Audain Gala 2024 Catalogue

Welcome to the 2024 Audain Gala & Auction

The Audain Art Museum is grateful to be on the shared, unceded territory of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) Nation and Lilwat7úl (Lil’wat) Nation.

FROM THE DIRECTOR AND CHAIR OF THE BOARD

The Audain Gala is one of the premier cultural celebrations in British Columbia, and we are grateful to all those who contribute to its success. Within the pages of this catalogue, you will discover a selection of art that mirrors the generosity of the contributing artists and collectors and showcases the vitality of BC’s art scene. The funds raised during this event play a crucial role in furthering the development of our Permanent Collection, presenting top-tier Special Exhibitions from around the world, and engaging with diverse audiences, including children, adults, and seniors.

We extend our appreciation to the Chair of the Audain Gala Committee, Catherine Dangerfield, whose inspiring energy continues to elevate the gala experience. Special thanks go to Nicola Wealth, our Presenting Sponsor, and Heffel Fine Art Auction House, our longtime Live Auction Partner, for their pivotal role in hosting a vibrant live auction experience. We are also thankful to our Gold Sponsor RBC Royal Bank, Silver Sponsors Axiom Builders, Beedie Living, and Range Rover, Bronze Sponsors Eric & Jenny Martin and Family and John Ryan Personal Real Estate Corporation, Photo Moment Sponsor Dentons Canada, and Fine Art Insurance Sponsor Acera Insurance. The collective support from our in-kind and event sponsors, as well as individuals and businesses contributing to the Silent Auction, is invaluable.

We acknowledge with deep gratitude the Gala Committee volunteers and those who generously volunteer their time throughout the evening. Gala co-hosts Fred Lee and Gloria Macarenko are sure to create an atmosphere of excitement in Fairmont Chateau Whistler’s Macdonald Ballroom, while Robert Heffel will conduct a buoyant Live Auction again this year.

Building on the success of last year’s Gala & Auction, which proved to be the most successful fundraiser in the Museum’s eight-year history, we are confident that with your support, we can surpass this achievement in 2024. Our optimism is grounded in the Museum’s recent accomplishments on the national stage, including the ongoing success of exhibitions such as Wolves: The Art of Dempsey Bob that toured across Canada over the past two years and Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage, the Museum’s first internationally traveling exhibition, and both efforts reflect the Audain Art Museum’s commitment to excellent in-house productions. Additionally, initiatives like the After School Art program, BC Family Day celebrations, and the Artist Dinner Series showcase the Museum’s dedication to serving its diverse publics.

We are delighted that you will be joining us on this night of cultural celebration and generosity, contributing to the continued success of the Audain Art Museum. Your support plays a vital role in shaping the future of arts and culture in our community.

Enjoy the evening!

ROBERT BRUNO

Chair, Board of Trustees Director & Chief Curator

Audain Art Museum Audain Art Museum

DR. CURTIS COLLINS

Dear Esteemed Guests,

On behalf of Nicola Wealth, I’d like to extend a warm welcome to the Audain Gala 2024. Through the years, we have witnessed the Audain Art Museum’s extraordinary journey, showcasing the rich cultural tapestry of British Columbia and beyond, captivating the public consciousness.

In the past year, the Audain Art Museum has notched remarkable milestones such as featuring noteworthy exhibits and advancing their educational and community engagement initiatives, enriching our communities with vibrant culture. Serving as a conduit for comprehensive understanding, the Museum fosters the exploration of new artistic practices, ensuring that art remains a dynamic and accessible part of our community—a true testament to their commitment to advancing local and international art.

Tonight, at the Audain Gala, our collective aim is to build upon the record-breaking success of 2023 by raising $1 million. As the primary fundraiser for the Museum, this event plays a pivotal role in sustaining their commitment to excellence and the highest-quality presentation of artwork. Your support is crucial in enabling the Audain Art Museum to continue providing unforgettable experiences to art enthusiasts and the wider community.

We express our profound gratitude for the enduring partnership between Nicola Wealth and the Audain Art Museum. Together, we celebrate the diverse art of British Columbia and anticipate another year of shared achievements, memorable exhibitions, and a flourishing cultural legacy.

Thank you for your generous support and for being an integral part of this extraordinary evening.

Sincerely,

DAVID SUNG

President

Nicola Wealth

CHAIR

Catherine Dangerfield

COMMITTEE

Sue Adams

Adriana Alvarez-Nichol

Christine Boyle

Geneviève Ciebien

Lyndon Cormack

Merilea Creighton

Celia Dawson

Nicholas Dhaliwal

Tom Gautreau

Ainsley Heffel

Lauren Kratzer

David Lewis

Amy Mac

Lauren Meeker

Jim Moodie

Justine Nichol

Naomi Pitt

Mónica Reyes

Scott Sueme

Robyn Ziebell

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Michael Audain O.C., O.B.C., Founder

Rob Bruno, Chair

Jim Moodie, Vice-Chair

Kyra Audain, Treasurer

Nancy Wilhelm-Morden, K.C., Secretary

Neil Chrystal, Officer

Tom Gautreau, Officer

Mayor Jack Crompton

Ola Dunin-Bell

Councillor Cathy Jewett

Geoff Plant, K.C.

Stuart Rempel

Chantal Shah

Ben Smith

Martha Sturdy

Carol Tsuyuki

Emmy Lee Wall

Xwalacktun (Rick Harry) O.B.C.

GOLD SPONSOR

SILVER SPONSORS

PRESENTED BY

PROUDLY HOSTED BY

LIVE AUCTION SPONSOR

WINE SELECTION SPONSOR

PHOTO MOMENT SPONSOR

FINE ART INSURANCE SPONSOR

DESIGN & BRANDING SPONSOR

PRINT SPONSOR

BRONZE SPONSORS

Eric & Jenny Martin and Family

FINE ART DELIVERY SPONSOR

FRAMING SPONSOR

DECOR SPONSOR

PLANNING & DESIGN BY

Our sincere thanks to the generous Founders who have contributed to the Audain Art Museum Foundation’s endowment fund.

VISIONARY FOUNDERS $1,000,000+

Chrystal Family

Norman & Joan Cressey

Tom & Teresa Gautreau

Stephen Jarislowsky C.C., G.O.Q. & Gail Jarislowsky

DISTINGUISHED FOUNDERS $500,000 – $999,999

David Aisenstat

Jacques & Margaret Barbeau

Robert & Fatima Bruno

Sam & Sally Grippo

PRINCIPAL FOUNDERS $250,000 – $499,999

Andrew Mahon Foundation

Suzanne Bolton & Jeff Mooney C.M.

Christopher Foundation

David, Patsy, Ryan & Joshua Heffel

FOUNDERS $100,000 – $249,999

Bob & Sue Adams

Allard Family

American Friends of Whistler

Fenya Audain

Kyra Audain

Axiom Builders

David Jacques Findlay Barbeau

Paul & Amanda Barbeau

Dale & Suzanne Barron

Allen W. Bell & Dr. Ola H. Dunin-Bell

Peter Bentley O.C., O.B.C. & Sheila Bentley

Blenheim Trust

Peter Brown O.B.C. & Joanne Brown

Fred & Marian Bucci

Cameron & Constance Cope

Robert, Jennifer & Ainsley Heffel

McKercher Family

Michael O’Brian Family Foundation

Ralf & Helga Schmidtke

Yoshiko Karasawa

Onni Group

Whistler Blackcomb Foundation

Peeter & Mary Wesik Family

Yosef Wosk O.C., O.B.C.

Donald Ellis

Fred Fountain C.M. & Elizabeth Fountain

Genest Family

Barry & Lauri Glotman

Goudge Family Foundation

Rick & Lauren Ilich

Jake Kerr C.M., O.B.C. & Judy Kerr

Hassan Khosrowshahi O.C., O.B.C. & Nezhat Khosrowshahi

George & Karen Killy

Phil Lind C.M.

Lomas & Touchet Family

Maché Family

John & Rebecca Mackay

Kevin & Jo-anne Mahon

Eric & Jenny Martin Family

Stuart & Della McLaughlin

John & Dana Montalbano

Jim & Doria Moodie

Bob & Elisa Morse

Christopher & Shelley Philps

Resort Municipality of Whistler

Robert H. Lee Foundation

Seymour Investment Management

Jeffrey Shier & Signy Eaton

Carole Taylor O.C., O.B.C.

Thornhill Family

VBCE – Tony Ma Family

Jack & Susy Wadsworth

Charles & Dale Young

“Look closer and you’ll see something extraordinary, mystifying, something real and true. We have never been what we seemed.”

ZELDA FITZGERALD

“Everything can be transformed, deformed, and obliterated by light. Its flexibility is precisely the same as the suppleness of the brush.”

MAN RAY

“There may be more beautiful times, but this one is ours.”

JEAN-PAUL SARTRE

A heartfelt thank you to the 2023 Illuminate Circle Donors who contributed to Audain Art Museum engagement activities that encourage a love of art for all.

Amir Adnani

Anonymous

Peter Andrinopoulos

Jan Ballard

Andrea Bayly

Suzanne Bolton

Mike Brankston

Karen Bruk

Sophie Brodovitch

Rob Bruno

Etienne Bruson

Dave Bustos

Mike Ciebien

Neil Chrystal

Hugh Cooper

Sharon Cooper

Joanna Cormack

Lyndon Cormack

Fatima Dibiase

Jodi Evans

Shannon Ferguson

Vanessa Flockton

Teresa Gautreau

Roger Gibson

Goudge Family Foundation

Heather Hamilton

Jim Hart

Richard Henriquez

Gary Huebner

Michele Huebner

Tracy Jackson

Cathy Jewett

Mary Levitan

Mike McDonough

Donald McInnes

Sarah McLachlan

Sarah Moodie

Cheryl Nadeau

Michael O’Brian

John O’Neill

Geoff Plant

Zachary Plavsic

Jacquie Prokopanko

Dylan Reece

Corina Reynolds

Dave Richardson

Jennifer Thomson

Robert Toole

Carol Tsuyuki

Scott Seybold

Elizabeth Southam

Nancy Wilhelm-Morden

Saturday April 13, 2024

Proudly hosted by Fairmont Chateau Whistler

EMCEES

Fred Lee & Gloria Macarenko

AUCTIONEER

Robert Heffel

Heffel Fine Art Auction House

DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT

Macdonald Ballroom

6 to 7pm Cocktail Reception & Auction Preview

+ Live Auction preview & Silent Auction bidding

+ Sparkling wine, cocktails & canapés

7 to 10pm Dinner, Entertainment, & Live Auction

+ Dance performance, Arts Umbrella

+ Michael Audain O.C., O.B.C., Founder, Audain Art Museum

+ Dr. Curtis Collins, Director & Chief Curator, Audain Art Museum

+ Live Auction, Heffel Fine Art Auction House

10pm to Late Signature After Party

Arts Umbrella

Sophisticated, dedicated, and inspired. The Arts Umbrella Dance Company (AUDC) is a pre-professional repertory company based in Vancouver, BC. The company rehearses and performs new, innovative works by leading North American and European choreographers. Their broad-based performance and touring opportunities, along with rigorous technical training, prepare AUDC members for dance education at the university level or a career with professional dance companies. Dancers from AUDC are lauded for their professionalism and dedication, going on to join companies across North America and Europe, including Ballet BC, Netherlands Dance Theatre (The Netherlands), Gothenburg Opera Dance Company (Sweden), and Ballets Jazz Montréal.

DJ Foxy Moron

Six times voted Whistler’s favourite DJ by the readers of Pique Newsmagazine, DJ Foxy Moron uses turntables to weave in and out of musical genres and eras to create a funky fusion of fun.

HOW TO BID

Register to bid – audaingala.com

To register a bid, the bidder will be required to provide their name, contact details, and credit card information.

LIVE AUCTION

Advance bidding opens on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 5pm PST.

Advance bids can be made at audaingala.com.

Live Auction artworks will be auctioned in the lot order in which they appear in this catalogue on Saturday, April 13, 2024.

For at-home bidding, Audain Art Museum would be pleased to provide a dedicated telephone bidder. To make arrangements for telephone bidding, please contact development@audainartmuseum.com before 12pm PDT on April 11, 2024.

Absentee Bidding is also available. The auctioneer will execute bids on your behalf during the Live Auction. To place a confidential Absentee Bid prior to the event, please contact development@audainartmuseum.com.

SILENT AUCTION

Bidding opens Thursday, April 4, 2024 at 10am PDT.

Bids can be made at audaingala.com.

Silent auction bidding closes on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 11pm PDT.

LIVE AUCTION

Ross Penhall

“The subjects I choose are familiar to me. I see them around every day and in my travels. In these subjects I look to contrast, balance, and amplify what I see. My interest lies in the composition by making it my own, allowing the viewer to find their own story.”

Anchorage 2023

Acrylic on canvas

Signed & Dated

104.1 x 129.5 cm (41 x 51 in)

Framed

Lot 01 $19,000

Donated by the Artist, Courtesy of Heffel Fine Art Auction House

Ross Penhall’s artwork focuses on the effect of the human hand on nature, showcasing urban landscapes that are carefully crafted and meticulously organized. He simplifies forms, adds vibrant colours, and exaggerates contrasts to create surreal, otherworldly atmospheres. Through his work, Penhall reminds us that nature is constantly changing and that human intervention is fleeting unless we take action to preserve it. He cites the works of A. J. Casson, Edward Hopper, and Georgia O’Keeffe as his primary sources of inspiration for exploring the relationship between landscape and light. However, living on the hillsides of Vancouver’s North Shore has had the most significant impact on Penhall’s life and artistic vision. Anchorage was unveiled in the Artist’s exhibition Losing Control of the Landscape at the West Vancouver Art Museum in 2023 and graces the cover of its accompanying publication.

Ross Penhall was born in Vancouver in 1959. A firefighter from youth until retirement in 2010, he found life balance in painting. He attended the studio art program at Capilano College and studied printmaking with internationally renowned printmaker Wayne Eastcott. In 1995, Penhall continued his art education through extra-sessional studies at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design, during which time he began to work in oil. Since then, he has exhibited annually, primarily in Vancouver and California, and participated in the Seattle Art Fair, Context Miami, Art Chicago, and the Toronto International Art Fair. His paintings are in numerous private collections in the United States and Canada, including Diana Krall, Elvis Costello, Vicki Gabereau, Canaccord Genuity, RBC, St. Paul’s Hospital, and University of British Columbia.

Martha Sturdy

Stacking 231119

2023

Steel and resin

Signed & Dated

193 x 30.5 x 30.5 cm (76 x 12 x 12 in)

Lot 02

$24,000

Donated by the Artist

“My work is not for thinking about a specific environment, it’s about being witness to the emotive impact of nature’s balanced composition.”

Martha Sturdy has a deep connection with the Northwest Coast, which has fostered a fundamental sensitivity towards an expansive and raw natural world. Her sculptures reflect this connection, as she continuously strips down forms and intensifies scales, pursuing physical engagement over rationality. Her style is simple yet bold, blending the concerns of contemporary sculpture with those of Suprematism by focusing on the fundamentals of geometry with a restricted but intense palette. Martha Sturdy is an unwavering optimist who observes life through a positive lens and lives unafraid of a playful attitude towards existence. Her work, Stacking 231119, specially created for the Audain Gala, draws attention to the simplicity of brightly coloured stacked shapes. In doing so, she directly connects to the innate optimism of childhood.

Martha Sturdy was born in 1942 in Vancouver. She received her BFA at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, where she was later granted an Honorary Doctor of Letters in 2006. Since her emergence in the 1980s, Martha’s multidisciplinary work has caught the appreciation of international collectors, artists, and designers. A prolific artist with few boundaries, her work spans various materials including resin, brass, standing steel, salvaged wood, and wearable sculpture. Navigating between art and design, her work has been extensively featured internationally in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and Architectural Digest. In 2002, she was presented with a Golden Jubilee Award by the Governor General for her international achievements as a Canadian artist. In 2005, Sturdy was inducted into the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts.

Andy Dixon

“The paradox that art is one of the highest achievements of humankind — one of the few things I think about every waking moment — and also a kind of luxury commodity that is bought, sold, traded and shown off as a status symbol, is absolutely hilarious to me.”

This is not a Ship 2024

Acrylic and oil pastel on canvas

Signed & Dated

152.4 x 119.4 cm (60 x 47 in)

Lot 03

$37,000

Donated by the Artist

Andy Dixon’s artwork explores themes of luxury, wealth, decadence, patronage, and ultimately the relationship between art and money. He draws inspiration from opulent objects such as Ming vases, Versace apparel, and sports cars, setting them in Renaissance and Flemish-inspired contexts. Dixon layers these art historical references with a poignant social commentary that questions the inherent value of luxury, past and present. His candy-coloured opulent canvases are tongue-in-cheek explorations of wealth and privilege. This is not a Ship is not about the ship itself, it is about the classic ship painting. They adorn the walls of antique shops, thrift stores, libraries; they’re in movies and TV shows, on mugs, on plates, oversaturated to the point of being flattened into a hollow trope. It is this trope that Dixon is interested in exploring.

Dixon was born in 1979 in Vancouver. A self-taught painter, Dixon turned to fine arts after years as a punk-rock musician. He first began experimenting with silk screening techniques and layering colours for his bands D.B.S. and The Red Light Sting and his Vancouver-based independent music label, Ache Records. He started exhibiting his works in Vancouver and eventually dedicated himself to painting. In 2014, he held his first international exhibition, The Luxury of Observing Luxury, in London. Since then, Dixon has exhibited at galleries and multiple art fairs in Vancouver, Toronto, Los Angeles, New York, London, and Hong Kong. Dixon’s work is in notable collections, including the Walton Family Private Collection, the Al and Paige West Collection, the LAM Museum in Lisse, Netherlands, the X Museum in Beijing, China, and the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, USA.

Robert Davidson

Kuginn Jad (Mouse Woman)

Drum, acrylic on deerskin, mounted on board and under plexi-glass 50.8 cm diameter (20 in)

Lot 04

$35,000 Anonymous Donor

“The purpose of my art is to express the contemporary life and meaning of my ancestral culture. From the time I raised the first totem pole in 1969 in my home village of Massett, I have been committed to the use of cultural knowledge in order to celebrate the present as well as the past.”

Robert Davidson, of Haida and Tlingit descent, is one of Canada’s most respected contemporary artists. His work arcs from masterful totem pole and mask carving to printmaking, painting, and jewellery design. Initially inspired by traditional Haida stories, Davidson developed a very personal style by incorporating abstraction and innovatively transforming the classic Haida formline. His unique vision and impeccable craftsmanship made him a leading voice in the rise of Haida art and culture during the latter 20th century. Davidson has also invested himself in Haida’s performative language and founded tuul gundlas cyaal xaada (Rainbow Creek Dancers), performing both ancestral and new compositions.

Kuginn Jad (Mouse Woman) depicts the mother of Raven, aid to those on a journey between worlds, with his distinct, clean graphic lines. The drum brings together Davidson’s visual and performative energy.

Born in Alaska in 1946, Robert Davidson grew up in the Haida community of Old Massett. The great-grandson of the acclaimed artist Charles Edenshaw, Davidson learned from his father and grandfather, becoming an accomplished carver by his mid-twenties. After apprenticing with Bill Reid, he studied at the Vancouver School of Art. In 1969, he carved and raised a 12-metre totem pole in Old Massett, the first in Haida Gwaii in over ninety years. He has received honorary degrees from the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, the Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, Simon Fraser University, and the University of Victoria. Among the many awards bestowed upon Davidson are the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Art and Culture, the Audain Prize for the Visual Arts, the Order of British Columbia, and the Order of Canada. Davidson is the subject of the documentary Haida Modern, which premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2019 to great acclaim.

Cori Creed

Following Along

Oil on canvas

Signed & Dated

121.9 x 121.9 cm (48 x 48 in)

Lot 05

$10,600

Donated by the Artist

Courtesy of Bau-Xi Gallery

“My reference

is often gathered while I am moving through

the landscape. There is always another peak to be explored or a corner to turn on a coastline - treasures to be chased and revealed. It is an homage to the subject, but also to the things that lie beyond.”

Cori Creed depicts Northwest Coast landscapes with joy, spontaneity and vitality through her rich oil and mixed-media paintings. Working from photographs and sketches taken in nature whilst canoeing or hiking, she builds up her canvases with impasto, spray paint, and watery drips. Her highly textured works depict dramatic tangled branches, undergrowth, rock and driftwood formations and ocean views, such as those seen in Following Along. Lyrical elements such as light reflections and shadows capture the changing moods of the landscape and the skies, generating an emotional impression and inviting the viewer to experience the world around us.

Creed was born in Vancouver in 1973. She studied Fine Art at Simon Fraser University and Design at Capilano University. Her work has been placed in various private collections across Canada, including the Bentall Centre, Nordstrom, Lionsgate Hospital Foundation, and British Pacific Properties. Creed is a member of the West Vancouver Public Art Committee and Advisory Boards. Through her work, she has supported many non-profit organizations, including Arts Umbrella, the Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, and the Lionsgate Hospital Foundation. She lives and paints out of her West Vancouver home and studio.

Lawrence Paul

Yuxweluptun

He said he was from Bella Bella 2004

Acrylic on canvas

Signed & Dated

121.9 x 91.4 cm (48 x 36 in)

“If you’re on the other side of the fence, well I’m going to paint the other side of the fence. For me, my primary function as an artist is to record history and to provoke discussions that, however unpleasant, are utterly necessary.”

Lot 06

$60,000 Anonymous Donor

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, one of Canada’s most politicized artists, depicts social and environmental realities faced by First Nations through a distinctive hybridization of Indigenous Northwest Coast aesthetics and European Surrealism. His parents’ activism influenced the political consciousness omnipresent in all his works. Freely mixing forms and lines from Haida, Kwakwaka’wakw and Salish visual traditions, he sets scenes critical of colonialism, environmental degradation, and rampant capitalism. Yuxweluptun’s works shock and unsettle to stimulate discussion between people from different cultures and belief systems. However, his works always have a sense of optimism for the future. He said he was from Bella Bella is a prominent example of Yuxweluptun’s uncanny colourful images of hybrid Indigenous forms with human bodies in Western clothing. Bella Bella is the home of the Heiltsuk people, although the figures in his painting may not represent actual people or Nations but what the Artist denotes as “the imaginary Indian” or “the symbolic Native”; challenging our understanding of how this Artist’s identity has been constructed from outside.

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun, of Coast Salish and Okanagan ancestry, was born in 1957 in Kamloops, BC. He earned his BFA with Honours from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 1983. He has exhibited his work in many notable solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally. In 1992, Yuxweluptun was the only artist to be included in both Indigena: Contemporary Native Perspectives at the Canadian Museum of History and Land, Spirit, Power: First Nations at the National Gallery of Canada, exhibitions now recognized as pivotal for contemporary Indigenous art. In 1993, the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery opened their new space with an inaugural exhibition of his work. In 2023, he participated in Empowering Art: Indigenous Creativity and Activism from North America’s Northwest Coast, a seminal and eye-opening exhibition at Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, UK. Yuxweluptun is featured in the permanent collections of many prominent public and private collections across North America, including the National Gallery of Canada and the Audain Art Museum.

Ben Reeves

“I am interested in the image/object duality of painting. It has an amazing potential to open imaginary spaces, but it can also offer an immediate experience, a phenomenological encounter here and now with an object.”

Preschool

2014

Oil on canvas over panel Signed & Dated

121.9 x 182.9 cm (48 x 72 in)

Lot 07

$22,000

Donated by Geoff and Janet Plant

Ben Reeves draws inspiration from the culture and landscape of the Northwest Coast to create his commanding textural works. He paints from memory, portraying fragments of his daily experiences, past and present, and exploring the boundaries between abstraction and representation. Reeves often employs dream-like palettes of blues, pinks, and yellows, which contrast with the physicality of the surfaces that arise from large mounds of paint, burlap, and collage. The construction is essential and never hidden, with the Artist’s scraping, sticking, and dripping actions activating the canvas and immersing us in the work. In Preschool, the Artist’s depiction is a conscious blend of memories of his childhood neighbourhood in Lynn Valley and his current life in Tsawwassen. Like many of his works, Preschool feels more like an intimate account of the allure and mood of the places in our daily lives than a painting of a suburban utopia.

Ben Reeves was born in North Vancouver in 1969. He received his BFA from the University of British Columbia and an MA from Chelsea College of Art and Design in London, UK and is an Associate Professor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Reeves has exhibited extensively in Canada as well as in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China. He has completed several public art projects and commissions, most recently, Viewpoint, a massive illuminated public art installation at The Smithe building, one of Vancouver’s most visible public artworks. Reeves’ works are held in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Manabu Ikeda

Five Windows

2023

Pen, acrylic ink, pencil and transparent watercolour on paper, mounted on board Signed

30.5 x 61 cm (12 x 24 in)

Lot 08

$48,000

Donated by the Artist Courtesy of Mizuma Art Gallery

“Human beings are part of nature. In the scars left by human beings on nature, I feel that it is possible to glimpse the strength of both their energies.”

Working with infinite patience, Manabu Ikeda spends years creating large-scale pen and ink and acrylic pigment drawings that intricately detail what the Artist calls “the conflict and coexistence between man and nature.” His elaborate masterpieces show a level of precision and complexity that references the ancient Japanese craft tradition of Takumi. Yet, they are unquestionably contemporary. Drawing from current events and personal memories, his works juxtapose physical and philosophical realms with deep symbolism. Recurring themes of nature, urban landscapes, and imaginative worlds that blend elements of both reality and fantasy have more recently focused on natural catastrophes like earthquakes, tsunamis, and nuclear disasters. One of his most acclaimed works, Rebirth, a massive artwork that took over three and a half years to complete, showcases a post-apocalyptic landscape inspired by the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Most importantly for the Artist, the dynamic landscape is filled with narrative elements of destruction but also regeneration and the resilience of life. Ikeda spent three months in Whistler during his exhibition at the Audain Art Museum in 2023. Five Windows reflects the Artist’s first residency in the Upper Galleries, with the windows in the background featuring the Museum’s beautiful natural surroundings.

Manabu Ikeda was born in 1973 in Saga, Japan, and graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 2000. In 2011, he moved to Vancouver for a year as a Japanese Agency for Cultural Affairs research artist. In 2014, he was awarded the prestigious Takashimaya Art Award. In 2017, Ikeda’s first major solo touring museum retrospective, The Pen-Condensed Universe, opened at the Saga Prefectural Art Museum, breaking the museum’s visitor record. In the same year, he would start exhibiting internationally in Korea and Germany and, in the following years, in the US, Canada, Australia, and Sweden. In 2023, the Audain Art Museum presented his first international solo retrospective Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage that is now on display at moCa Cleveland. Ikeda’s works are in internationally prominent collections, including the Mori Art Museum, Saga Prefectural Art Museum and Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as private and corporate collections.

Jonathan Syme

Modern Kinetic Intersection

2023

Oil on canvas in Artist’s frame

Signed & Dated

172.7 x 142.2 cm (68 x 56 in)

Framed

Lot 09

$15,500

Donated by the Artist

Courtesy of Monte Clark

“My paintings are not meant to be realistic or figurative. They are more like abstract expressions of my inner world, my emotions, my thoughts. I use colours and shapes to convey a sense of energy, mood, and atmosphere.”

Jonathan Syme’s tactile, expressive, and explosive paintings are created through an ‘underpainting’ or staining technique, where layers of pigment are applied over a previous layer. As the composition progresses, each layer interacts with the previous one in a choreographed manner, where further scraping and thick brushwork add to the dynamism and spatial quality of the compositions. Added to these repetitive elements are gestural, painterly strokes. Such two dimensional treatments generate alternate receding and protruding perceptions, creating a visually rich experience that almost invades the viewer’s physical space. The materiality, almost sculptural quality of his paintings is further enhanced by the frame, often presented in bold and unusual colours. Syme considers the frame an inextricable element of the work, acting as a bridge to the Artist’s masterful craftsmanship.

Jonathan Syme was born in Edmonton, AB in 1997. He received his BFA from the Alberta College of Art and Design. He currently lives and works in Vancouver. He has exhibited at CSA Space, the Goethe Institute FIT Container, Wil Aballe Art Projects (WAAP), and Equinox Gallery. He is currently represented by Monte Clark and owns The Workshop, a gilding and framing studio.

Kim Dorland

The Last Plein Air Painter Paints

The Last Lie

2018

Oil on canvas

Signed & Dated

156.2 x 125.7 cm (61 ½ x 49 ½ in)

Framed

Lot 10

$30,000

Donated by Tom & Teresa Gautreau

Kim Dorland’s art is bold, visceral, and as beautiful as it is uncomfortable. His ever-expanding body of work and techniques are both familiar and groundbreaking, identifiable and deeply evocative. Considered primarily a landscape artist, he rebels against constraints and continually explores different mediums. Yet, there are constants in his work: the materiality of paint, the Canadian landscape, and his own life experiences–an impoverished upbringing, a tumultuous teenagehood, and a deep love for his wife. He is known for using multiple materials, including oil, acrylic, spray paint, ink, phosphorescence, inkjet printing, screws, fur, paper and even litter. Katerina Atanassova, Senior Curator of Canadian Art at the National Gallery of Canada, once referred to him as “Tom Thomson on acid.”

Kim Dorland was born in Wainwright, AB, in 1974. He grew up in Red Deer, where he found his calling after discovering the works of the Group of Seven and Tom Thomson. He received a BFA from the Emily Carr University of Art + Design and an MFA at York University. In 2013, Dorland would make his mark with the groundbreaking exhibition You Are Here: Kim Dorland and the Return to Painting at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. The same year, the Globe and Mail named him Artist of the Year. The Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Vancouver Art Gallery also held prominent solo shows. His works are in multiple prominent Canadian collections, including the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, the Audain Art Museum, and Bank of Montreal. Prominent American collections with Dorland’s work include the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Beth Rudin Dewoody, the Oppenheimer, Kaminsky, Richard Massey and Neumann Foundations, as well as those of artists Richard Prince and Takashi Murakami.

“My identity as an outdoor man is not part of my practice. My work is really about the perfect psychological moment. Sometimes, that moment is in nature. Sometimes it’s in my living room.”

Marianne Nicolson

Praying for Forgiveness

2009

Acrylic on panel with copper coin and abalone inlays

Signed & Dated

42.6 cm x 164.8 cm (16 ¾ x 64 ⅞ in)

Framed

Lot 11

$10,000

Anonymous Donor

“I do this because I believe that Indigenous worldviews can benefit all peoples, in particular, our notions of community connection to one another and to the land.”

Marianne Nicolson, an artist activist from the Musgamakw Dzawada̱ʼenux̱w First Nation within the Kwakwaka’wakw territory of the Northwest Coast, seamlessly merges traditional Kwakwaka’wakw forms with contemporary artistic practices. Holding a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design (1996) and an MFA from the University of Victoria (2000), Nicolson’s expertise encompasses both cultural and academic realms. Politically charged, her work aims to uphold Kwakwaka’wakw traditional philosophy in contemporary mediums. Nicolson’s impactful exhibitions include the 17th Biennale of Sydney, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the National Museum of the American Indian in New York, Nuit Blanche in Toronto, and Museum Arnhem in the Netherlands. Her noteworthy monumental public artworks grace prominent locations like YVR Airport, the Canadian Embassy in Amman, Jordan, and the Canadian Embassy in Paris, France.

Alex Colville

“It’s the ordinary things that seem important to me.”

Snowplow 1967

Colour serigraph on board 87 x 106 cm (34 ¼ x 41 ¾ in) Framed

Lot 12

$25,000

Donated by Heffel Fine Art Auction House

Alex Colville is widely regarded as one of Canada’s most influential artists, having achieved both popular and critical success with his representations of everyday life. Colville’s paintings are characterized by meticulous craftsmanship and geometric composition, creating balanced and harmonious depictions with elements of mystery, tension, or ambiguity. He often used his family, pets, and surroundings as his subjects, creating scenes that seem ordinary but suggest deeper meanings and emotions. Colville worked mainly with acrylic paint on hardboard but also produced prints using various techniques. Snowplow is part of a series of twelve prints made between 1965 and 1968, considered among his finest works in this medium. The print shows Colville’s characteristic use of geometric shapes, precise lines, and muted colours to create both a realistic and symbolic image. The series is featured in the in the collection of the National Gallery of Canada.

Alex Colville was born in Toronto in 1920. After graduating from Mount Allison University, he served as a war artist during World War II. He returned to Mount Allison as a teacher and became the university’s first artist-in-residence. He moved to Wolfville, Nova Scotia, in 1973 and continued to paint until his death in 2013. Colville represented Canada at the Venice Biennale in 1966 and exhibited extensively across Canada and internationally. The Art Gallery of Ontario, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Gallery of Canada presented major retrospectives of his work. Internationally, he would show at Tate Britain, the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Centre Pompidou, and the Berlin Nationalgalerie. These institutions acquired the Artist’s work as part of their collections. Colville received multiple awards, including the Companion of the Order of Canada, the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, and the Order of Nova Scotia.

Maru Aponte

Flamboyanes y turpiales en Boquerón

Watercolour on canvas

Signed

177.2 x 125.7 cm (69 ¾ x 49 ½ in)

Lot 13

$10,000

Donated by the Artist

“I feel like every time I paint, I am asking a question through materials and my artistic method. In this sense, I wonder if watercolour is both a noun and a verb. My artistic approach is shaped by colour, not only in relation to the diverse palette offered by the watercolour medium but also in how it connects to my homeland.”

Maru Aponte’s artistic practice involves creating observational watercolours of outdoor landscapes, which she develops further in her studio, focusing on materiality, colour, and light. Her brushwork is free and somewhat volatile, spreading across the canvas with suggestive figurations and translucencies. In Flamboyanes y turpiales en Boquerón, the Artist aims to capture the energy and essence of the Puerto Rican village she is referencing. She uses colour to alter the scene’s temperature, infusing her Caribbean energy into the work with bold and saturated chromatic combinations. This work references the bright reds of flame tree canopies, the vibrant oranges of the troupials’ wings, and the sea’s blue hues at Boquerón beach. The result is a vivid, harmonious, and rhythmic chaos that reflects her deep connection to Puerto Rican culture.

Born in Puerto Rico in 1996, Maru Aponte studied at the Art Institute of Chicago for two years and was the first Puerto Rican to graduate from the painting department of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp, where she completed her BA in Painting with Distinction. She is currently pursuing her MFA at Emily Carr University of Art + Design and is a Griffin x Emily Carr Residency Award Recipient.

Doria Moodie

Moon Shadow

2023

Acrylic on canvas

Signed & Dated

137.2 x 137.2 cm (54 x 54 in)

Framed

Lot 14

$7,920

Donated by the Artist

Courtesy of Mountain Galleries

“I am a strong advocate for BC bears and have spent many days observing them in the wild to paint large, intimate portraits of them.”

At the heart of Doria Moodie’s artistic practice is a profound admiration and respect for nature. Although she occasionally paints portraits, it is her striking representations of bears that have garnered her notoriety. As a passionate advocate for bear conservation in BC, Moodie has devoted countless hours to observing these magnificent creatures in their natural habitats. A simultaneously dynamic and intimate quality characterizes her paintings, each work capturing the magnificence and unique personalities of the bears. In Moon Shadow, specially created for the Audain Gala, the Artist continues her more recent experimentation with a monochromatic palette and looser brush strokes, achieving a more personal and subtle connection. This painting was inspired by a photograph taken by Vancouver-based wildlife photographer, Steve Woods, and used with his permission.

Doria Moodie studied French and Political Science at the University of British Columbia and pursued a career in teaching. Encouraged by local artists and, eventually, Gordon Smith, she began painting in earnest after taking early retirement in 2006. She was an artist-in-residence at Knight Inlet Lodge in the Great Bear Rainforest and on the One Ocean Expedition to the Arctic. Through her art, Moodie has supported causes close to her heart, mainly the conservation and appreciation of nature, and frequently donates paintings and/or a portion of her sales to charitable organizations such as the Grizzly Bear Foundation, Canuck Place Children’s Hospice, and Doctors Without Borders in Ukraine. Moodie is the official artist and member of the Board for the Grizzly Bear Foundation, an Associate Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists, and a Founding Member of Whistler Out-of-Bounds Artists. She lives and works in Whistler, BC.

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Svava Tergesen

Svava Tergesen, a Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artist, delves into the meaning embedded in everyday objects through her blend of photography, sculpture, and collage. Born in 1993, Tergesen orchestrates novel encounters with the familiar, reimagining domesticity, gender, and health. Tergesen’s work was featured in the exhibition Ornamental Cookery at the Audain Art Museum, as part of Capture Photography Festival in April 2023. Her work has been exhibited nationally with residencies at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the Duplex Artist Society. Tergesen’s work has garnered nominations for the New Generation Photography Award (2021) and the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize (2020).

Soppressata Roses

2020

Edition 1 of 5

Archival pigment print

Signed

40.6 x 28.3 cm (16 x 11 ⅛ in)

Framed

Lot 101 $3,000

Donated by the Artist

Jake Kimble

Jake Kimble, a multidisciplinary Chipewyan (Dënesųłıné) artist from Treaty 8 territory in the Northwest Territories, centers his practice on acts of self-care, self-repair, and gender-based ideological refusal. Recently earning a BFA in Photography from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, alongside a Degree in Acting from the Vancouver Film School, Kimble uses humour as a tool to excavate existentialism, narcissism, and the peculiarities of life. His work invites the audience to explore the absurdities within the everyday, facilitating moments to exhale and chuckle in spaces where laughter is often lost. His work will be featured in Otherwise Disregarded in conjunction with the 2024 Capture Photography Festival at the Audain Art Museum.

Break a Leg

2021

Edition 3 of 5

Archival inkjet print

88.9 x 63.5 cm (35 x 25 in)

Framed

Lot 102 $2,000

Donated by the Artist

Ron Denessen

Ron Denessen, a visual artist active since 1994, primarily works in acrylic on canvas, delving into the emotional allure of the natural landscape. He received a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design. His work is characterized by minimal forms and colours. Denessen’s approach involves abstracting the landscape, distilling it into essential colours and forms that encapsulate the essence of his perception. Through this process, he orchestrates a complicated yet harmonious balance. Collected both nationally and internationally, Denessen’s art resonates as a testament to the emotional impact of colour and form within the natural world.

Whistler Mountain (West Bowl)

2023

Acrylic on canvas

Signed & Dated

121.9 x 121.9 cm (48 x 48 in)

Lot 103

$3,600

Donated by the Artist

Gordon Smith

Born in 1919, Gordon Smith’s illustrious career spanned decades and made an indelible mark on Canada’s cultural history. A revered painter and educator, Smith was acclaimed for his versatility, working in various mediums such as painting, printmaking, and drawing. Smith’s work often reflected his deep connection to nature and the Northwest Coast landscape. This serigraph captures an abstract topographical landscape surrounding Smith’s Caulfield home in West Vancouver. It has been generously donated by the Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation, established in 2002, which focuses on enriching arts experiences for children in British Columbia.

C. 3

c. Mid 2000s

Edition 37 of 40

Serigraph

Signed

80 x 26.3 cm (31 ½ x 26 ¼ in)

Framed

Lot 104

$1,150

Donated by the Gordon and Marion Smith Foundation

Gathie Falk

Gathie Falk, born in Manitoba in 1928 and a Vancouver resident since 1946, emerged as a prominent artist after a career in elementary education. Transitioning to a full-time artist in 1965, she garnered acclaim for her surrealist conceptual approach to painting, ceramic sculpture, and performance art. Recognized for her prolific output, Falk’s work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions across Canada, the United States, France, and Japan. Her work is currently showcased at the Audain Art Museum in the retrospective exhibition Gathie Falk: Revelations, offering audiences a deeper understanding of her impactful contributions to the art world.

North Shore Roses

1992

Six-colour lithograph

Edition 51 of 150

Signed & Dated

55.9 x 45.7 cm (22 x 18 in)

Framed

Lot 105

$850

Donated by Artists for Kids

Manabu Ikeda

Manabu Ikeda specializes in intricate pen-and-ink drawings exploring outdoor activities, popular culture, civilization, and nature. His unique worldview depicts entangled chaos in daily life, earning critical acclaim in national and international exhibitions such as the recent Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage at the Audain Art Museum. Three Surfaces delves into undersea realms and the Eiffel Tower, symbolizing human impact on marine life. Three vertical worlds convey interconnected environmental hazards. The top level showcases West Vancouver’s scenic beauty, linking to the Eiffel Tower and a submerged whale. The second layer, tainted by industrial waste, harbors diverse marine species. Ikeda challenges the conventional portrayal of the Eiffel Tower as a symbol of prosperity, revealing the hidden environmental threats.

Three Surfaces

2023

Archival pigment print on 100% cotton rag paper

Edition 30 of 30

Signed

83.5 x 69.2 cm (27 ¼ x 23 ¼ in)

Framed

Lot

106

$2,780

Donated by the Artist, Courtesy of the Audain Art Museum

Becky Bair

Becky Bair, a Vancouver-based interdisciplinary artist, holds an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and received the Governor General’s Gold Medal for Academic Excellence in 2020. Shortlisted for the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize and longlisted for the Scotiabank New Generation Photography Award, Bair’s work has been featured in Canadian Art Magazine and NUVO. Notable exhibitions include shows at the Vancouver Art Gallery, Surrey Art Gallery, and West Vancouver Art Museum. A sessional professor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Bair mentors artists with developmental disabilities and Black youth. Bair’s work explores the interplay between sunlight and hair, offering a unique perspective on resilience and refusal, challenging colonial legacies through abstraction and non-figuration.

Untitled Cyanotype (x-pression)

2022

Cyanotype on cotton

91.4 x 61 cm (36 x 24 in)

Framed

Lot 107

$3,000

Donated by the Artist

Enn Erisalu

Enn Erisalu, a Canadian modernist painter originally from Estonia, arrived in Canada in 1951. After studying in Florence, London, and the University of Oregon, he earned a BFA and BPA at the ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles. Settling in Vancouver in 1969, Erisalu initially gained acclaim for his abstract works. In the 1990s, his art took a conceptualist turn, incorporating text, numbers, and symbols. Erisalu’s legacy reflects influences from Cubism, Constructivism, Minimalism, and Conceptualism. Despite his untimely death at 61, Erisalu’s impact is now recognized globally, with his works exhibited and collected in Toronto, Seattle, New York, and Europe, as well as residing in the permanent collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery.

Weight & Sea

1988

Mixed media on paper

60 x 81.3 cm (23 ⅝ x 32 in)

Framed

Lot 108

$2,500

Donated by Ron Aloni from the Estate of Enn Erisalu

Mathias Horne

Mathias Horne, a wildlife painter from Squamish, British Columbia, intertwines art, science communication, and conservation. Collaborating with photographers, scientists, and organizations, his projects immerse audiences in the anatomical and behavioral realities of depicted species, fostering a unique intersection of fine art and scientific understanding. Horne aims to transform the human-animal relationship, using intimate portraiture with muted colours and dramatic lighting to reveal the personality and soul of his subjects. Exhibited alongside conservation campaigns at prominent events, including the United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15), Horne’s art becomes a catalyst for engaging initiatives, advocating for biodiversity protection on a global scale.

Forging Ahead 2023

Acrylic on canvas

Signed 152.4 x 101.6 cm (60 x 40 in)

Lot 109

$5,000

Donated by the Artist

Doria Moodie, Fred Lee, Joshua McVeity

In this piece titled Playtime, artist Doria Moodie, in collaboration with Fred Lee and Joshua McVeity, delves into the rich textures of fall, featuring birch trees against a warm burnt orange ground. The trio collaborated for the second year in a row, infusing the piece with bold new marks and leaving it intentionally somewhat unfinished to preserve its raw emotion. Doria Moodie, a full-time artist based in Whistler, BC, is an Associate Member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and a founding member of Whistler Out-of-Bounds Artists. Fred Lee, known as Vancouver’s ‘Man About Town,’ is the host of the annual Audain Gala, while Joshua McVeity, a graduate of the Alberta College of Art and Design, excels as a professional photographer. This collaboration reflects the fusion of artistic minds in a celebration of creative exploration and camaraderie.

Playtime 2023

Acrylic on canvas

Signed

40.6 x 50.8 cm (16 x 20 in)

Lot 110

Priceless

Donated by the Artists

Kim Kennedy Austin

Kim Austin delves into the universal pursuit of self-improvement. Her series, Hello Dolly, inspired by Dolly Parton’s prolific songwriting, features songs penned by Parton up to her 2001 induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Aligning with Parton’s reputation as “the hardest working woman in show business,” Austin intertwines her interest in the iconic singer with a broader exploration of labor issues. Since earning her BFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 2001, Austin has exhibited widely, with her work held in permanent collections at such notable institutions as the Vancouver Art Gallery and the West Vancouver Art Museum.

Hello Dolly 4 (Little at a Time)

2014

Watercolour and pencil on paper

Signed

76.5 x 56.5 cm (30 ⅛ x 22 ¼ in)

Michael Batty

Lot 111

$3,500

Donated by the Artist, Courtesy of Wil Aballe Art Projects

Painter, printmaker, and photographer Michael Batty creates minimalist pieces using geometry and line, exploring the balance between order and chaos. His compositions introduce random elements to tightly rendered surfaces. Batty’s ongoing photographic series marks a pivotal moment in the Artist’s overall practice – the expanding of an interest into three dimensions. This led to the creation of sculptures, constructed with a multitude of panels in a wide range of colours and assembled in the Artist’s studio. The sculptures are then photographed to complete the work. Graduating from Emily Carr University of Art + Design in 1989, Batty further studied printmaking at Capilano University in Vancouver. His works are held in collections worldwide, including the Waldorf Astoria in Beijing, China, W Guangzhou, China, Four Seasons in Dubai, UAE, and Bank of Montreal in Calgary and Toronto.

Stack

2023

Edition 1 of 7

Inkjet on aluminum panel

Signed & Dated

94 x 63.5 cm (37 x 25 in)

Lot 112

$3,500

Donated by the Artist

Courtesy of Gallery Jones

Enda Bardell

Enda Bardell works primarily in watercolour landscapes. Originally from Estonia, Bardell’s artistic journey has traversed diverse creative careers—from costume designer and fabric artist to founder of Enda B. Fashion Limited and realtor—ultimately returning to her true passion for the visual arts. Fascinated by remote islands, Bardell finds inspiration in the rugged allure of Haida Gwaii, exploring its remote landscape and unpredictable weather. Her watercolours, painted on location or from reference photos, convey the essence of landscapes and skyscapes. Devoid of living creatures, her work captures the feeling and memory of a place, allowing viewers to connect with the fleeting moments of light and the overwhelming emotions that inspired her.

Edge of the World, Haida Gwaii

2017

Watercolour on arches paper

Signed

43.2 x 53.3 cm (17 x 21 in)

Framed

Michelle Sound

Lot 113

$800

Donated by Enda Bardell Fine Art

Michelle Sound, a Cree and Métis artist from Wapsewsipi Swan River First Nation, presents Medicine Prints, a series of elkhide cyanotypes exploring materiality and ancestral connection. Using flora, traditional medicines, and photographs of her Alberta homeland, the works embody a process of image-making with natural elements. Sound’s art, rooted in her Cree and Métis identity, reflects a personal journey through family, place, and history. With a BFA from Simon Fraser University and an MA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design, Michelle’s multidisciplinary practice spans photo-based work, textiles, painting, and Indigenous material practices. As an Indigenous Advisor at Douglas College, she brings a profound perspective to her artistic practice. Her work will be featured in Otherwise Disregarded in conjunction with the 2024 Capture Photography Festival at the Audain Art Museum.

Medicine Print Drums

(Caribou Fur and Sweetgrass)

2023

Cyanotype on elk hide drum

Signed & Dated 25.4 cm diameter (10 in)

Lot 114

$4,000

Donated by the Artist

Stacey Bodnaruk

Stacey Bodnaruk, a West Coast-based Canadian artist and photographer, weaves her passion for the Pacific Northwest into artworks like Untracked. This piece, inspired by Whistler’s peaks, captures the alpenglow on Black Tusk at day’s end, merging snowy trees and water reflections. Bodnaruk’s ‘artography’ technique combines 3 to 10 photos, digitally layered and manipulated, creating dreamlike landscapes that tell compelling stories. Since 2014, her work has been showcased in exhibitions throughout Whistler, Squamish, Vancouver, and Tofino, captivating audiences in commercial spaces, galleries, and boutique hotels throughout BC.

Untracked

2021

Edition 1 of 9

Chromaluxe aluminum gloss 61 x 121.9 cm (24 x 48 in)

Lot 115

$2,500

Donated by the Artist

Tiko Kerr

Tiko Kerr, born in Edmonton, Alberta, in 1953 and equipped with a BSc from the University of Calgary, is now a visual artist based in Vancouver. His artistic exploration centers on perception, employing chance and improvisation across diverse materials and methodologies. Kerr’s collaborations extend to painting in performance with Ballet BC, designing for three-act ballets, and creating theatre sets. His recent installation, If Becomes When, was a two-year collaboration with poet Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, which was displayed in Pendulum Gallery in Vancouver in August/September 2023. Kerr is represented by Mónica Reyes Gallery.

I Am What I Want II

2022

Relief wall sculpture

Paper collage and drawing on 3 ply plexi

Signed & Dated

43.2 x 43.2 cm (17 x 17 in)

Framed

Lot 116

$4,000

Donated by the Artist, Courtesy of Mónica Reyes Gallery

Alan Wood

Born in 1935 in Widnes, Lancashire, England, Alan Wood was a renowned Canadian artist who passed away in 2017. After studying at the Liverpool College of Art, Wood’s artistic trajectory found him in the art scene of Liverpool during the late 1950s and later at the St. Ives Artists Colony in Cornwall. Settling in British Columbia in 1974, Wood’s most personal and mature work emerged. His fascination with the interplay of light and colour from natural elements like the ocean, beach, forest, and sky defined his landscape art. Internationally acclaimed since 1983 for his monumental outdoor creation, The Ranch, situated in the Alberta Rockies, Wood continued to explore colour and form through constructions of wood, canvas, and paint.

December Beach #2 1994

Wood collage

Signed & Dated

83.2 x 57.8 cm (32 ¾ x 22 ¾ in)

Framed

Lot 117

$5,500

Anonymous Donor

Russna Kaur

Russna Kaur is a Vancouver-based artist born in Brampton, Ontario. Holding an MFA from Emily Carr University of Art + Design and a BFA from the University of Waterloo, Kaur’s work delves into personal and cultural histories. Her exploration of the painting surface as a storyteller unfolds through large-scale, multi-surface canvases, blending colour, text, digital sketches, and mixed media. Kaur is the recent recipient of the Takao Tanabe Painting Prize (2020) and the IDEA Art Award (2020). Her work is held in numerous collections including the Audain Art Museum, Vancouver Art Gallery, Surrey Art Gallery, and Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian Art. Kaur will be creating a site-based work in the Audain Art Museum’s Upper Galleries in the fall of 2024.

To Be Surrounded 2023

Acrylic, marker, and pastel on artboard

Signed & Dated

27.9 x 22.9 cm (11 x 9 in)

Framed

Lot 118

$1,635

Donated by the Artist

Courtesy of W Projects

Tammy Flynn Seybold

Tammy Flynn Seybold’s work celebrates nature’s spontaneous compositions. River Bourne is a seemingly simple tableau, portraying wet stones in shallow water, cradling a solitary maple leaf. Each stone’s unique colour, sheen, and shape, sculpted by water and wear, evoke elegance in erosion, transforming tumultuous journeys into exquisite beauty. The bright red leaf introduces a playful contrast, symbolizing a fleeting yet vibrant journey. The title, borrowing from Old English, encapsulates the stones’ journey as a boundary, a goal, and a seasonally flowing stream. Seybold’s Lunation series, exploring daily arrangements of beach debris during a lunar cycle, inspired River Bourne. Exhibited internationally, Seybold’s artwork, blending historic and modern techniques, deconstructs traditional structures, capturing ephemeral moments in nature.

River Bourne

2023

Oil on canvas

Signed & Dated

36 x 30 cm (14 ⅛ x 11 ¾ in)

Kerry Langlois

Lot 119

$3,800

Donated by the Artist

Kerry Langlois’ current body of work is made up of minimalist landscapes and monochromatic paintings of things found in the woods. Working primarily in acrylic and resin on birch panel and gallery canvas, she is inspired by the haunting beauty and mysterious nature of the Canadian landscape. Langlois is a contemporary painter based in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. She was born in Banff and raised in Canmore, where she now lives and works as an artist. She also spent several years in Montreal where she received her BFA from Concordia University in 2009, graduating with Distinction in Painting and Drawing.

Happy Place

2023

Acrylic on cradled panel

Signed & Dated

61 x 61 cm (24 x 24 in)

Lot 120

$1,540

Donated by Adele Campbell Fine Art

Anna Kasko

Anna Kasko explores the transformative potential of photography in her digital collage, Cordillera. This work is a product of an ongoing found slide project from 2017, where Kasko separates the colour channels of the photograph, each printed as a transparency. The layers, when stacked atop one another in a lightbox frame, create a three-dimensional effect. Kasko invites viewers to decipher the original scenes and analyze the newly formed compositions resulting from collage and colour channel separation. Kasko’s approach demonstrates her commitment to pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling.

Cordillera

2024

Edition 1 of 3

Lightbox with assembled LightJet prints

Signed & Dated

30 x 30 cm (12 x 12 in)

Framed

Lot 121

$4,500

Donated by the Artist

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AUCTION CONDITIONS & TERMS OF SALE

LIVE AUCTION

The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the purchaser. The Audain Art Museum (Museum) or auctioneer reserves the right to reject any bid. In the event of any dispute between bidders, or in the event of doubt on the Audain Art Museum’s part as to the validity of any bid, the auctioneer will have the final discretion either to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and resell the property in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale, at the discretion of the Museum, its sales record is conclusive. Each lot is subject to a reserve. If bids are below the reserve value of the lot offered, the auctioneer may withdraw the lot from sale.

LIVE AND SILENT AUCTIONS

Bids entered are binding. All sales are final, the purchaser will be required to pay all applicable taxes. No purchase can be returned, refunded or exchanged. The AAM reserves the right to withdraw any property before sale and assign any lot to an auction item.

PAYMENTS AND RECEIPTING

Payments for Silent Auction items will be processed electronically upon the closing of the Silent Auction, all applicable taxes with the exception of items greater than $10,000, are included in the purchaser’s bid. 7% PST will be added to items that exceed $10,000. Invoices will be issued to Live Auction buyers at the final price as acknowledged by the auctioneer. 7% PST will be added to all invoices. Auction items will not be released to purchasers until payment has been received in full. Payment must be received within 14 days of the auction. Charitable Tax Receipts will be issued to purchasers as per CRA regulations.

SILENT AUCTION PICK UP

The designated day for Silent Auction pick up is Sunday, April 14 from 11am to 6pm PDT at the Audain Art Museum in Whistler, BC. After Sunday, April 14, successful bidders must arrange to pick up Silent Auction items within 30 days following the event. Successful bidders must pick up Silent Auction items from the Museum in Whistler, BC. Complimentary delivery is not offered for Silent Auction items. Shipping may be arranged at the cost of the successful bidder. To schedule your pick up after April 14 or to arrange shipping, please contact auction@audainartmuseum.com or 604.962.0413 ext. 116.

LIVE AUCTION PICK UP OR COMPLIMENTARY DELIVERY

Complimentary delivery is generously sponsored by Denbigh Fine Art Services for Live Auction artworks. The Audain Art Museum team will contact you following the Gala to make arrangements for pick up or delivery.

CLOSING OF AUCTIONS

The Live Auction lots will close in sequence, in the order in which they appear, during the Live Auction at Fairmont Chateau Whistler on Saturday, April 13. The Silent Auction will close on Saturday, April 13 at 11pm PDT.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

These Conditions and Terms of Sale as well as the purchaser and the Museums respective rights and oblivion hereunder shall be governed by and constructed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia. By bidding at this auction, online, by agent or other means, the purchaser shall be deemed to have consented to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of British Columbia.

Neither the Museum nor the auctioneer shall be responsible for the acts of omission of its employees, agents, nor any carriers or packers of purchased lots. All lots are sold “as is.”

PRIZE DRAW (CONTEST) TERMS & CONDITIONS

The winner of these items must answer a skill-based question before being given their prize. If they cannot answer this correctly, a new winner will be chosen. The winner must be over the age of 19. The winner cannot be living in Quebec. A release form will be sent to the winner. No purchase necessary. Entries can be submitted by mail to the Audain Art Museum at 4530 Blackcomb Way – PO Box 5, Whistler, BC, V8E 1N3.

“Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?”

HENRI MATISSE

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Charitable Registration Number: 84648 0739

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