Our featured artists in the 'From Far and Wide' art show are Randall Finnerty and Sandra Grace Storey.
Sandra Grace Storey Whitehorse Yukon
Sandra Grace Storey was born and grew up in Whitehorse, Yukon. Due to severe asthma, a great deal of her childhood was spent in hospital where she read about animals and mythology; drew pictures and created figures in plasticine.
In 1985, Sandra’s foundation year at Emily Carr School of Art, she realized her voice and passion were connected to sculpture, clay, folklore and mythology. Instructors Sally Michener, Geoff Rees, George Rammel and Tom Hudson would influence Sandra.
After graduating with distinction in 1990, Sandra co-founded the professional artists collective, Wild Oats Studio in Vancouver, BC. After only two years, she found herself sailing to New Zealand with her brand new Kiwi husband.
In Whangarei, Sandra co-founded the glass and ceramic studio, Burning Issues Gallery, 1995. Between 1995-2003 Sandra taught at the Northland Polytechnic, Whangarei and at Mangakahia Area School, Titoki.
Her professional practice took her to Seoul, South Korea where she participated in the Pacific Rim Exhibition, Seoul National Ceramic and Art Museum, Hongik University, 1997. Sandra did a JICA Ceramic Arts Residency in Seoul, South Korea, in the same year.
It was 2006 before Sandra found herself back in the Yukon. Since returning to the North Storey has Curated the Yukon Art Center Public Gallery exhibition Roots, 2009, on behalf of the Yukon Art Society/Arts Underground and is currently Curator of Lineages and Linkages, a pan-Yukon mentoring and exhibition project.
Storey has work in many public and private collections in Canada, USA, South Korea and New Zealand including the Whangarei Museum Permanent Collection, Whangarei, New Zealand; Eastern Southland Gallery Permanent Collection, Gore, New Zealand; and Seoul National Ceramic and Art Museum Permanent Collection, Seoul, South Korea.
Galleries
Arts underground Gallery Whitehorse Yukon
Yukon Artists at Work Gallery Whitehorse Yukon
Arts on Atlantic Gallery Calgary Alta
Just Imajan Gallery Cochrane Alta
Healing Connections Edmonton Alta
Currently building a studio and developing work at Tagish Lake, Yukon
Education:
2003 Auckland College of Education, Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary)
New Zealand
2001 Northland Polytechnic, Adult Teacher Training
New Zealand
1990 Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts
Graduated with distinction majoring in sculpture and three-dimensional studies
Vancouver, BC
Solo Exhibitions
2010 Small Changes, Gallery 22, Whitehorse, YT
2007 The Storey of Raven and Rabbit, Arts Underground Gallery, Whitehorse YT
2006 Spirits of Home, Zola’s Café Dore, Whitehorse, YT
2001 Fables in Clay, Burning Issues Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
1999 Secrets and Stories, Burning Issues Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
1996 Creatures and Vessels, Burning Issues Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
1994 Crossing Boundaries, Forumn North Exhibition Hall; Whangarei, New Zealand
1990 ACE Gallery, Invitational, Vancouver, BC
Celebration, Installation, Vancouver BC
I am the Mother Now, Installation, Vancouver, BC
Group Exhibitions
2011 Blurring the Lines, a collaboration between Ceramic Artists Larry DuGuay and Sandra Storey, Copper Moon Gallery, Whitehorse Y.T.
2010 Brevity and Levity, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, YT
2009 Tribe of Two, exhibited with Ken Thomas, Copper Moon Gallery, Whitehorse, YT
Element #29, Copper Moon Gallery, Whitehorse, YT
Out of the Darkness, Mental Health Association, various venues, Whitehorse, YT
Clay Only, Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon
2008 Women Abuse Prevention Exhibition, Victoria Faulkner Women’s Center, various venues, Whitehorse, YT
2006 Canada Winter Games Cultural Tent, guest artist and presenter, Whitehorse, YT
Governor General’s (Michaëlle Jean) Northern Art Tour, guest artist and presenter, Whitehorse, YT
2005 Faerie Tails, Porcine Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
Master Artists 3D Exhibition, Reyburn House Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
2004 Hairy Tales, Porcine Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
Yvonne Rust Memorial Exhibition, Yvonne Rust Gallery. Whangarei, New Zealand
2003 The Bear Show, Porcine Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
Cycles, Yvonne Rust Gallery Whangarei, New Zealand
2001 Waking the Dragon, Yvonne Rust Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
Birthmarks, Yvonne Rust Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
2000 Divergence, Porcine Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
Wall to Wall, Yvonne Rust Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
Spark Up, Yvonne Rust Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
Thirty Artists, Porcine Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
Collaborations, Forum North Exhibition Hall, Whangarei, New Zealand
Tutor’s Exhibition, Geoff Wilson Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
1997-99
Outside the Circle, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei
Permanent Collection Choice, Whangarei Art Museum, Whangarei
Black and White, Burning Issues Gallery, Whangarei, New Zealand
Easter Show, Greenland Exhibition Center, Auckland, New Zealand
1996-97
Pacific Rim Exhibition, Seoul National Ceramic and Art Museum, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
Professional Experience
2012 - Currently developing new work and expanding my sculpture studio as well as maketing my sculpture in galleries outside of the Yukon.
2011-2012 Intructor of workshops and intensives in clay sculpture and figurative sculpture at my studio and for the City of Whitehorse.
2010 Curator, Lineages and Linkages, Yukon Art Society/Arts Underground Whitehorse, YT
2009 Curator, Roots, Yukon Art Society/Arts Underground for Yukon Art Center Public Gallery, Whitehorse, YT
2007-10 Curator for the Yukon Art Society / Arts Underground, Whitehorse, Yukon
2001-03 Visual Arts Instructor, (elementary-senior) Mangakahia Area School, Titoki,
New Zealand
1995-97 Visual Arts Instructor, (2 dimensional studies, 3 dimensional studies and world art history), Northland Polytechnic Visual Arts Department, Whangarei, New Zealand
1995-2001 Co-Founder/ Director Burning Issues Glass and Ceramics Gallery and Studios,
Whangarie waterfront, New Zealand. Burning Issues is currently thriving under new management.
1990 Co-founded Wild Oats Studio professional artist’s collective, Vancouver, BC
Residencies
2008 Arts in the Park, Whitehorse, YT
2004 Collaborations, McGregors Bay, New Zealand
2002 Collaborations, McGregors Bay, New Zealand
1997 Summer Studio Residency, Rhebourn House Gallery, Whangarie, New Zealand
1997 JICA Ceramic Arts Residency, Seoul, South Korea
1996 Summer Studio Residency, Rheburn House Gallery, Whangarie, New Zealand
Publications : Available on request.
Awards and Grants
2005 Creative Communities Grant to develop and present a multi-day arts intensive workshop for the Northwest Art Guild, Whangarei, New Zealand
2004 Creative Communities Grant to develop and present a multi-day arts intensive workshop for the Northwest Art Guild, Whangarei, New Zealand
2004 Award of Merit for the Stone Ponies series, New Zealand Society of Potters, Whangarei, New Zealand
2003 Arts Promotion Trust, production grant for “Wind Horse”, a giant puppet for the first annual endless summer festival, Whangarei, New Zealand
2001 Arts Promotion Trust, travel/production grant, Art Beat 2001, Whangarei, New Zealand
2001 Touching Fire, Award of Merit, New Zealand Society of Potters, Whangarei, New Zealand
2000 Arts Promotion Trust, travel/production grant, Art Beat 2000, Whangarei, New Zealand
1999 Arts Promotion Trust, travel/production grant, Art Beat 1999, Whangarei, New Zealand
1998 Arts Promotion Trust, travel/production grant, Art Beat 1998, Whangarei, New Zealand
1997 Arts Promotion Trust, travel/production grant, Art Beat 1997, Whangarei, New Zealand
1996 JICA (Jinro International) travel/production grant to participate in the Pacific Rim Exhibition, Seoul National Ceramic and Art Museum, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea
Collections
Haines Junction Visitors Center Permanent Collection, Haines Junction, Yukon
Whangarei Museum Permanent Collection, Whangarei, New Zealand; Seoul National Ceramic and Art Museum Permanent Collection, Seoul, South Korea; Eastern Southland Gallery Permanent Collection, Gore, New Zealand; Hospital Foundation, Whitehorse, YT; Tahkini Elementary School, Whitehorse, YT; and Copper Ridge Place Continuing Care Facility, Whitehorse, YT.
Storey also has work in a number of private collections in Canada, USA, United Kingdom and New Zealand.
Randall Finnerty Montreal Quebec
Randall Finnerty is a visual artist who has been working for a number of years with charcoal and dried pigment on paper, portraying a cast of animal and human characters that are often set in wilderness environments or on the periphery of human settlements. Rooted in his experiences of growing up in northern Ontario, these images reflect upon our disjointed relationship with nature. Flying objects, highways and power lines are the tentacles that project outward from civilization into the natural world. By placing animals among the detritus of our civilization, they bear curious witness to the things in which we engage.
Originally from Timmins, Ontario, Randall Finnerty studied art at York University, Sheridan College and Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto. He has lived and worked in Montreal since 1992. He has exhibited his work in group and solo exhibitions in Ontario and Quebec, and his work has appeared in a variety of art publications. Randall Finnerty's work is held in important public and private collections including the Canada Council Art Bank and the Cirque du Soleil. When not drawing on paper, he works at the National Film Board of Canada as the Senior Computer Graphics Animator in the English Animation Studio, where he has worked on a number of award winning animated short films.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS OF DRAWINGS
SOLO
Migration Chronicles Open House Studio Exhibition, Montréal, Québec 2012 La volière Maison de la culture Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec 2008 From Venus to Gogama Galerie Port Maurice, St. Leonard, Québec 2006
Highway Signs Drawn From Memory In a Clearing... Exhibition of Drawings
Galerie Clark, Montreal, Quebec 2000 Maison de la Culture Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec 2000 Espace 521, Belgo Bldg., Montreal, Quebec 1997 Espace 405, 4060 St. Laurent, Montreal, Quebec 1995
GROUP Marie Claire Foundation Wilder & Davis Gallery, Montréal, Québec 2007
Osheaga Arts Festival Ground Hog Sonata
Métamorphose
Fables du Parc Lafontaine
Invitation au Voyage Dorota’s Choice Chimère Fin de Siècle: le Souci
Juré Craché 1: quand j’étais enfant
Juré Craché 2: quand j’étais enfant
visual arts/music festival, Ile Ste. Hélène, Montréal, Québec 2007 Galerie Wilder and Davis, Montreal, Quebec, 2007 upcoming group show with Paul Morstad, Anne Ashton and Craig Welch
Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal, Quebec, 2003 Curator: Ed Pien
Art Neuf, Montreal, Quebec, 2003 Exhibition of artist books on the theme of Parc Lafontaine
Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal, Quebec, 2002 Curated exhibition of 35 artists and writers
100 Sherbrooke E. Montreal, Quebec, 1999 Curator: Dorota Kozinska
Maison de la Culture Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec, 1999 Curator: Joanne Germain
Galerie Optica, Montreal, Quebec, 1998 Exhibition with Cathy Sisler & Euan MacDonald Curator: François Dion
Maison de la Culture Frontenac, Montreal, Quebec, 1997 Curator: Luc Coté
Maison de la Culture Cote des Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, 1997 Curator: Luc Coté
CATALOGUES
Invitation au Voyage Fin de Siècle
1998
GRANTS
Maisons de la Culture Ahuntsic/Cartierville, Frontenac & Plateau Mont-Royal, Montreal, Quebec, 2002
- Exhibition catalogue and series of postcards Galerie Optica, Montreal, Quebec,
- Exhibition catalogue RANDALLFINNERTY
Creation & Production B Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, 2005 Creation & Production B Grant, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, 2000 Emerging Artists Grant, Canada Council, 1998
SELECTED REVIEWS
Entre mémoire et photographie, From Venus to Gogama, Journal de St. Léonard, Sept.12, 2006 Fables du Parc Lafontaine, Journal Le Plateau, May 4, 2003 Randall Finnerty –Highway Signs, Galerie Clark, exhibition brochure, Sonia Pelletier. Jan. 2000. L’arrache-coeur, Le Voir, Nicolas Mavrikakis, January 27, 2000
Du plaisir à 100%, La Presse (Montreal) January, 2000 Man on Man, Hour, Dayna McLeod, Jan 27, 2000 Pouces verts, Journal de Montréal, Claudia Larochelle, February 9, 2000 A witty take on what we’ve done to nature, The Gazette (Montreal), Henry Lehmann, Feb. 5, 2000 Histoire de bêtes, La Presse (Montreal), Jennifer Couelle, May 18, 2000
ARTIST FILES AND COLLECTIONS
Artexte, Montreal, Quebec (Artist file) The Drawing Centre, New York, U.S.A. (Artist slide registry) Cirque du Soleil, Amsterdam, Holland (Drawings) Art Bank, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Ontario (Drawing)
EDUCATION
Production Design for Film, Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto, Ontario 1990 Fine Arts, Ontario College of Art, Toronto, Ontario 1983 -1985 Art Fundamentals, Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario 1982 -1983 Fine Arts (Design), York University, Toronto, Ontario 1978 - 1981
JURIES Jury member Visual Arts Awards B Grants, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, 2002
