TRUCK CONTEMPORARY ART’S 3RD ANNUAL ARTIST CATALOGUE POSTCARD FUNDRAISER EVENT DETAILS Saturday, February 29th, 2020 7PM - 10PM TRUCK Contemporary Art - 2009 10 Ave SW, Calgary, AB Bidding starts at 7PM and closes at 930PM PROXY BIDDING If you cannot make it to the fundraiser in person, we will be accepting proxy bids by email at [email protected] prior to the event and by text at 587-439-8706 on the night of the event. Please include your maximum bid amount. BUY-IT-NOW Prior to the fundraiser, you may purchase postcards at the BUY-IT-NOW price of $300.00 without bidding. This option is only available until the beginning of the event, which starts at 7PM on February 29th, 2020. If you would like to BUY-IT-NOW, please email [email protected] Alberta Rose W./Ingniq Mohkinstsis (Calgary) based artist, Ingniq worked her way through college as a cook, then in politics before she obtained her BFA with distinction from the Alberta University of the Arts (formerly ACAD). Of mixed settler/Inuvialuit heritage, Ingniq often creates work that reflects both aspects of her cultural identity as well as broader social issues related to Indigenous people today. Often working with reclaimed or rescued materials in her art- making, Ingniq takes an intuitive and mindful approach to art. In part, this is a reactionary, conscious choice regarding the amount of rampant waste in this capitalist/consumerist society, as well as a symbolic gesture adding to the reclamation of identity. The need to create work like this is to focus on evolving activism that seeks to generate dialogue and awareness about the current and historical aspects influencing Indigenous people, as well as other groups of marginalized individuals and problems to generate opportunities for more inclusive and supportive societies. Alice Schoenberg Alice Schoenberg is a female, queer identifying and Canadian born artist. She graduated from the Alberta University of the Arts in 2019, and is pursuing her MFA at the Parsons New School. Her practice explores the nature of liberation and power as it manifests for marginalized and non-marginalized bodies, especially in relation to how the commodification of affective acts performs an allocation of power and bodily obligation. Alyssa ‘Sikapinakii’ Duck Chief Alyssa ‘Sikapinakii’ Duck Chief, an emerging artist, is a member of the Siksika First Nation which is apart of the Blackfoot Confederacy in Southern Alberta. In the spring of 2019, Duck Chief graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in drawing with distinction from the Alberta University of the Arts. Having lived in Mohkinstsis (Calgary) since they were ten years old, they now reside on the reservation of Siksika Nation in hopes of passing on artist knowledge to the younger generation. The work Duck Chief creates deals with their own identity, the Blackfoot Culture, stories told, and Indigenous issues in North America. Duck Chief’s recent exhibitions include I’m Only Going to Show You Once, Now You Try at Stride Gallery (Calgary, 2020) and Mamanaw Pekiskwewina | Mother Tongues at the Calgary Central Library organized by TRUCK Contemporary Art (Calgary, 2020). Andrew Holloway Andrew Holloway is a Canadian First Nations student who grew up in the mountains of Alberta. He has a passion for creating metal pieces and describes family, culture and nature as an influential force behind many of his pieces. He has a unique perspective on jewelry and wearable metal and every one of his pieces is handmade with its own unique design and flare. Andy Van Dinh Andy Van Dinh was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where he earned his BFA in Painting at the University of Calgary. He obtained his MFA in Painting at Hunter College in New York City. Anna Semenoff Anna Semenoff is a Calgary based artist; she obtained her BFA from the Alberta University for the Arts majoring in Sculpture in 2019. Interested in spaces—her installations consider a phenomenological framework—the relationships between things and people regarding our placements. She has recently exhibited her work at TRUCK Gallery (2019), the Marion Nicoll Gallery (2018) and Stride Gallery (2017). Audie Murray Audie Murray is a multi-disciplinary artist that works with various materials including beadwork, quillwork, textiles, repurposed objects, drawing, performance and video. She is Métis, raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, Treaty 4 territory. Murray holds a visual arts diploma from Camosun College, 2016, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Regina, 2017. She is a practicing cultural tattoo practitioner working with hand poke and skin stitching methods. Her tattoo practice is an extension of her visual arts practice through the reclamation and assertion of Indigenous bodies and the intertwining presence of themes like medicine, healing and growth. Bryan Cera Bryan Cera is an artist, designer, and maker from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. His practice explores the intimate and often dysfunctional relationships between humans and their technologies, while investigating information and data’s reciprocal relationships to matter and ideas. Cera has shown work across the US and has contributed to international exhibitions in Australia, Canada, China, Great Britain, and Switzerland. He holds a Bachelor’s in Interdisciplinary Arts, as well as Master of Arts and Master of Fine Arts in Art and Technology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Object Making and Emergent Technologies at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, Alberta. Callan Field Callan Field is a Queer Canadian artist, adventurer and creative professional. As an emerging visual artist, he studied environmental science before completing his BFA at Ryerson University in 2014. His aerial photography project “Blueprints” has been exhibited widely: internationally in the UK, in SUBURBED at the Harbourfront Centre and as a solo exhibition at the IMA Gallery. In 2014 he was selected for The Peel; a multi-layered project featuring six Canadian artists as they canoe into the Arctic Circle through the Peel River Watershed. The upcoming documentary and touring exhibition follows the journey of each artist as they express their experience through their unique medium. Carlan Hughes From the Treaty 7 land of Calgary, Alberta, Carlan Savage- Hughes is currently a visitor in BC where she is studying visual arts and community engagement at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Through interdisciplinary methods of making, she is a painter, writer and sculptor. Her artistic practice is accompanied by an on-going effort to strengthen independent arts communities as an act of resisting the capital-driven values of the art world. Curation has had a key role in this process of creating opportunities. In her artistic practice, Hughes explores the emotional realm as a place of legitimate embodied knowledge. Cheyenne Bearspaw Cheyenne Bearspaw, Iyethkabi Nakoda, was raised and currently resides in Mni Thni, (Morley) Alberta. She recently rejoined the Nakoda Audio Visual Club, in order to observe and gets hands on experience through their Member’s film project, and her heart is set on a visual arts practice and experiencing different art mediums along the way. She has completed a class on reviving Indigenous Tattoos, and became a Cultural Tattoo Practitioner. Bearspaw is proud to be part of the Earthline Tattoo Residency. Cheyenne recently exhibited in Mamanaw Pekiskwewina | Mother Tongues, presented at the Calgary Central Public Library in partnership with TRUCK Contemporary Art in 2019. Chloe Collins Chloe Collins is a Calgary, AB based artist working with ceramics in a sculptural context. Collins uses clay in combination with other materials—such as fabric, plastic, and foam—to create her sculptural works. Her practice exists somewhere between creation, assemblage and documentation. Collins has been a practicing artist for the past 5 years and is currently finishing her BFA at the Alberta University of the Arts majoring in ceramics. Her most recent body of work is centered around intuitive exploration and assemblage theory. She uses the immersive nature of installation to explore a variety of interpretations within a constructed landscape. Her process of experimentation, material exploration and physical intuition results in a visual dialogue expressed in the context of a still life. Christopher Savage Christopher Savage is an artist and designer who grew up in Victoria, BC, Canada. He received his Diploma in Visual Art from Camosun College in 2012 and a Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of Victoria in 2014. Recently, he completed a Masters in Fine Arts at the University of Calgary and participated in residencies at the Banff Arts Centre, Medalta Historic Clay District, and the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation. Couzyn van Heuvelen Couzyn van Heuvelen is a Canadian Inuk sculptor. Born in Iqaluit, Nunavut, but living in Southern Ontario for most of his life, his work explores Inuit culture and identity, new and old technologies, and personal narratives. While rooted in the history and traditions of Inuit art, the work strays from established Inuit art making methods and explores a range of fabrication processes. He holds a BFA from York University and an MFA from NSCAD University. Dana Buzzee Since graduating in 2012 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Alberta College of Art and Design, Dana Buzzee has maintained a dedicated studio-based practice and sibling- practice of feminist community organizing through arts administration and curatorial work. Buzzee’s work has been exhibited extensively within Calgary and Canada, and has also been included in several international exhibitions. Buzzee’s recent solo exhibitions include such venues as LEFT Contemporary (Windsor), The Lily Project Space (Calgary), and Stride Gallery (Calgary). They have also participated in residency programs at the Icelandic Textile Center and NES Artist Residency (Iceland), Arteles Creative Center (Finland), Artscape Gibraltar Point (Toronto), and the Roundtable Residency (Toronto), as well as Contemporary Calgary, and the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation.