Chaos Theory

FIONA ACKERMAN

CHAOS THEORY HERRINGER KISS GALLERY

Herringer Kiss Gallery 709A - 11 Ave S.W. Calgary, AB T2R 0E3 P: 403.228.4889 F: 403.228.4809 info@herringerkissgallery.com fineart@herringerkissgallery.com customframing@herringerkissgallery.com Gallery Hours Tuesday to Friday: 10pm - 5:30pm Saturday: 11pm - 5pm Private appointments available upon request

FIONA ACKERMAN

CHAOS THEORY February 4 - 27, 2016

From the raw canvas to the finished piece, the making of an abstract painting is unpredictable, but not random. The first drop of paint influences the second; setting off a journey that can spiral in any direction, seemingly out of control. Yet each reaction foreshadows the end. Over time, a sense of order begins to take shape. An abstract painting obeys its own internallygenerated rules. A delicate system finds its conclusion as art.

- Fiona Ackerman, 2015

The Stranger (L’Étranger) 2015 63” x 56” / 160cm x 142cm Acrylic on canvas

Eclipse 2015 63” x 131.8” / 60cm x 335cm Acrylic on canvas

A Long Walk 2015 30” x 30” / 76cm x 76cm Mixed media collaged paper

Le Mal du Pays 2015 66” x 66” / 167.6cm x 167.6cm Acrylic and spray paint on canvas

Chaos Theory 2015 65” x 112” / 165cm x 285cm Acrylic and spray paint on canvas

Number 25 2015 20” x 26” / 50.8cm x 66cm Mixed media on yupo paper

Dynamic Nationalism 2015 49” x 62” / 124.5cm x 157.5cm Acrylic and spray paint on canvas

Number 34 2016 13.5” x 16.5” / 34.2cm x 42cm Mixed media on paper

Number 35

Number 36

2016 13.5” x 13.5” / 34.2cm x 34.2cm Mixed media on paper

2016 13.5” x 13.5” / 34.2cm x 34.2cm Mixed media on paper

Fiona Ackerman Born in 1978, Fiona Ackerman grew up in Montreal. She studied art at Concordia University and graduated from The Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design with a BFA in 2002. She received an honorable mention for the Kingston Prize for Canadian Portraiture in 2009, and was included in Carte Blanche 2: Painting, a survey and showcase of the current state of painting in Canada (published by The Magenta Foundation, fall 2008). She has gallery representation in Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary and by the Soho Myriad in Atlanta, Georgia and Los Angeles, California.

Fiona had a solo show at Galerie Steinrötter in Berlin, Germany in 2012 and has a current show (March 2015) with The White Brush Gallery in Dusseldorf, Germany.

She lives in Vancouver, BC. Fiona was just longlisted for the 2015 Sobey Art Award.

Education 2002 BFA, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Visual Arts, Vancouver 1998-2000 Concordia University, Painting and Drawing, Montreal Selected Solo exhibitions 2015 "Night Driving" p|m Gallery, Toronto ON 2015 "Aus der Wunderkammer des Friedrich Meckseper", White Brush Gallery, Düsseldorf Germany (+ Catalog) 2014 "What has Already Been Said is Still Not Enough", Galerie Pfaff, Schwarzenbruck, Germany 2014 "It's not You, Ir's Me", Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC 2014 "Amplifier", Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary AB 2013 "Die Ordnung der Dinge", White Brush Gallery, Düsseldorf Germany 2012 "Expeditions Through the Mirrror" Galerie Claus Steinrötter, Müster Germany 2012 "Heterotopia", Winsor Gallery, Vancouver BC 2011 “Celebratory Gunfire”, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary AB 2010 “Artificial Kingdom” Parts Gallery, Toronto ON 2009, “A Harlequin Escapade” Diane Farris Gallery, Vancouver BC 2005 “Heavy Sky Over Surabaya” Galerie Jurgen Kaspar, Nuremberg, Germany

Side of the Road 2016 20” x 30” / 50.8cm x 76.2cm Acrylic and spray paint on canvas