Shirley Wiebe

SHIRLEY WIEBE 

Visual artist

Born and lives in Canada

shwiebe@gmail.com

www.shirleywiebe.com

加拿大籍藝術家 Shirley Wiebe 居於溫哥華。創作範圍涵蓋繪畫、雕塑和裝置，亦曾於太平洋西北地區創作環境及公共藝術。她的作品持續探索環境、記憶及身份之間的關聯，反映我們在不同的文化和環境底下，有能力改變與及重塑自己的生活模式，而變得更多元和豐富。

ARTIST STATMENT

The Berlin art residency was a catalyst for me to work in different ways and with less familiar media – to be immersed in another culture and environment, and to simultaneously express new experiences in a process comparable to breathing in and out. The individual studio spaces also functioned as bedroom/living areas, creating the intimate relationship of waking, working and sleeping while continually surrounded by one’s work.

30 days. 2010. Mixed media on paper.

Alongside the focus on three-dimensional construction and materials exploration, I began a daily practice of drawing. Influenced by site and space, I chose to cover one wall of the studio with paper, and to approach it vertically, using a ladder when necessary. The objective was to produce a wall painting, a visual chronicle that recorded impressions and associations from day-to-day life in Berlin. Eventually, over a period of one month, the imagery was to coalesce, fragments informing other fragments, held together in a framework.

One year later I repeated the process in my Vancouver studio, and over a three-month period, another odyssey unfolded on the wall.

90 days. 2011. Mixed media on paper.

ARTIST´S RESUME

 Lastest news from Shirley.

BioFollicle, 2012 

Shirley has just finished an environment work: BioFollicle´ revitalizes a dead tree in Websters Woods, an art park that sorrounds the Port Angeles Fine Arts Centre in Washington State Clustered lengths of clear vinyl tubing appear as a crystalline outgrowth advancing over the bark. Rainfall, insects and natural debris will begin to accumulate in the upturned tubules, offering a hybrid home for the future.

You can visit her website for more information and images. BioFollicle

'Passing Strange and Wonderful

      Vancouver´s Trench Gallery transforms into a project space between programming with this inaugural event “Passing Strange and Wonderful” features experimental works with materials that cross reference nature and culture. A soundscape samples the artist’s nearby studio and neighbourhood, infusing the space while dis|re|locating the senses.

“it was an overall gallery installation and I did not title the works separately. They are sculptural explorations with materials that cross reference art and nature, featuring ecoresins, acrylic and vinyl tubing.” (Artist´s words)

This is a link with more images and information on the show: Passing Strange and Wonderful