Opening Reception: Fiona Ackerman – Act Naturally

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Fiona Ackerman, "100 Titles,” 2018

Opening Reception, Thursday, April 12^th from 5 to 8pm.

Artist in Attendance.

The Herringer Kiss Gallery is proud to exhibit new work by Vancouver based painter, Fiona Ackerman.  Originally from Montreal, Fiona Ackerman is a painter living and working in Vancouver, BC. Since completing her BFA through Concordia and ECIAD, Fiona has exhibited across Canada and in Europe (London, Berlin, Nuremberg, Munster, Düsseldorf). She was longlisted for the Sobey Prize in 2015 and received an honorable mention for the Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture in 2009. Recent projects include a building wrap mural in Vancouver,  and a commissioned 10 minute video projection for the Facade Festival (Burrard Arts Foundation), projected onto the facade of the Vancouver Art Gallery. 

Fiona describes her process; “Rooted in abstraction, I like to push my work in new directions, to surprise myself, and keep the limits of my painting wide open. Working in series, I develop a language specific to the mood or conceptual objectives I'm working on. Over the years, my work has seen many different stylistic evolutions. I see my arc of work much like that of an author. Each series is like a new book, different in tone, style and story. But they are all part of a larger archive, and each a meaningful piece of the whole.” 

Fiona Ackerman's new series of abstract paintings freely mix washes of colour with lose botanical drawing. Titled 'Act Naturally', this series approaches painting as a dance; an invented nature is performed through delicate, deliberate steps.