[BCMA] VPAG Banner Project Winner Announced!

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv.]

MEDIA RELEASE  

For Immediate Release

June 26, 2015


VPAG Banner Project Winner Announced!

 

The Vernon Public Art Gallery is excited to announce that Bryan Ryley is the
winner of the VPAG banner project competition. This project features a large
scale reproduction of Ryley's painting and will be displayed on the east
side of the parkade building in down town Vernon where the VPAG is currently
located.  VPAG did a call out to artists and received some excellent
submissions from local area artists.  Installation of the banners on the
exterior of the parkade will take place in the near future.
 
 "We are thrilled to be able to facilitate this banner project, thanks to
funding from the Vernon BC Winter Games Legacy Fund.  This installation will
create an exterior gallery space which will provide a visible impact to the
parkade wall thanks to the quality submissions we received from area
artists.  Bryan Ryley, the selected artist for this project, has also
provided the original painting that will be recreated on the enlarged
banners, to the VPAG to auction off at this year's Midsummer's Eve of the
Arts.  Don't miss your opportunity to be the winning bidder on this
important work of art!  The original artwork will be a perfect piece for
your office or as a feature piece to your home collection."

-Dauna Kennedy-Grant, VPAG Executive Director
 
"We are very excited about a high caliber of artwork submitted for
consideration for the outdoor banner project. Among the greatest highlights
is the painting from Bryan Ryley, a local artist with an extensive
exhibition record and a representation by a prestigious commercial gallery
in Calgary. Ryley is best known for his Modernist approach to non-objective
works of art which garnered him an international recognition in the field of
abstract painting."
 
-Lubos Culen, VPAG Curator

 

"Bryan Ryley lives and works in Vernon, B.C, Canada.  Throughout his career,
Bryan Ryley's work has moved back and forth among three media - painting,
drawing, and collage, with forays into sculpture and photography. In each
medium he explores structural systems and serial compositions, developing
new voice with each change of material and scale. Ryley's lyrical tones and
richly textured color is reminiscent of a classical modernist abstraction
rooted in Cubist collage and Surrealist inspired abstraction. 

Ryley exhibits in both Canada and The United States. His work is found in
numerous private and public collections, including: Government of Canada,
Canadian Consulate, Paris, France; The Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa,
Ontario; British Columbia Art Collection, Victoria, BC; Kelowna Public Art
Gallery, Kelowna, BC; Vernon Public Art Gallery, Vernon, BC; Pratt
Institute, Brooklyn, New York; Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin; and
numerous corporate collections including Canadian Pacific, SunLife
Financial, IBM Canada, Brookfield Properties/bcIMC Realty, Encana, Cenovus,
Petro Canada, Shell, Nordstrom's and others.
Educated in New York, he holds a Master of Fine Arts (Honors) 1977, from
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn;  a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honors) 1974 from the
University of Victoria, Victoria, BC and was one of the first participants
and seminar leader in the Graduate program at the Whitney Museum, New York
in 1976/77.  On his return to Canada he participated in the renowned
workshops at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan (1979/80/81) working with John
Elderfield, Friedl Dzubas, and Stanley Boxer."

 <http://bryanryley.com/bio/> http://bryanryley.com/bio/, accessed June
26th, 2015.

 

 

Laura Ashton
Marketing and Programming Coordinator

 



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Current Exhibitions:

 <http://www.vernonpublicartgallery.com/project/shelf-life/> UBCO BFA
Graduate Exhibition: Shelf Life, May 28 - July 23, 2015
 <http://www.vernonpublicartgallery.com/project/heavens-above/> Andrea MJ
Toth: Heavens Above, May 28 - July 23, 2015
 
<http://www.vernonpublicartgallery.com/project/mackie-house-artist-in-reside
ncy/> Jan Poynter: The Longview, May 28 - June 26, 2015

 

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