Perry Rath

b.1971 Sarnia, ON, Canada
Lives and works in Smithers, BC, Canada
Perry Rath is an active artist and teacher born in SW Ontario, and since 2003 living on unceded Witsuwit'en territory of the Gidimt'en Clan near Smithers with his wife and three children. His diverse artwork of paintings, installations/objects, printmaking, collaborations and more has been exhibited in extensive regional, national and international venues for over 20 years. He explores many different concepts in his projects, seeking visual and conceptual relationships of memory, renewal, presence/absence, history, time, place, identity and communication.

Of a metaphoric nature, rich with incident and intimation, his paintings bring light to the range of patterns that humans rely upon to comprehend inner and outer environments. They suggest echoes of recognizable forms that emerge from layers of texture and colour to create an elemental atmosphere, drawing on botanical and geological motifs, maps, and cultural iconography. Underscored within this aesthetic, is an address of social ecology, of historical passage, of organic and theoretical growth systems.

His work has attracted the praise of the Governor-General of Canada, and been used in various intern...

2004 B.Ed.Arts, SFU, Vancouver, Canada
1990-95 B.A.(Fine Arts), University of Guelph, Canada

SELECTED SOLO

2020 OutSide/iN, Misty Rivers Gallery, Hazelton, BC
2017 Many Lives, Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
2014 Meet Vole (collaboration with Jane Tolmie), Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
2014 Patient Quest, Museum of Northern BC, Prince Rupert, BC
2013 Patient Quest, Misty Rivers Art Gallery, Hazelton, BC
2012 Patient Quest, Groop Gallery, Prince George, BC
2011 In All Directions, Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC
2010 Eventual Synthesis: Island Mountain Arts Gallery, Wells, BC
2008 the weather from the west: Elephant's Ear Gallery & Bistro, Terrace, BC
2007 Curious Evidence: Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace , BC
2007 the weather from the west: Old Driftwood Schoolhouse, Smithers, BC
2005 SiteLines: H+H, Smithers, BC
2004 Ghosts: Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
2003 New Works: MokSana Centre, Victoria, BC
2002 Settle: EC4 Gallery, Victoria, BC
2002 Settle: Smithers Art Gallery, Smithers, BC

SELECTED GROUP

2019 Rivers Art Tour, various locations, Germany
2019 Skeena Salmon, Terrace Art Gallery, Terrace, BC
2018 Fences, Two Rivers Art Gallery, Prince George, BC
Aug 2018: (Group) Dual Gallery, Budapest,...