Wil Aballe Art Projects,Vancouver
Jan 8 - Feb 19, 2022
Exhibition Essay by Lauren Lavery
In Swamp Sight, Davidson weaves a world of uncanny connections around the act of looking. Frog, moth, and human eyeballs all appear to regard the viewer and each other. Drawn partly from observation, these works depart from natural history illustration to swim towards a strange new form of camouflage. A question floats among the forms: who’s seeing who, and how?
Sarah Davidson (they/she, b. 1989, Ottawa) lives and works in Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada. They have exhibited their work at Feuilleton (Los Angeles), Cassandra Cassandra (Toronto), Erin Stump Projects (Toronto), Unit 17 (Vancouver), The Power Plant (Toronto), Little Sister (Toronto), Birch Contemporary (Toronto), The New Gallery (Calgary), and Audain Gallery (Vancouver), among others. They were a finalist in the 2018 RBC Canadian Painting Competition, and are the recipient of awards and residencies including the Canada Council for the Arts Research and Creation Grant (2021), The Banff Centre’s Late Winter BAiR (2020), and AiR Sandnes residency in Sandnes, Norway (2016). They hold a BFA from Emily Carr University of Art & Design (2015) and an MFA from the University of Guelph (2019).
Boundary Waters, watercolour, ink, graphite and pencil crayon on paper, 8.75 x 12 in, 2020
Thaw, watercolour, ink and pencil crayon on paper, 15.75 x 12 in, 2021
Wave, watercolour, ink, and pencil crayon on paper, 8.5 x 11.75 in, 2020
Amphibian Feeling, watercolour, ink, pencil crayon and pastel on paper, 43.5 x 58.5 in, 2021
Look Left, watercolour, ink, and pencil crayon on paper, 10 x 14 in, 2021
Blob Bulb, watercolour and pencil crayon on paper, 14 x 19 in, 2021
The Organism and its Surroundings, watercolour, ink, pencil crayon and pastel on pape, 63.5 x 47 in, 2021
Fell, watercolour, ink, and pencil crayon on paper, 11.75 x 17.5 in, 2021
Leaf Tender, watercolour, ink, and pencil crayon on paper, 7.5 x 11.5 in, 2021
Blue Drop, watercolour, ink, pencil crayon and pastel on paper, 63 x 50 in, 2021
Dizziness, watercolour, ink, and pencil crayon on paper, 17.5 x 12 in, 2021
Burn, watercolour, ink, and pencil crayon on paper, 18 x 12 in, 2021
Saccade, watercolour, ink, and pencil crayon on paper, 14 x 19.5 in, 2020
Mothweb, watercolour, ink, pencil crayon and pastel on paper, 37.5 x 42.5 in, 2021
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