NEW ARCHITECTS IN A LIMINAL TIME

Description: A part of Calgary’s Chinook 2022 Blast Programming and under the vision of Arts Commons Incubator curator Jae Sterling, this collective exhibition brings together the works of seventeen artists. Each piece selected for the exhibition evokes the radical imagination that is required by artists to survive in a space like this one, art that is tenacious and daring - suggestive of our ability to transform and evolve. Liminal art that requires interpersonal, intercontextual time travel - the strange, surreal and survivalist. 

The artists exhibiting are a mix of emerging and established, many of whom have not had the chance to present their work during the pandemic. We invite you to celebrate their modes of expression and exist within the liminal space through their eyes.

Exhibiting Artists: Tomi Nu, Harvey Nichol, Avleen Kaur, Katie Green, Projecke, Destiny Kirumira, Ryan Tram, Payton, Francis Wiley, Mila Datta, Nuh Milo, Bryan Faubert, Tyrell Bonnick, Tyler Wong, Trenchcoat Gordy, Olivia Johnson and Jae Sterling.

Click here for the Artist Guidebook.

About Jae Sterling: 

Jae Sterling is a multidisciplinary artist and founding member of the FOREIGNERZ/SANSFUCCS collective. Beginning as a musician, he has extended his art form over the years to include painting (acrylic & oil), digital design & mixed media, streetwear design, and written essays.

Through his early years in Kingston, Jamaica to the landscapes of North America, Jae has spent the past few years developing his artistry by weaving his experiences growing up in Jamaica, South Florida, and coming into adulthood in Canada into all his projects. In 2019, his exploration in hip hop led him to be one of 10 artists selected for the National Music Centre’s Alberta residency program. 

In 2020, Sterling embarked on an ambitious year-long multimedia exhibition, Riding Horses with White Men (RHWWM). This exhibition debuted in Calgary in summer 2020 and is currently touring across