Riley Tenove: Social Creatures

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Riley Tenove: Social Creatures

Join us on Friday July 26, 2019 from 7 pm to 10 pm at Harcourt House Galleries for the official opening of two powerful exhibitions: 

Witch Bitch Switch by Dana Buzzee and Social Creatures by Riley Tenove

The Artists’ Talk by Dana Buzzee and Riley Tenove will take place at 7:30 pm. A wine & cheese reception (cash bar) will follow the official opening. Admission is FREE.

“Pen or ink scars the surface. The automated drawing process guides vague stories and experiences churning through my mind. My ideas are often influenced by the long-term emotional and physical pain and how it alters the body and mind. My fears are translated by the universal language of the human form into symbolic characters. I draw figures that float in the ambiguous space, they influence each other and form the combined narrative. The process eliminates the opportunity for correction and I am forced to reconcile every new mark. Wherever these creatures reside, is a mystery to me, but it feels simultaneously close yet far away.

I wish to explore the diversity of perspective, the commodification of information, and the authorities within our narratives. Questioning them allows me to free the mind from cyclical problems and issues. I often pull from the content within my sketchbooks in which I collect these observations, notes, and surreal drawings. They are visual essays of a particular theme or emotion that release continuous deliberation and empower my senses.”

–  Riley Tenove

Artist’s Biography

Riley Tenove is an Edmonton-based visual artist. His work features complex images of the human form and symbolic characters. After he graduated from Grant MacEwan University with a diploma in Fine Arts in 2012 he began regularly showing art in the Edmonton area and commonly performs a live painting of the surrounding environment in order to capture and liven the atmosphere on site.