David Hoffos: follower
May 4 - August 4, 2013
Project Space
Esker Foundation commissioned David Hoffos to produce a site-specific, two-channel video, and mixed media installation titled Follower. The video work was filmed in the streets and alleys of Inglewood, Calgary in April 2013.
Splendid Isolation: Olga Chagaoutdinova, Miruna Dragan, Orest Semchishen and George Webber
January 19 – April 21, 2013
January 19 - April 21, 2013
What first began as a project of coincidence and uncanny similarities, a shared attraction to interior styling, the way a subject was positioned, the empty sadness in the photographs of Olga Chagaoutdinova, Miruna Dragan, Orest Semchishen and George Webber, has ended in a collection of still and…
Project 35
September 7, 2012 – January 5, 2013
September 22, 2012 - January 5, 2013
Project 35 was an evolving exhibition of video works selected by 35 international curators, each of whom has chosen a work s/he considers vital for contemporary art audiences across the globe. Project 35 draws from ICI’s extensive network of curators to trace a complexity of regional and global…
Landon Mackenzie: Nervous Centre
September 7, 2012 – January 5, 2013
September 7, 2012 - January 5, 2013
Esker Foundation’s first solo exhibition, Landon Mackenzie: Nervous Centre presents a compelling survey of Mackenzie’s work from 1993 to 2012. It highlights the artist’s abstracted study of cartography to map out human systems of movement, thought, and convergence.
The New Alberta Contemporaries
June 15 – August 29, 2012
June 15 - August 29, 2012
The New Alberta Contemporaries is the inaugural exhibition for the Esker Foundation. One of its primary objectives is to celebrate the creative potential of recent fine arts graduates from all the degree granting institutions across Alberta. The 47 artists were chosen for the ability with which…