FLOW by Tanis Saxby
March 3 – April 25, 2010
Opening reception with the artist in attendance: March 6, Saturday, 4 – 6 pm at Numen Gallery, 1058 Mainland St., Yaletown, Vancouver.
Gallery hours: Tue-Sat 11-6, Sun 12-5. Other times by appointment.
Numen Gallery is located inside the Mainland Street Court, between Nelson and Helmcken. One block north of the Yaletown-Roundhouse Station on the new Canada Line.
For more information, contact 604.630.6927 or [email protected] or go to www.numengallery.com
Images: detail of porcelain form by Tanis Saxby
Tanis Saxby apprenticed as a carver and stone sculptor on B.C.’s Saltspring Island before studying ceramics at the Kootenay School of Arts. In 2005, she was awarded the International Residency in Ceramics in Vallauris, France, through a Canada-wide selection. Since returning to Vancouver, she has studied photography at Focal Point Photography School and continues her clay studio practice.
Tanis’ ceramic forms embody tranquility, sensuality, and stillness-in-motion. Shadows play an important role in her creative process, from conception through to the final form and presentation of her works. In FLOW, lines and shadows are further interpreted through the synthesis of her photography and her porcelain work. The effect is a composition of form within form, of interpretation within interpretation.
