BIOPHILIA: Carly Bouwman & Lisa MacLean
BIOPHILIA: Carly Bouwman & Lisa MacLean
This exhibition explores the interconnectedness of humans and nature through respect and love for all life. Our lives are precious, whether we are human or other-than-human, so let us protect this beautiful, endangered world and all its inhabitants.
Exhibit: May 17th to 29th @ Hearth Gallery, Bowen Island
Open daily from 11 to 5 pm (closed Tuesdays)
Artist pARTy: Sat May 20th from 6 to 8 pm
Refreshments | DJ Yeshe | Artists in attendance
Carly Bouwman is a painter. She paints to connect viewers with the magical spirit of nature and uplift one’s soul. Her art merges together a variety of silhouettes and realistic depictions of wildlife figures embedded in textured and abstract landscapes. Her journey through the natural world led her to bring focus on non-human beings and to reconsider their value and perspective through her paintings.
Lisa MacLean makes art with digital and infrared photography, video, sculpture, and installations. In Biophilia, she presents a series of digital layered images along with small sculptures made of biodegradable plastic. Her artistic research is motivated by an awareness of our fragility and highlights the intertwined web of life to which we belong. She creates allegorical scenes by overlapping animal and human bodies with endangered landscapes and organic elements.
“The non-human entities with whom we share the world are integral to our psychic wellness, our communities, our cultures, and our ability to thrive in a human-dominated world”, says Lisa MacLean.