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These are landscapes for the future.
We are thrilled to announce that we are now working with one of the foremost experts of science fiction in contemporary art.
Opening July 19,2024
Artist Talk | Saturday July 20 | 14:00
"For far too long, science fiction as a genre in visual arts has largely been viewed as pulp or trash and shunned by many academics. Indeed, some can argue that much of SF suffers from tropes that reinforce patriarchal and often colonial attitudes. Yet, for many emerging artists, revisioning hard and soft SF through painting has become the catalyst to express creativity in our hyperreal times. I believe Scherzinger is not only an early advocate for SF in art in Canada, they're at the top of the game." - Brendan A. de Montigny, Director s66
About The Work
Claire Scherzinger uses painting, writing, and digital media to depict imagined exo-planetary worlds. They are predominantly interested in the Western canon of science fiction and how it has influenced Western entities to envision the future in hopeful and problematic ways. As space colonization begins in earnest, Scherzinger uses imagined worlds as a sandbox to dissect and consider common issues in science fiction texts, such as resource extraction and the re-romanticization of frontier life. Their overriding aim with their work is always to inspire hope by imagining better and more inclusive futures for all people.
About The Artist
Claire Scherzinger has a BFA in drawing & painting, and creative writing from OCAD University and an MFA in interdisciplinary arts from the University of Victoria. Their work has appeared in exhibitions across Canada and internationally in the US and UK. They were a purchase prize winner of the 2015 Royal Bank of Canada-funded Painting Competition, and were shortlisted for the Equitable Bank Emerging Digital Artist Award in 2019.
Scherzinger currently resides in the Pacific Northwest.
