Exhibition Dates: Jan.8 – Feb.2, 2025
Gallery Hours: Wednesday – Sunday, 10:00am – 2:00pm
EXHIBIT STATEMENT
The Legislature Series comprises thirteen oil paintings, one for each Provincial and Territorial legislature building. The intersection of visual art and architectural representation is an area of investigation in Trevor’s art practice. Conceptually, these paintings present a critical yet playful reading of the Legislature Buildings as seats of power in a time of cultural reckoning of the symbols of colonialism, where monuments are increasingly being questioned. These paintings ask, in their playful reimagining, that we approach these symbolic buildings of power with a critical lens. As such, each painting in its making and exhibiting is an act towards both a shared cultural and personal decolonization.
Trevor is a visual artist based in New Westminster, British Columbia. Being drawn to visual culture from a young age he completed courses in art, graphic design, and drafting. This led to a year studying in London, U.K. on a unique Foundation Course where art, craft, and architecture merged. Following this he completed a Diploma in Fine Arts from Langara College and then a BFA in Visual Art from Emily Carr University of Art and Design. He currently works out of Studio 7 at Braid Studios, 3rd floor – 321 6th Street in New Westminster.
Visit his website to learn more about Trevor: trevorbrett.com
3rd Sunday @theGalleryQP
Event Date: Jan.19, 2025
Event Hours: 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Please join us at the Gallery at Queens Park for an Art Workshop by exhibiting artist, Trevor Brett. The workshop will explore the creative process used to produce the paintings in this exhibition, using coloured pencils and graph paper. Trevor will guide the participants (suitable for all ages) from the subject (a significant building to them of their choice) to a fully planned out composition and colour scheme ready to take home and translate into a full scale painting.
Please bring an image of a building you would like to work from.
Registration is not required but space is limited.
