F I X E D / V A R I A B L E

Foundation Mentorship Program exhibition 2006/2007
611 MAIN ST., SEPTEMBER 11-29

Opening 7pm Tuesday September 11
Performance by Colette Balcaen at 7PM Sharp

MAWA invites you to join us for the First Annual Foundation Mentorship Program Exhibition.

Ironically borrowing a phrase from the world of finance, Fixed/Variable refers to the process experienced by the artists in the Foundation Mentorship Program. What was taken for granted as "fixed" at the beginning of the year became "variable": perceptions shifted and rearranged; ideas, artworks, and artists have grown, evolved, and changed.

In 2005, COLETTE BALCAEN obtained her Fine Arts Degree at the University of Manitoba. Issues that affect women, particularly within the domestic domain and grind of daily life, motivate her to create installations and performance projects.

KALE BONHAM is a painter who graduated in 2006 from the University of Manitoba School of Art. Her work is influenced by both pop and Aboriginal cultures. Art is her way down the rabbit hole.

PAULINE BRAUN spent most of her life in Northern Manitoba. She has lived and worked in Winnipeg since 2003. Her works are visual fragments of personal wonders that delight, amuse, inspire and amaze her.

 

JEANNINE CHUDZIK has lived and worked in Winnipeg since 1991. She currently resides in Nelson, B.C. where she continues her art practice. A shift in focus from jewelry-making has resulted in her exploration of mixed media, particularly abstract and symbolic painting.

MIA FEUER is a sculptor whose imagery integrates playful elements with those that suggest pain, violence and sometimes death. Her recent travels to Israel and Palestine to work with children from both sides of the conflict influence her new work.

LEA FONTAINE, a First Nations artist, has been employed in the performing and visual arts communities throughout Canada. Much of her artwork is connected to her Dakotah / Anishinaabe heritage, and is intuitive and iconographic.

MORAG SCHONKEN, born in Zimbabwe, is a fiber-based installation artist. She has a Fine Arts diploma from the Toronto School of Art. In her work, she seeks to weave a personal history of a journey remembered, embedded in skin.

SUZIE SMITH uses a variety of different media including silkscreen, textiles, drawing and video to explore existing concepts of fine art and craft, public and personal space, and the fascination and critique of popular culture.