The Real and the Imagined
Join us for a Digital Closing Ceremony!
The Real & The Imagined exhibition is coming to an end and we welcome you to join our digital closing ceremony. Get to know two of our featured artists Janna Kumi and Nazgol Shokatfadaei this Friday, May 28th at 7pm via Zoom.
RSVP to [email protected] to get the link.
Meet the Artists
![Janna Kumi](https://i0.wp.com/abbotsfordartscouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Janna-3-12-21-scaled.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1)
Janna Kumi
Janna Kumi Artist Statement My practice defies easy categorization, operating instead within formal and conceptual slippages between abstract modernist, minimalist and representative art. The consistency across my work is the
![Jessie Na](https://i0.wp.com/abbotsfordartscouncil.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/image0-1.jpeg?fit=242%2C300&ssl=1)
Jessie Na
Jessie Na Artist Statement: Jessie’s artworks explore the relationship between reality and ideal. She was interested in the desire for happiness and eternal life so she created her own utopia
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Nazgol Shokatfadaei
Nazgol Shokatfadaei Artist Statement: I and myself My Paintings are reflection of my imaginary world which never existed. Social inevitable influences bring me the dream of a world in which
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Carlos Arredondo
Carlos Arredondo An Abstract State of Mind Artist Statement After years of working as an Engineer and Lean Six Sigma practitioner I have decided to retake a delightful activity that
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Grant Ferguson
Grant Ferguson An Abstract State of MindArtist Statement I bury myself in creative work! looking for new ways to express my emotions, and the world I see around me! I
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Jesse Klassen
Jesse Klassen An Abstract State of Mind Artist Statement Ritual creative action surrounds the artist at every turn, infecting their unique view, their power over the material, and ultimately their dramatic
The Real and the Imagined
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