Artist
Susanne Aaltonen, Halie Finney, and Emily Lendl.
EXHIBITION DATES:
Did I tell you how I felt inside and out? runs June 20 - September 2016, 9:00am - 9:00pm in the Marion Nicoll Gallery Main Space. Reception June 22, 5:00pm.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS:
Susanne Aaltonen is an emerging artist and recent graduate from the Alberta College of Art + Design. Working with a mix of family photographs and painting, her work explores themes of memory, tension, and grief. Through various levels of concealment, she confronts relationships and trauma in relation to her childhood.
Halie Finney is a multidisciplinary artist currently attending the Albertab College of Art + Design. Her work investigates her family's memories and experiences, specifically that of her grandparents, who have strong roots in a specific place. The objects, knowledge, and stories that have been passed down are pieced together in order to find a deeper understanding of the land and people that have impacted her life directly and indirectly through generations. Through a cast of original characters, Halie tells loose narratives inspired by local tales, inherited stories, and Metis and Indigenous myths and legends.
Emily Lendl is an artist living in Calgary, Alberta completing her fourth year of her BFA at the Alberta College of Art + Design. Emily creates strange spaces and entities using assemblage within the tradition of figurative sculpture and surrealism. As a fan of the art of comedy, she enjoys an element of disarming humor and surprise in everything she does.
