Zandra Stratford

Zandra Stratford is a Canadian West Coast abstract painter known for bold, semiotic works. Her pieces lay a foundation of elemental earth tones; clay and cement greys and soil blacks, laying strata after strata of contrasting and ambitious colour as a counterpoint to industrial textures, and this overlaid with confident horizontal structures.

Preferring large canvases and panoramic birch panels, her work stands as an exploration of urban forms and our experience with the material of cities. Each interaction, point of surface contact or scuff, whether by design or by circumstance, is at once something removed, something revealed, and something left behind.

Stratford is an autodidact, briefly studied printmaking at the Victoria College of Art, after more than a decade’s experience as an advertising Art Director. This informs her work’s cadence, graphic sensibility and declarative confidence.

Her piece “Gorgeous Filth #01” (2017) was selected for the prestigious RoyalAcademy Summer Exhibition in London, the only Canadian to be selected for that show’s 249th year. Her proposal for a 40ft installation was recently 1 of 5 finalists for consideration by the Victoria International Airport.

Her studio, in former colonial capital...

Art Market SF
October 1-4, 2020
San Francisco, CA
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Duo Show: New Wave
Art Ventures Gallery
February 1-29th, 2020
San Francisco, CA
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London Art Fair 2020
January 21-26, 2020
Stand G40
London, UK
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Solo Show: NEON MIGRAINE
Private View Sept 5, 2019
After Nyne Gallery
London, UK
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AAF Battersea Spring
March 7-10, 2019
STAND: A3
London, UK
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London Art Fair 2019
January 16-20, 2019
STAND: G46
London, UK
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After Nyne Presents
Group Exhibition
July 24- August 18, 2018
After Nyne Gallery
London, UK
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Eight from Nyne
Group Exhibition 45 Park Lane
May 10 - July 3, 2018
Curated by Lily Ackerman & After Nyne Gallery
London, UK
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The Other Art Fair
May 3-6, 2018
Brooklyn Expo Centre
Brooklyn, New York
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RA Summer Exhibition 2017
June 13- August 20 2017
Royal Academy of Arts
London, UK
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Summer Seven at SOMA
Solo Show
July 21-27 2017
South Main Gallery
Vancouver, BC
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Winter Small Works Show
November 24-December 29 2016
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
Victoria, BC
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Integrate Arts Festival
August 26-28 2016
Victoria, BC
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SSI Easter Art Tour
March 25-28 2016
Salt Spring Island, BC
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Café Talia
August 2015 - Present
Resident Artist
Salt Spring Island, BC ...