In Conversation: Mara Korkola
Mara Korkola, Tofino, British Columbia STUDIO UPDATE Mara Korkola and the intimacy of scale. SUMMER 2025 ELISSA CRISTALL /projects MARA KORKOLA @marakorkola ©2020-2026 ARTOFFICE.CA Korkola [...]
Leah Rainey Artist Update
INTERVIEW In conversation with Leah Rainey on her new exhibition "Raking Light". JANUARY 2025 ELISSA CRISTALL /PROJECTS LEAH RAINEY: RAKING LIGHT @leah.rainey ©2020-2025 ARTOFFICE.CA [...]
Leah Rainey RAKING LIGHT Exhibition
LEAH RAINEY RAKING LIGHT LEAH RAINEY RAKING LIGHT February - April, 2025 Elissa Cristall /projects is delighted to present Raking Light by Leah Rainey, the artist's first exhibition in Vancouver. Rainey’s handling of the brush is delicate and precise, allowing the [...]
Sara Graham | Fata Morgana
SARA GRAHAM The Spaces That Were Missed Have Been Rearranged OCTOBER 7 - NOVEMBER 1, 2024 "The Spaces That Were Missed Have been Rearranged" brings together 10 years of my studio practice and my observations of the city", writes Sara Graham. [...]
Mara Korkola 2024
MARA KORKOLA Online Exhibition Elissa Cristall is pleased to present an online exhibition by Mara Korkola, recognized for her captivating works that compress worlds of information into compact frames. On exhibit are 10 paintings of Korkola's signature nighttime cityscapes and intimate landscapes of the [...]
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | LEAH RAINEY
ARTIST SPOTLIGHT | LEAH RAINEY Leah Rainey works within a combined tradition of process painting and direct painting using a broad range of techniques that interconnect through coincidence and the accidental. These paintings explore the elusive ground between the physical [...]
MARA KOKOLA | Mar Pacifico
MARA KORKOLA | MAR PACIFICO JULY 8 - AUGUST 5, 2023 MAR PACIFICO ∼ peaceful sea In 1519, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan, in the employ of Spain, began a journey across the Atlantic Ocean to seek a western route to the Spice Islands via [...]
CHRIS KEATLEY
An interview with CHRIS KEATLEY, Curator Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver BC, Canada. We are thrilled to present an in-depth interview with Chris Keatley, Curator of the Pendulum Gallery in Vancouver. Appointed curator in 2007, Keatley talks about the evolution of the [...]
Valerie Durant | Silence of the Sea
VALERIE DURANT | SILENCE OF THE SEA MARCH 25 - APRIL 22, 2023 ELISSA CRISTALL GALLERY | artoffice is pleased to present Silence of the Sea an exhibition of photography, video and sculpture by Vancouver artist Valerie Durant. In this exhibition Durant reflects upon the climate crisis and human impact [...]
GILLIAN RICHARDS NEW PAINTINGS
GILLIAN RICHARDS LANDSCAPE ABSTRACTIONS JANUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 4, 2023 Gillian Richards was the first artist we featured in our Artist Spotlight Series which began in 2020. We catch up with Gillian in her studio to talk about new developments in her urban landscape paintings. In these new small [...]
Artist Spotlight | Randall Steeves
Encaustic, or molten beeswax mixed with pigment, is Steeves’ medium of choice. The physicality of the encaustic medium is reinforced in the form of large renderings of fingerprints layered over the canvas surface. The prints are often Steeves’ own — he had himself ‘processed’ by the Vancouver Police [...]
LESLEY FINLAYSON | REFLECT
LESLEY FINLAYSON "REFLECT" SEPTEMBER 15 - OCTOBER 8, 2022 These drawings and paintings were developed during the spring of 2022. They began with a trip to Yellow Point on Vancouver Island in February. Drawing conditions were not ideal for sustained periods, [...]
Jose Jimenez | Boboli Gardens
JOSE JIMENEZ | BOBOLI GARDENS, ITALY JULY 14 - AUGUST 20, 2022 ONLINE EXHIBITION "His paintings are vibrant bursts of unconventional colours with shimmering dots of oil paint applied layer upon layer. Violet and aqua trees are set against a pale [...]
Artist Spotlight | Jose Jimenez
Why does someone become an artist? It's a big question that can yield seemingly inconsequential answers. Sometimes, it all comes down to a chance encounter — stumbling across a comic strip, accidentally walking into a band's practice session or visiting an artist studio for the first time. I ask our feature [...]