Patrick Mahon - WATER MEMORY TABLE

January 16 – February 15, 2014

Artist workshop at Martha Street Studio: “Weather Structures: Printed Sculptures, Environmental Traces” on Saturday, January 11 & Sunday, January 12 from 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Exhibition opening reception at Gallery 1C03: Thursday, January 16 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Artist talk in Room 2M70 (2nd floor of Manitoba Hall) at The University of Winnipeg: Friday, January 17 at 12:30 p.m.

Former Winnipegger Patrick Mahon references shifting environmental conditions through an investigation of built structures in this solo exhibition of printed sculptural installations. The exhibition will include large works, small studies and a site-specific piece that considers local river systems.

Patrick Mahon is an artist, writer and teacher/academic; he was Chair of Visual Arts at the University of Western Ontario from 2000 - 2010. He has a BFA from the University of Manitoba School of Art and a MFA from the University of British Columbia. His work as a visual artist includes print-based projects that engage with historical and contemporary aspects of printmaking. It also involves responding to gallery and museum collections as well as establishing community-based art initiatives, including several regarding the environment. Mahon’s artwork has been exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally. In Canada he has shown at Museum London, The Hamilton Art Gallery, the Southern Alberta Art Gallery and Kamloops Art Gallery, to name a few. Internationally his work has been presented at the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in Chongqing, China in 2005 and in Barthète (Toulouse), France in 2011. Mahon’s collaborative SSHRC project on the theme of water, Immersion Emergencies and Possible Worlds, began in 2010 and included a residency at the Banff Centre in 2013. As an individual artist he was in residence at the Frans Masereel Centrum in Belgium and at La Maison Patrimoniale Barthète in France, both in 2011. He lives in London, Ontario.

Gallery 1C03 is located on the first floor of Centennial Hall beside the UWSA Info Booth.

When an exhibition is open, Gallery hours are normally:
Monday to Friday: 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Saturday: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.

For further information about the Gallery, our programming, booking a tour, or submitting an exhibition proposal, please contact:

Jennifer Gibson
Director/Curator
Gallery 1C03
The University of Winnipeg
515 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
R3B 2E9
Ph: 204.786.9253
Fax: 204.774.4134