and prompts human and material connection.

Opening Reception:

Everyone is invited to celebrate the Kamloops Art Gallery’s winter exhibitions on
Saturday, January 31 from 6:30 to 8:00pm.

At 6:30pm there will be a casual reception in the Studios and the Atrium with live music, an art making area, wine sponsored by Twisted Spirits on 3rd, and beer sponsored by Bright Eye Brewing.

Media Information
Craig Willms, Curator
250.377.2406
cwillmsa 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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KAMLOOPS ART GALLERY
101 – 465 Victoria Street, Kamloops, BC  V2C 2A9
250.377.2400  |  www.kag.bc.ca<http://www.kag.bc.ca/>


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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