FIELD MARKS LISA MATTHIAS

Vernon Public Art Gallery

July 20 - September 27, 2023

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Vernon Public Art Gallery, 3228 - 31st Avenue, Vernon, British Columbia, V1T 2H3, Canada

July 20 - September 27, 2023

Production: Vernon Public Art Gallery

Editor: Lubos Culen

Layout and graphic design: Vernon Public Art Gallery

Front cover: Bramble (detail), 2020, woodcut, ink on paper, 56 x 35 inches

Printing: Get Colour Copies, Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

ISBN 978-1-927407-79-0

Copyright © 2023 Vernon Public Art Gallery

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The Vernon Public Art Gallery is a registered not-for-profit society. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Greater Vernon Advisory Committee/RDNO, the Province of BC’s Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch, British Columbia Arts Council, the Government of Canada, corporate donors, sponsors, general donations and memberships. Charitable Organization # 108113358RR.

Table Of Contents

1 Executive Director’s Foreword · Dauna Kennedy

3 Field Marks - Introduction · Lubos Culen

4 The Bridge: Synergy Between Art and Science · Agnieszka Matejko

8 Artist Statement · Lisa Matthias

13 Works in the Exhibition

36 Curriculum Vitae · Lisa Matthias

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S FOREWORD

Lisa Matthias, an Edmonton based artist with degrees in Botany, Biological Sciences and Visual Arts brings a scientific view to her exhibition Field Marks. Utilizing the simple process of woodcut prints, Matthias’s work is both intricate and large in scale providing the viewer with a glimpse into ecological subject matter while challenging the scale of working within the medium of woodcut printmaking.

I’d like to thank our guest writer Agnieszka Matejko for her insights on this exhibition. Matejko, a regular contributor to Galleries West is also a community-based artist whose work includes Word on the Street, a poetic public art project with inner-city youth based in Edmonton’s McCauley district.

I’d like to acknowledge Lubos Culen, Curator for the Vernon Public Art Gallery, for his passion in bringing thought provoking exhibitions to the residents and visitors of the North Okanagan.

Funders such as the Province of BC, BC Arts Council and the Regional District of the North Okanagan are critical to the work we do and ensure the VPAG is able to pursue its mandate for the people of the North Okanagan. Our donors, members and sponsors also contribute to the success of our programming and we are grateful for their support.

See you at the gallery,

Dauna Kennedy Executive Director Vernon Public Art Gallery