Paul Brandejs

Postmodern art has a fixation on absolute contrasts; photography and painting, abstract and representation, and conceptual and practical. My study is a dismantling of these conventional categories through the integration of elements found within sculpture, painting, and photography.

The sculpted canvases are handmade and unique to each artwork. The structural forms fragment the frame and instill movement, disrupting the conventional geometric configuration of wall-mounted artwork.

Each piece is a deconstruction of the surrounding environment, as the structural form of the canvas abstracts the natural lines within. My investigation into the tradition of Canadian art, the unadulterated beauty of the physical world, and resonating passing memory, results in an attempt to communicate the grandeur and fragility of nature.

I have studied in Banff School of Fine Arts and have a four year diploma in Fine Arts (1978) and a four year diploma in Graphic Design (1983) from Ontario College of Art (presently OCAD University). My last year of the Fine Arts program was spending in Florence, Italy studying under Canadian Figurative Artist Tom La Pierre.

Banff School of Fine Arts, Alberta, CA
Ontario College of Art, Toronto, CA
Off Campus Study, Florence, Italy

2023
Terrain #2, Station Independent Projects, Sept. 22 – Oct. 7, 2023, Group show.
ArtWalk in the Square, CF Shops at Don Mills, Toronto, Sept.22–24
After the Storm, Cell Gallery of Gallery 1313, June 7–13, Solo show
Corporate Installation, by helloart, Richardson Wealth I, June 1–September 1
Riverdale ArtWalk, 25th Anniversary, Leslie Grove Gallery, May 17–June 4, Group show
The Other Art Fair Chicago, Artifact Events, April 27–30
Valued, Leslie Grove Gallery, March 3–19, Group show
Hello Yellow, Leslie Grove Gallery, Jan.18–Feb. 5

2022
Holiday Smalls Show, Leslie Grove Gallery, Dec. 1–Jan. 8
The Other Art Fair Brooklyn, Nov. 3–6, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Agger Fish, Brooklyn, USA
ArtWalk in the Square, Sept.16–18, OnLine, Sept. 16–25
Riverdale ArtWalk, June 18–19, OnLine, June 18–26
Pi Art squared, Art Alchemy, March 11–20, Group show.
Colour Shadows, Cell Gallery of Gallery 1313, Feb. 2 –27, Solo show
Celebrating 25 Years, Gallery 1313, Feb. 2 –27, Member group show

2021
per·e·gri·na·tion—/(ˌperəɡrəˈnāSH ə)n/, Process Gallery of Gallery 1313, Nov. 24– Dec. 12, Solo show
Holiday Smalls Show, Leslie Grove Gallery, Dec. 1–Jan. 9
Inspired by Art, Leslie Grove Gallery, Nov. 10–28.
City of Art III, Gallery 1313, Oct. 20.–Nov. 1
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