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Title: The Seamstress
Location: 800 Macleod Trail SE
Year: 2023
Artist: Zanjeel Anees
Bio: My name is Zanjeel and I am a current communications and design student at University of Calgary. I have recently completed an apparel technology diploma at Olds College and aspire to work in design in the near future. I currently design/construct garments and models for both professional and personal use. Most of my work tries to combine my South Asian roots with sustainable approaches.
Title: The Seamstress
Location: 800 Macleod Trail SE
Year: 2023
Artist: Zanjeel Anees
Bio: My name is Zanjeel and I am a current communications and design student at University of Calgary. I have recently completed an apparel technology diploma at Olds College and aspire to work in design in the near future. I currently design/construct garments and models for both professional and personal use. Most of my work tries to combine my South Asian roots with sustainable approaches.
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Title: open skies, wild spaces
Location: 1248 Livingston Way NE
Year: 2023
Artist: Jem Arcueno
Bio: I am a digital designer and illustrator based out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada but have been lucky to live out of the Philippines and Singapore on my journey towards the True North. I have been drawing on walls since 3 years old, moved to drawing with pastel as a medium from ages 4 to 15, digital from 16 to present. I do full time digital graphic design/UX work as a career and draw big bold illustrations on the side as a passion. I am also a wife and a mom to two little ones!
Title: open skies, wild spaces
Location: 1248 Livingston Way NE
Year: 2023
Artist: Jem Arcueno
Bio: I am a digital designer and illustrator based out of Calgary, Alberta, Canada but have been lucky to live out of the Philippines and Singapore on my journey towards the True North. I have been drawing on walls since 3 years old, moved to drawing with pastel as a medium from ages 4 to 15, digital from 16 to present. I do full time digital graphic design/UX work as a career and draw big bold illustrations on the side as a passion. I am also a wife and a mom to two little ones!
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Title: Stormy Deep
Location: 520 27 Ave NE
Year: 2023
Artist: Brittany Baccari (Ivy Voltage)
Bio: Ivy Voltage is an Italian Metis, Calgary-based, multi-dexterous artist. She built her skills for her career path in animation and media production by dipping her fingers in many medias. Book binding, performance art, leather work, sculpting, event production, furniture restoration, painting and jewellery making. Art was used since childhood as a coping mechanism and snowballed into an obsession to learn new skills, and is an everyday way of life.
Title: Stormy Deep
Location: 520 27 Ave NE
Year: 2023
Artist: Brittany Baccari (Ivy Voltage)
Bio: Ivy Voltage is an Italian Metis, Calgary-based, multi-dexterous artist. She built her skills for her career path in animation and media production by dipping her fingers in many medias. Book binding, performance art, leather work, sculpting, event production, furniture restoration, painting and jewellery making. Art was used since childhood as a coping mechanism and snowballed into an obsession to learn new skills, and is an everyday way of life.
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Title: Smile - we will be okay
Location: 735 Matador Cres NE
Year: 2023
Artist: Yiting Hui
Bio: Yiting Hui, born in Hong Kong, now resides in Calgary. She is an artist deeply inspired by both the majesty and the delicacy of nature, and a storyteller with a passion to reveal the magic of the beautiful ordinary. Yiting obtained her master's degree in Architecture from McGill University and has been practicing as an Architectural Designer. Combining her sensitivity to design and her passion for art and illustration, she has been commissioned for various mural works, and selected for several public art projects in Alberta. With the Japanese amine and Hong Kong comic influence, her works have whimsical qualities and illustrative style to them. The quiet competency and the tranquil power of nature is Yiting's biggest motto. Through her practice, she is interested in investigating the power of visual storytelling. She strives to create works, like nature, that would silently tell a story directly to one’s heart. Yiting’s most used mediums are watercolour and acrylic, however ceramics and wood model making are other ways she loves to use to express herself.
Title: Smile - we will be okay
Location: 735 Matador Cres NE
Year: 2023
Artist: Yiting Hui
Bio: Yiting Hui, born in Hong Kong, now resides in Calgary. She is an artist deeply inspired by both the majesty and the delicacy of nature, and a storyteller with a passion to reveal the magic of the beautiful ordinary. Yiting obtained her master's degree in Architecture from McGill University and has been practicing as an Architectural Designer. Combining her sensitivity to design and her passion for art and illustration, she has been commissioned for various mural works, and selected for several public art projects in Alberta. With the Japanese amine and Hong Kong comic influence, her works have whimsical qualities and illustrative style to them. The quiet competency and the tranquil power of nature is Yiting's biggest motto. Through her practice, she is interested in investigating the power of visual storytelling. She strives to create works, like nature, that would silently tell a story directly to one’s heart. Yiting’s most used mediums are watercolour and acrylic, however ceramics and wood model making are other ways she loves to use to express herself.
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Title: Unnoticed Series 2/6”
Location: 5600 Centre St N
Year: 2013
Artist: Yirang Kim
Bio: Yirang Kim was born in Seoul, South-Korea, and has spent half of her life in Korea and the other half in Calgary, Canada. She started her artistic life when she was very little. She couldn’t talk until she was 4, and she wasn’t much interested in learning about the new world she was born into, only interested in drawing and painting all day. She realized that imagery is the best form of language for sharing and documenting her thoughts, and that art is the only way to freely express her inner world.
Title: Unnoticed Series 2/6”
Location: 5600 Centre St N
Year: 2013
Artist: Yirang Kim
Bio: Yirang Kim was born in Seoul, South-Korea, and has spent half of her life in Korea and the other half in Calgary, Canada. She started her artistic life when she was very little. She couldn’t talk until she was 4, and she wasn’t much interested in learning about the new world she was born into, only interested in drawing and painting all day. She realized that imagery is the best form of language for sharing and documenting her thoughts, and that art is the only way to freely express her inner world.
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Title: Too White for the Reds, Too Red for the Whites
Location: 95 Falshire Dr NE
Year: 2022
Artist: Joshua McDougall
Bio: My name is Joshua McDougall, also known as The Chief Called Saint. My artist journey began when I was a young child. I was never a popular kid and there was a sizable age gap between my brothers and I. Furthermore, with being one of the only kids of Indigenous descent in my schools growing up I always felt isolated and alone. As such I turned to drawing my favorite cartoons and making up my own stories. Ever since then I have always turned to art to escape to my own little worlds. I did everything from doodling in the margins of my notebooks to entire days spent dedicated to achieving the perfect blend of colors, shading and composition so I could put the image in my head onto paper, canvas or screen. I have worked in a variety of mediums, including drawing, watercolor and acrylic painting, mixed media, charcoal, digital painting and I have even made some music. Not everything has been perfect and I’ve only really been good at some of the mediums I’ve worked in, but the important thing to me and the reason I do what I do is just creating and exploring new ways to outdo myself through constant improvement as well as having some kind of message to communicate through my compositions. A lot of my work, like most people’s, focuses on my own internalized feelings as well as reflections of my struggles and experiences. As such, my artworks are often reflections of what it felt like growing up as an Indigenous kid in the city. Far from home and family and too young to hang out with my brothers while my parents were constantly working, I often felt very isolated and found a solid escape through my art. I have always loved to just throw on a record or put my headphones in and lose myself for hours in a piece. It’s almost a spiritual experience to me to take something from just being a thought in my head all the way to a fully completed composition and knowing it came from my mind. While I have talked a lot about how art has been an escape, it’s become more than that. It’s a habit and a coping mechanism. It’s something I can do to calm myself down when my anxieties are getting the best of me. It’s my greatest form of communication and lets me say what I want to say. Whether it’s something I’ve written, be it a story or rap or poetry or something in the visual medium, art has truly opened up doors for me and helped me connect to people in a way I was never able to when I was growing up. This was just a little bit about me and what art and being an artist means to me.
Peace.
Title: Too White for the Reds, Too Red for the Whites
Location: 95 Falshire Dr NE
Year: 2022
Artist: Joshua McDougall
Bio: My name is Joshua McDougall, also known as The Chief Called Saint. My artist journey began when I was a young child. I was never a popular kid and there was a sizable age gap between my brothers and I. Furthermore, with being one of the only kids of Indigenous descent in my schools growing up I always felt isolated and alone. As such I turned to drawing my favorite cartoons and making up my own stories. Ever since then I have always turned to art to escape to my own little worlds. I did everything from doodling in the margins of my notebooks to entire days spent dedicated to achieving the perfect blend of colors, shading and composition so I could put the image in my head onto paper, canvas or screen. I have worked in a variety of mediums, including drawing, watercolor and acrylic painting, mixed media, charcoal, digital painting and I have even made some music. Not everything has been perfect and I’ve only really been good at some of the mediums I’ve worked in, but the important thing to me and the reason I do what I do is just creating and exploring new ways to outdo myself through constant improvement as well as having some kind of message to communicate through my compositions. A lot of my work, like most people’s, focuses on my own internalized feelings as well as reflections of my struggles and experiences. As such, my artworks are often reflections of what it felt like growing up as an Indigenous kid in the city. Far from home and family and too young to hang out with my brothers while my parents were constantly working, I often felt very isolated and found a solid escape through my art. I have always loved to just throw on a record or put my headphones in and lose myself for hours in a piece. It’s almost a spiritual experience to me to take something from just being a thought in my head all the way to a fully completed composition and knowing it came from my mind. While I have talked a lot about how art has been an escape, it’s become more than that. It’s a habit and a coping mechanism. It’s something I can do to calm myself down when my anxieties are getting the best of me. It’s my greatest form of communication and lets me say what I want to say. Whether it’s something I’ve written, be it a story or rap or poetry or something in the visual medium, art has truly opened up doors for me and helped me connect to people in a way I was never able to when I was growing up. This was just a little bit about me and what art and being an artist means to me.
Peace.
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Title: n/a
Location: 167 Templegreen Rd NE
Year: 2021
Artist: Ralynne Mercredi
Bio: My name is Ralynne Mercredi, and I am a bookkeeper by trade. Art, in all it's many forms has always held an interest for me. Occasionally, I also do photography, but painting mandalas has given a sense of peace and satisfaction that photos do not.
Title: n/a
Location: 167 Templegreen Rd NE
Year: 2021
Artist: Ralynne Mercredi
Bio: My name is Ralynne Mercredi, and I am a bookkeeper by trade. Art, in all it's many forms has always held an interest for me. Occasionally, I also do photography, but painting mandalas has given a sense of peace and satisfaction that photos do not.
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Title: Telemark Troll
Location: 6021 Madigan Dr NE
Year: 2020
Artist: Arden Neustaedter
Bio: I am very involved in my Norwegian culture. I teach our traditional folk dancing to adults and children and I have taken my folkdance group to Norway several times competing in this tradition. I also do several of our traditional cultural arts. I do perlbroideri, (which is beading that we use on our costumes), hardanger embroidery (which is a precise type of embroidery that when you are complete, you cut fabric out to make a lace), I knit and make sami bracelets (bracelets made of reindeer leather, reindeer antler and tinn thread). I also do our traditional painting which began back in the 1800s to decorate the home. At that time the fireplace was central in the home and the soot from the fire darkened the inside walls. They used the painting to lighten and brighten the interior of the home. This is the work that I am submitting to share with people in the neighbourhood. It is called rosemaling or rose painting in English. There are traditions of this in every valley as some are symmetrical, some are free flowing and of course the colours used are made from the flora and fauna available in that valley. This tradition has evolved over time and now can be done in either oil or acrylic. This particular piece was done in acrylic and includes a piece of our folklore which is the troll. Trolls can have more than one head, can have more than one eye or no eyes at all, but one thing for sure is that they all have a tail. Trolls live in the mountains and only come out at night. If they are caught out in the daylight they turn to stone. Trolls are not particularly smart and many of them have been caught by the daylight. This is why Norway is so mountainous! I have done rosemaling for many years and I have taught this art at the Scandinavian Centre. I often bring in artists from the US where they compete to be Vesterheim gold medalists. These people compete annually with their painting and must win several times to become a gold medalist. We have brought them to Calgary to share the art, their talent and to learn from the best!
Title: Telemark Troll
Location: 6021 Madigan Dr NE
Year: 2020
Artist: Arden Neustaedter
Bio: I am very involved in my Norwegian culture. I teach our traditional folk dancing to adults and children and I have taken my folkdance group to Norway several times competing in this tradition. I also do several of our traditional cultural arts. I do perlbroideri, (which is beading that we use on our costumes), hardanger embroidery (which is a precise type of embroidery that when you are complete, you cut fabric out to make a lace), I knit and make sami bracelets (bracelets made of reindeer leather, reindeer antler and tinn thread). I also do our traditional painting which began back in the 1800s to decorate the home. At that time the fireplace was central in the home and the soot from the fire darkened the inside walls. They used the painting to lighten and brighten the interior of the home. This is the work that I am submitting to share with people in the neighbourhood. It is called rosemaling or rose painting in English. There are traditions of this in every valley as some are symmetrical, some are free flowing and of course the colours used are made from the flora and fauna available in that valley. This tradition has evolved over time and now can be done in either oil or acrylic. This particular piece was done in acrylic and includes a piece of our folklore which is the troll. Trolls can have more than one head, can have more than one eye or no eyes at all, but one thing for sure is that they all have a tail. Trolls live in the mountains and only come out at night. If they are caught out in the daylight they turn to stone. Trolls are not particularly smart and many of them have been caught by the daylight. This is why Norway is so mountainous! I have done rosemaling for many years and I have taught this art at the Scandinavian Centre. I often bring in artists from the US where they compete to be Vesterheim gold medalists. These people compete annually with their painting and must win several times to become a gold medalist. We have brought them to Calgary to share the art, their talent and to learn from the best!
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Title: Weekly Hangout in North East
Location: 800 Macleod Trail SE
Year: 2022
Artist: Zoong Nguyên
Bio: Zoong was trained as a Graphic Designer. After her move to Calgary in 2005, she traded the computer mouse and the computer screen for the paintbrush and canvases and never looked back. What attracts her to painting is all the colors that the human eye can absorb and enjoy. The switch from digital art to traditional painting is the tactile medium. It’s something about how the natural light lands on the subject and then it dances there till the sun goes down to rest. She is easily mesmerized with the every day world. No matter how mundane it may seem, she can make it sing on a flat surface with paint. The practical acrylic paints help record each emotion or a mix of emotions she feels at a moment in time and at a particular space. Its quick-drying property allows her to move and mix paints impatiently without a wait. Zoong paints many subjects: still life, animals, florals, landscapes and figures in mostly impressionist style. Beauty is everywhere. It’s appealingly calling her name to capture the image on canvas. In 2017, she was awarded a grant from the Calgary Arts Development to do a series of Curvy Figures, a political theme that is not often addressed. She wanted to be contrarian to the images of skinny models shown in magazines and to paint the images of real women: beautiful, curvy, loving and resilient. Zoong has exhibited in Calgary and Edmonton. In summer 2019, The City of Calgary awarded Zoong with her group of multicultural and multidisciplinary artists a public art project, a sculpture titled Dance. The statue of a jovial couple dancing represents the happy moments of the area’s multiethnic citizens living in harmony. Located in the heart of Forest Lawn on the International Avenue, the sculpture is the welcome symbol. Currently Zoong is working on a series about her beloved city of Calgary. She finds landmarks in and around the city to paint in large formats in addition to the beauty of our natural wonders of the Rocky Mountains. Zoong’s works are collected in US, Canada, Singapore and HongKong.
Title: Weekly Hangout in North East
Location: 800 Macleod Trail SE
Year: 2022
Artist: Zoong Nguyên
Bio: Zoong was trained as a Graphic Designer. After her move to Calgary in 2005, she traded the computer mouse and the computer screen for the paintbrush and canvases and never looked back. What attracts her to painting is all the colors that the human eye can absorb and enjoy. The switch from digital art to traditional painting is the tactile medium. It’s something about how the natural light lands on the subject and then it dances there till the sun goes down to rest. She is easily mesmerized with the every day world. No matter how mundane it may seem, she can make it sing on a flat surface with paint. The practical acrylic paints help record each emotion or a mix of emotions she feels at a moment in time and at a particular space. Its quick-drying property allows her to move and mix paints impatiently without a wait. Zoong paints many subjects: still life, animals, florals, landscapes and figures in mostly impressionist style. Beauty is everywhere. It’s appealingly calling her name to capture the image on canvas. In 2017, she was awarded a grant from the Calgary Arts Development to do a series of Curvy Figures, a political theme that is not often addressed. She wanted to be contrarian to the images of skinny models shown in magazines and to paint the images of real women: beautiful, curvy, loving and resilient. Zoong has exhibited in Calgary and Edmonton. In summer 2019, The City of Calgary awarded Zoong with her group of multicultural and multidisciplinary artists a public art project, a sculpture titled Dance. The statue of a jovial couple dancing represents the happy moments of the area’s multiethnic citizens living in harmony. Located in the heart of Forest Lawn on the International Avenue, the sculpture is the welcome symbol. Currently Zoong is working on a series about her beloved city of Calgary. She finds landmarks in and around the city to paint in large formats in addition to the beauty of our natural wonders of the Rocky Mountains. Zoong’s works are collected in US, Canada, Singapore and HongKong.
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Title: Thinking About Ukraine
Location: 110 Martin Crossing Park NE
Year: 2022
Artist: Allan Niilo
Bio: In grade school, Allan was the kid who could draw. Allan studied some art: sculpture and animation. Studied more art: this time graphic arts. Allan was awarded the Canada Council “B” Grant. Allan worked in advertising, branding and corporate communications, and is currently working in sculpture, painting and ceramics.
Title: Thinking About Ukraine
Location: 110 Martin Crossing Park NE
Year: 2022
Artist: Allan Niilo
Bio: In grade school, Allan was the kid who could draw. Allan studied some art: sculpture and animation. Studied more art: this time graphic arts. Allan was awarded the Canada Council “B” Grant. Allan worked in advertising, branding and corporate communications, and is currently working in sculpture, painting and ceramics.
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Title: Metanoia
Location: 800 Macleod Trail SE
Year: 2020
Artist: Eks Rei
Bio: As a self-taught artist, EKS.REI draws on multiple media to interrogate the undercurrents and patterns that inform his view of the world. Working primarily with sumi ink, acrylic and charcoal, his investigations predominantly take shape in paintings, drawing and sculptural objects. His style is often informed by calligraphy, animation and technical drawing, playing with motifs in these practices to find vivid expression for his interest in psychology and metaphysics. The interplay of light and dark, east and west, negative and positive space take on greater thematic weight as he attempts to balance out dualities he sees within culture, identity and psyche throughout his work.
Title: Metanoia
Location: 800 Macleod Trail SE
Year: 2020
Artist: Eks Rei
Bio: As a self-taught artist, EKS.REI draws on multiple media to interrogate the undercurrents and patterns that inform his view of the world. Working primarily with sumi ink, acrylic and charcoal, his investigations predominantly take shape in paintings, drawing and sculptural objects. His style is often informed by calligraphy, animation and technical drawing, playing with motifs in these practices to find vivid expression for his interest in psychology and metaphysics. The interplay of light and dark, east and west, negative and positive space take on greater thematic weight as he attempts to balance out dualities he sees within culture, identity and psyche throughout his work.
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Title: Say Hello in Indian - Selected Illustrations
Location: 55 Bedrigde Way NE
Year: 2017
Artist: Aysha Samrin
Bio: Aysha is an illustrator and designer with a flair for creating captivating visuals and exciting digital experiences. Aysha draws inspiration from her upbringing in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and her connections to India and the UK, infusing her work with a global perspective. In addition to her artistic pursuits, Aysha has a passion for creating user-centric digital experiences and sharing her knowledge of art and design to other passionate individuals. With a background in children's book illustration, brand building and marketing campaign strategy, Aysha brings a unique perspective to her work. Her signature style blends traditional illustration techniques with digital tools, resulting in artwork that is both timeless and modern. The illustrations showcased in this mini gallery are part of a series called Say Hello in Indian, which aims to showcase the linguistic and cultural diversity of India beyond the commonly known Hindi language. Each illustration features a different Indian woman, dressed in traditional attire, accompanied by a greeting in her native language. These illustrations are a tribute to the resilience and strength of Indian women, who have played a significant role in shaping India's rich cultural heritage.
Title: Say Hello in Indian - Selected Illustrations
Location: 55 Bedrigde Way NE
Year: 2017
Artist: Aysha Samrin
Bio: Aysha is an illustrator and designer with a flair for creating captivating visuals and exciting digital experiences. Aysha draws inspiration from her upbringing in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and her connections to India and the UK, infusing her work with a global perspective. In addition to her artistic pursuits, Aysha has a passion for creating user-centric digital experiences and sharing her knowledge of art and design to other passionate individuals. With a background in children's book illustration, brand building and marketing campaign strategy, Aysha brings a unique perspective to her work. Her signature style blends traditional illustration techniques with digital tools, resulting in artwork that is both timeless and modern. The illustrations showcased in this mini gallery are part of a series called Say Hello in Indian, which aims to showcase the linguistic and cultural diversity of India beyond the commonly known Hindi language. Each illustration features a different Indian woman, dressed in traditional attire, accompanied by a greeting in her native language. These illustrations are a tribute to the resilience and strength of Indian women, who have played a significant role in shaping India's rich cultural heritage.
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Title: Break from the grind
Location: 2409 50 St NE
Year: 2022
Artist: Kat Turner
Bio: A part-time, self taught representational landscape painter living in Calgary with her partner, daughter, niece and nephew. Pulling her inspiration from nature around her home and city she creates realistic paintings of different landscapes. Kat works mostly with gouache and watercolors but has recently started her journey into acrylics. Her goal is to become a more established artist in the art world, she wishes to share her work with everyone in hopes that it brings them the same joy and feeling of ease that it brings to her.
Title: Break from the grind
Location: 2409 50 St NE
Year: 2022
Artist: Kat Turner
Bio: A part-time, self taught representational landscape painter living in Calgary with her partner, daughter, niece and nephew. Pulling her inspiration from nature around her home and city she creates realistic paintings of different landscapes. Kat works mostly with gouache and watercolors but has recently started her journey into acrylics. Her goal is to become a more established artist in the art world, she wishes to share her work with everyone in hopes that it brings them the same joy and feeling of ease that it brings to her.
