uncommonplace: Janice Wu, Aimée Henny Brown and Danielle Krysa

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Aimée Henny Brown, "Future Tense IV", 2017

hand-cut collage on cotton rag paper, 40" x 32"

Opening Reception: October 6 from 6-8pm

This October, Back Gallery Project is excited to present the work of three female artists who draw out introspection, nostalgia, and humor from the ordinary and the everyday. By reworking and reinterpreting found materials and images, each artist sheds new light on the world around them. Whether creating immaculate watercolors, dystopian collages, or cleverly shrewd works on paper, each artist transforms the common into the uncommon.

Janice Wu

Wu returns to BGP with new work that imbues ordinary objects with a new presence. Her intricate renderings of old postcards, pencils and bits of receipts and wrappers revel in the mundane. With a deft hand, Wu creates painstakingly precise watercolor odes to scraps that others would pass by. By bringing attention to what most take as trash or clutter, Wu is able to evoke more reflective states from her viewers. Each tableau balances the blank page with delicate brushwork to highlight refuse in a manner usually reserved for valuable possessions.

Janice Wu lives and works in Vancouver, BC. She holds a BFA from Emily Carr University. Her illustration work has been featured in major publications, including BUST, New York Magazine, The New York Times, and the Canada Post. This is her second exhibition with Back Gallery Project.

Aimée Henny Brown

For her first exhibition at the gallery, Brown will be showing five works from her Future Tense series. This body of intricate collage works presents new questions about how we use the past to understand the present and the future. Culled from myriad paper publications from the 20th century, Brown’s amalgams exist in the same vein as traditional landscape and architectural compositions, yet their composite nature allows for a reinterpretation of the printed images. By appropriating imagery from the everyday, the artist breathes new life into discarded publications.

Aimée Henny Brown is a Canadian artist living in Vancouver, BC. She holds a BFA from the University of Alberta with a focus on print and book media, and a Masters in Fine and Media Arts from NSCAD University in Halifax. She has exhibited nationally and internationally, and was the recipient of the Joseph Beuys Scholarship for Artistic Merit.

Danielle Krysa 

Her combination of found imagery and carefully manipulated strokes of paint create a dialogue between painting and photography. Coupled with the sly jokes that are their titles, Krysa’s works speak to the artist’s interest in transforming the everyday through seemingly simple juxtapositions and wry wit. This is clear in the way the artist speaks about her practice: “I’ve always been intrigued by everyday objects and I'm even more fascinated when mundane bits and pieces are transformed into art - photos from old books, buttons, and pom poms, for example. I truly believe if we slow down long enough to open our eyes (and minds) to the world around us, inspiration can be found in everything… even old gum.”

Danielle Krysa is a mixed media artist and writer living in British Columbia. She holds degrees in Visual Arts and Graphic Design, and has worked in design and advertising. She started the contemporary art site The Jealous Curator in 2009, and has written several books including Creative Block and Your Inner Critic is a Big Jerk. This is Krysa’s first exhibition with Back Gallery Project.