February 21st, 2010 – March 13th, 2010.In keeping with the 2010 Olympics Celebrate features illustrations from Jennifer Lloyd’s book, One Winter Night, along with copies of the book itself. This Canadian children’s picture book hosts ten lively mice and the host of animals they encounter as they bring Canadian winter sport to life. The Gallery will expand to 2477 Bellevue during the Olympics to serve you better.
December 3rd, 2009 – January 31st, 2010.
Bellevue Gallery will feature sculpture by award winning Canadian artist, David Robinson in the group exhibition, ”Rebirth.” Included will be On Holy Ground, Prayer Circle, and Praxis. Complementing David’s sculpture will be new work by Erica Grimm-Vance, Wayne Eastcott and Leszek Wyczolkowski. Also available will be small works, perfect for Christmas gift giving and art books featuring several different Gallery artists.
October 15th – December 1st, 2009.
The design approach Michael Elkan acquired as an architect has intuitively informed his approach to making photographs. Michael’s first solo exhibition at Bellevue Gallery will include signed, limited edition prints of the highest archival quality. In composing an image, Michael strives to strengthen and refine the essential concept through the elimination of superfluous visual elements. What is retained is there to communicate the emotional impact of the subject, the quality of light or sense of place with intentional clarity. An opening reception will be held on October 15th, 2009 from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
September 8th – October 10th, 2009
Bellevue Gallery presents a variety of work in drawing, painting, printmaking, and sculpture in this group exhibition. New artist, Christine Laplante is featured along with Gallery artists Chris Anderson, Wayne Eastcott, Galen Felde, Marion Llewellyn, David Marshall, Michiko Suzuki, Erica Grimm-Vance, Leszek Wyczolkowski, and Nadine Wyczolkowski. The art will rotate throughout the month with new artists and work being presented weekly.
July 31 – August 9, 2009
The Bellevue Gallery will host a juried exhibition of paintings and art work by local artists in support of the Harmony Arts Festival. This is the second year the Gallery has donated space for the exhibition, which runs from July 31st to August 9th. The Gallery will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for the duration of the Harmony Arts Festival, including Sunday and Mondays. Bellevue Gallery will resume regular Gallery hours on August 11th. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, August 1st at 2:00 P.M.
June 11 – July 4, 2009
Marion Llewellyn explores the tension between our positive and negative experiences in her new series of abstract paintings, ”Targeting Light Sources.” The freedom in her painting contrasts with the detail in her drawing and creates a tension similar to what we face in the good and bad moments of life. Joining Llewellyn on opening night will be poet, Sharon Thesen with a long caption poem written to complement Marion’s paintings. Thesen is the author of eight books of poetry, winner of the Pat Lowther Memorial Award and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award. Bellevue Gallery will host an opening on June 11th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.
April 23rd, 2009
Bellevue Gallery will host a reading by Monika Ullmann, author of ”The Life and Art of David Marshall” from 6:00 to 8:00pm on April 23rd, 2009. Published by Mother Tongue Publishing in January 2009, the book sells for $34.95 and will be available in the Gallery. Monika Ullmann will read excerpts from the book and answer questions about David Marshall and his life and legacy as a sculptor. Several of David’s pieces will be in the Gallery, including two new works completed after his death.
April 9 – May, 2009
Bellevue Gallery will feature group work throughout the months of April and May.
Included in this rotating exhibition are three new artists to Bellevue Gallery. Michael Rathjen and award winner, Stirling Ward preserve moments in time through photography. Millie Ballance delights the viewer with illustrations from the book, ”The Eco-Diary of Kiran Singer” by Sue Ann Alderson. Also included in this exhibition are two new paintings by Clayton Anderson, work by Leszek Wyczolkowski, and Didier Lorenco. In ‘Moving Beyond’ the Gallery continues to expand and explore the evolution of Fine Art.
February 12 – Extended to March 21, 2009
Galen Felde presents ”This Brief Dance” in her continuing series involving issues of empathy, impermanence and our awkward relationship with origins, adaptation and alteration of the landscape. Boughs, branches and leaves, vibrating wings, wire, transformers… all are key elements magnified, layered, distorted and sculpted to form the substructure of Galen’s fictional but strangely familiar landscapes. Canvases combine acrylic texturing and under-painting with feathered brushwork and numerous transparent washes on wood panel.
January 8 – February 19, 2009 at the AIBC
Bellevue Gallery is pleased to join with the Architectural Institute of B.C. to launch a new book, ”The Life and Art of David Marshall” by Monika Ullmann (published by Mother Tongue Publishing Ltd.). An exhibition of Marshall’s sculpture, featuring seventeen pieces in wood, bronze and marble, including the unveiling of three new bronzes will be exhibited at the AIBC until February 19th. Please contact the Gallery if you have any questions.