Colourful Travel Journey

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Aeris Osborne, "Cafe in Revelstoke," acrylic

Red Deer Arts Council and Red Deer Public Library are pleased to present, “Colourful Travel Journey” artworks by Aeris Osborne running from August 18th to October 6th, 2025, in the Kiwanis Gallery.

Using her travels through the Rocky Mountains to British Columbia, Aeris is a self-taught Hong Kong-born, Alberta-based Edmonton visual artist, the 3rd Alberta Artist in Residence/Art Ambassador appointed by the Government of Alberta and has been painting for over thirteen years. Aeris loves

exploring our Canadian landscape, especially her travel journeys that helped boost her imagination as a form of self-exploration and an opportunity to connect with nature. She hopes that her passion for a modern Impressionist art form will cheer people up with hope and light.

Aeris Osborne is a Hong Kong–born Canadian visual artist based in Edmonton, Alberta. She has lived in Alberta since 2007 and has been painting for over 16 years. A self-taught painter and registered social worker, Aeris combines her social work background with her art to explore cultural, heritage preservation, and community storytelling through colorful, bold impressionist interpretations of architecture and landscapes.

In 2022, Aeris was appointed Alberta Artist in Residence (AIR) / Arts Ambassador by the Government of Alberta—becoming the third artist, the first immigrant, and the first self-taught artist to receive this provincial title since the program’s inception in 2019. For her AIR project, Alberta Old Buildings, she traveled over 3,000 km across Alberta, visiting more than 30 museums and heritage sites. The resulting exhibition toured Edmonton, Calgary, and Red Deer, receiving coverage from 13 media outlets across Alberta and Vancouver. This project integrated Augmented Reality (AR) technology into her paintings, enabling audiences to interact with the works via smartphone and explore the history of each building in an immersive, contemporary way.