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PHILAGRAFIKA, city wide celebration of the Graphic Arts
January -February 2010

Kelly Wallace

Curator - Melanie Townsend

March 20 to June 13, 2010

Kelly Wallace: TERMINAL March 20 to June 13, 2010

This exhibition of recent work by London artist Kelly Wallace features a series of graphite and ink drawings that explore the relationship between replication and memory.

The most immediate of all artistic activities, drawing has traditionally been a place of transition, a point of departure, for the creation of something else. For Wallace, however, drawing is a termination point; the end of an exercise to render memory into a physical and visual form.

In TERMINAL Wallace’s methodical and systematic approach to making his work fuses memory and imagination into a dynamic and intricate series of natural and man-made landscapes that operate as both a study of the world around us and a construct of his imagination.

These unconventional, often fantastic, landscapes result from a rigid system of mark-marking that call mechanical replication to mind, literally drawing into question issues of authenticity, craftsmanship, originality and virtuosity.

Wallace holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Guelph. His work has been exhibited in both Canada and the United States. He is represented by Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia. This is the first exhibition of his work at Museum London.

Exhibition Walk-Through with Kelly Wallace
Sunday, May 2, 1:00 pm Forum Gallery

Drawer Kelly Wallace takes us on an intimate tour of his dense and detailed work. This passionate artist will speak about his drawing technique, mechanical in nature, which he describes as sculpting the physical and topographical quantities of hard graphite. There are 50 - 400 hours in each drawing on surfaces such as marble gesso sanded to a mirror-like surface, or hot press paper mounted to panel. The artist seeks to record what is memorable - not the perfect moment but what is unforgettable.

Vitae - Kelly Wallace 2009, London Ontario

1989-1993 - B.F.A. University of Guelph, Guelph Ontario
1992-1993 - Assistant to Rienhard Rietzenstein, McIntosh Gallery Pergola, London Ontario
1994-1996 - Patron, Solomon Nahoun Envision Optical, Vancouver British Columbia
2001-2003 - Patron, C. S. Chapin, Appalachicola Florida
2003-2004 - Workshops - Lambeth Arts Council, Elgin County Museum
2004-2008 - Assistant/ Technician to Margaret Priest, SchermanPriest Arts Toronto Ontario
2006 - Group Exhibition London Public Library, London Ontario
2006 - Group Exhibition Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria British Columbia
2007 - Group Exhibition London Miniature Show The Art Exchange, London Ontario
2007 - Visiting Artist, Museum London, London Ontario
2007 - Solo Exhibition The Art Exchange, London Ontario
2008 - Group Exhibition The Art Exchange, London Ontario
2008 - Visiting Artist, Fanshawe College, London Ontario
2008 - Group Exhibit Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
2009 - Group Exhibit Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
2009 - Group Exhibit The Art Exchange, London Ontario
2010 - Group Exhibit,'Philagraphika' Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
2010 - Solo Exhibition Museum London, March 20 - June 13, Melanie Townsend, London Ontario
2010 - Solo Exhibition Seraphin Gallery, Ihor Holubizky, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
 
Art Fairs
2008 - Pulse Miami, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica California
2009 - Pulse New York, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica California
 
Awards
2008 - Finalist, International Drawing Exhibit Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati Ohio
2009 - Ontario Arts Council, Emerging Artist Grant
 
Press
2007 - Cover Image/ Review, Artscape Magazine, London Ontario
2008 - Manifest Gallery International Drawing Exhibition Catalogue pp.122-125
Collections upon request