David Foxcroft: Looking Back - Going Forward

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David Foxcroft, "Muse," 2018

mixed media collage,(detail), 66.5" x 50"

Opening Reception:  Saturday April 14th, 1-4 pm (artist in attendance)  

David Foxcroft’s  fascination with collage is exemplified by the strategic placement of colour, tonal variances and mixed media miscellany. References to his knowledge of art history, everyday occurrences and life in general are randomly yet precisely revealed. By happenstance, certain objects are favoured and re-emerge on different surfaces. Images are often repeated and reversed while constructions are mirrored in print form creating an additional artistic declaration.  

Obvious in all of Foxcroft’s work is a combination of strong compositional qualities and an acute grasp of spatial relationships. The corollary is a quantity of intricate images that provide a thoughtful and enduring visual experience.

David Foxcroft graduated in 1977 from the Alberta College of Art in Fine Arts with a major in painting. Since that time he has been awarded numerous project grants from Canada Council and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.  His work is published in: Young Contemporaries ’80, London Regional Art Gallery; A Measure of Success, the Alberta College of Art, 1985; Artists of Alberta, the University of Alberta Press, 1980, and Made in Calgary: An Exploration of Art from the 1960s to the 2000s, Glenbow Museum.  In addition to his prolific artistic career, David taught at the Alberta College of Art and Design in the 1970's and 80's  He then went on to establish FrameCo Custom PIcture Framing in the 1990's and The Edge Gallery, Calgary/Canmore (2008).  His work is found in many private collections in Canada and abroad, as well as corporate and public collections such as Canada Council, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, University of Lethbridge, Alberta College of Art and Design, and Bow Valley College. 

David’s work has been displayed in commercial galleries, as well as public galleries and museums:  Young Contemporaries '80, London Regional Art Gallery, Made in Alberta, Museum of Contemporary Art (Calgary), Made in Calgary, Glenbow Museum and the Nickle Galleries, Calgary and a solo exhibition, A Timely Survey at The Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, Alberta (2016).