Monica Gewurz

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I'm a mixed media artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. My art is rooted in life in Vancouver, Canada, but is also inspired by my travel experience. I create evoking and deliberately imperfect paintings inspired by the geometric repetition of nature, patinas, layers over time, and the amazing colors of dawn and dusk. I have the ability to use mixed media to reach more tactile and concrete processes beyond vision. Asian symbolism has a presence in my paintings as I seek to incorporate the five elements of Japanese philosophy: Earth, using stone or gravel; Water, using texture; Fire, depicting luminosity using gold or silver gild; Wind, using different brush strokes; and Void or "Heaven"), creating an atmospheric effect via numerous transparent layers.

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I'm a mixed media artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. My art is rooted in life in Vancouver, Canada, but is also inspired by my travel experience. I create evoking and deliberately imperfect paintings inspired by the geometric repetition of nature, patinas, layers over time, and the amazing colors of dawn and dusk. I have the ability to use mixed media to reach more tactile and concrete processes beyond vision.

Asian symbolism has a presence in my paintings as I seek to incorporate the five elements of Japanese philosophy: Earth, using stone or gravel; Water, using texture; Fire, depicting luminosity using gold or silver gild; Wind, using different brush strokes; and Void or "Heaven"), creating an atmospheric effect via numerous transparent layers.

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“Monica Gewurz's Artworks”

HAIKU REFLECTIONS

USD 1,250.00 Year.2024 w60.90 x h45.70 x d3.80 cm

LOW TIDE

USD 750.00 Year.2024 w50.80 x h40.60 x d6.30 cm

BLUE FLASH

USD 1,350.00 Year.2024 w60.90 x h50.80 x d2.50 cm

BLUSHING SHUNSET

USD 1,350.00 Year.2023 w60.90 x h60.90 x d2.50 cm

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#Painting

Price Range

USD $750 ~ $1,350

Biography

I am a mixed media artist based in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Drawing on my background in science, I create evocative and purposely imperfect paintings inspired by nature and the amazing colours of dawn and dusk.

I use mixed media for its capacity to reach beyond the visual, to more tactile and tangible processes. I curate combinations of materials and techniques to abstract reality, telling a story to elicit an intimate aesthetic and emotional response. To experience this fully, the viewer must enter the multiple layers, shades and textures of my work, and be seduced into a visual and visceral encounter a holistic meeting of minds between artist and viewer, inspiring self-discovery, empathy, meditation and mindfulness.

The beauty, force and energy of water and its associated reflective light have always drawn me in as a scientist and as an artist. This connection I have with water and the amazing colours and reflections of sunsets is what has inspired my newest collection of work.

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Awards

2022 Gallery Ring March Sapphire Award (second place)

2021 Visionary Project international artist organization, nominated to be part of their Eco-Artist directory

2020 Federation of Canadian Artists 3rd place in the Crisis show with Exposed II Vancouver TV interview as part of the Crisis show on climate change

2019 - 40 Knots Winery, “Waves of Tranquility” chosen to be on the label of their VinoSpa line, BC - "Textures and Fragments" podcast interview with Andrea Dancer about my art, process, life as professional full-time artists, and their sources of inspiration. https://soundcloud.com/andrea-pandancer/textures-fragments

2018 40 Knots Winery, “Ebbing” chosen to be on the label of their 2019 fortified wine, BC

2018 Living Legacies – A Collection of Narratives by Contemporary Canadian Jewish Women, -Volume VII edited by Liz Pearl, PK Press, Toronto, Canada

2018 - Winner of the Lions Bay banner contest, Lions Bay, BC

2018 - Winner of the international the Gallery 105 UK, “International Seascapes” https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=0IkXnYtxw6w&feature=youtu.beContest” virtual contest, UK

2018 - 3rd Place Artist in the APERO’s international magazine September Issue “Gather” with my acrylic mixed media “Exposed “, US http://www.showapero.com/september-2018-catalogue.html) - Inclusion in the APERO's international magazine October Issue "Colour" with my acrylic mixed media "Luminescence II , US http://www.showapero.com/october-2018-catalogue.html)

2013 - Incite 3- “The Art of Storytelling” featuring “Turquoise Rock-Mazel Tov” published by North Light books as an example of the best of mixed media in North America.

2024 -Federation of Canadian Artists 1st place “Abstracted” show, July

2024 Boldbrush International competition “Abstract” overall best award, January -Boldrush International competition “Abstract” 3rd place, November.

Group Exhibitions

2022 Lions Bay selected artist with “SOS” created from found materials collected by the Diving In team, to be showcased at 9 public venues in the Sea to Sky corridor in BC

2021 Federation of Canadian Artists "Artist of the Year Award" juried show, Vancouver, BC West Vancouver Art Council “Bellow the Surface”, juried show, Vancouver, BC Federation of Canadian Artists “Artist of the Year Award”, juried show, Vancouver, BC Federation of Canadian Artists "Artist’s Choice" juried show, Vancouver, BC Federation of Canadian Artists "Abstract" juried show, Vancouver, BC West Vancouver Art Council “Spectrum” juried show, Vancouver, BC North Shore Arts Crawl, virtual juried show, BC Artwrk, solo virtual juried show, BC

2020 Federation of Canadian Artists "Scenes of Western Canada" juried show, Vancouver, BC Federation of Canadian Artists "Crisis" juried show, 3rd place with Exposed II, Vancouver, BC Federation of Canadian Artists “Salon” juried show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC Federation of Canadian Artists “Abstracted” juried show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC Federation of Canadian Artists "Muse" juried show, Vancouver, BC Federation of Canadian Artists "Canvas Unbound" juried show, Vancouver, BC

2020 Federation of Canadian Artists "Landscape" juried show, Vancouver, BC Art Vancouver group exhibition, Vancouver, BC North Shore Art Crawl, West Vancouver, BC Gallery Pendulum & Art Vancouver show POMO Arts Gallery “Igniting Hope” virtual juried show, Port Moody, BC Fusion Art Annual “Lines, Shapes & Objects” online juried art exhibition, US The Gallery@Cove Commons “Saving Sea to Sky juried show, Bowen Island, BC

2019 International Arts Gallery, Celebration the Chinese New Year 2019, group exhibition, Vancouver, BC Art Vancouver group exhibition as part of Lipont’s Gallery booth, Vancouver, BC Lipont Gallery, two artist show “All That Light”, Vancouver, BC 40 Knots Winery, winner of a label competition for their 2019 fortified wine, Comox, BC 40 Knots Winery, winner of a label competition for their 2019 wine-spa line, Comox, BC Ukama Gallery pop-up show “Rising Tides”, Doris Crowston public gallery, 2 artists show “Textures and Fragments”, Sechelt, BC, 5th Singapore “Bank Art Fair” exhibit, Singapore The Beaumont Studios Gallery, group show “INIZIO”, Vancouver, BC, Karen Cooper Gallery “Inspired by Nature”, 2 artists show fundraiser for The Nature Trust of BC, Federation of Canadian Artists “Abstracted” juried show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2018 Silk Purse Gallery-West Vancouver, “Remixing”, group artist exhibit, Vancouver, BC Winner of the Lions Bay banner contest, Lions Bay, BC, Winner of the international Gallery 105 “International Seascapes Contest” virtual contest Video #2, UK, 3rd Place Artist in the APERO’s international magazine September Issue “Gather” with my acrylic mixed media “Exposed”, California, US , Doris Crowston public gallery, “Trashform”, group artist exhibit, Sechelt, BC , International Artists Gallery group artist exhibit, International Village, Vancouver, BC, Britannia Mine, “Picks and Pixels”, group artist exhibit, Britannia, BC,. Art Vancouver International Art Show, Vancouver, BC, Silk Purse Gallery-West Vancouver, “Local Artists Local Scenes”, group artist exhibit, West Vancouver, BC, North Vancouver Art Council Art in the Garden group artist exhibit, Vancouver, BC, Scott Milo Gallery- Bellingham Washington, group artist exhibit, Anacortes, WA, CityScape Community Art Gallery, “Journey of the Salmon” group artist exhibit, Vancouver, BC, Painter’s Lodge, A World About Art Exhibit “Winterland”, group artist exhibit, Campbell River, BC

2017 Sooke Harbour House Gallery, Sooke, Vancouver Island, BC Harmony Festival Art Beat, Vancouver, BC Federation of Canadian Artists “Landscape” juried show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC Sidney and Gertrude Zack gallery, Community Art exhibit, Vancouver, BC Burnaby Arts Council “Luminescence”, group artist exhibit, Deer Lake Gallery, Burnaby, BC Ferry Building Gallery and West Vancouver City Hall, solo exhibit, Vancouver, BC Anonymous Art Show, CityScape Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2016 Circle Craft Christmas Market (booth display), Vancouver, BC, Federation of Canadian Artists “10 square show”, Vancouver, BC Sidney and Gertrude Zack gallery, Community Art Show and Gallery Benefit, Vancouver, BC, Harmony Festival “Art Beat”, Vancouver, BC, Museum of Northwest Art (MONA) annual juried fundraiser, La Conner, WA, Art Vancouver International Group exhibit, Vancouver BC, Sidney and Gertrude Zack gallery, ‘Festival Ha’Rikud – A Tapestry of Cultures’ group exhibit, Vancouver, BC, Ron Andrews Gallery group exhibit, Vancouver, BC, Children Heart Network silent auction fundraiser, Vancouver, BC Vancouver, Aquarium Annual Gala Fundraiser, Vancouver, BC, Ferry Building Gallery Group Show, “Love in any Language” group art exhibit, Vancouver, BC, Seymour Art Gallery, Discovery-Line group art exhibit, Vancouver, BC, Federation of Canadian Artists “Concept” juried show, Federation Gallery, Vancouver, BC

2015 Canadian Aboriginal Mining Conference, Vancouver, BC, Federation of Canadian Artists juried group show “Muse”, Vancouver, BC, Harmony Festival “Art Beat”, Vancouver, BC, Britannia Mine Museum “No Future without Past”, Britannia, BC, Museum of Northwest Art (MONA) La Conner, WA, Children Heart Network silent auction fundraiser, Vancouver, BC, Ferry Building Gallery - Sea to Sky studio tour, West Vancouver, BC, Commercial commission for an international hotel, “A Blissful Moment” a mixed media and acrylic paint on canvas 7’x 4’, Guangdong, China, Lions Bay Art in the Garden, Lions Bay, BC, Northshore Art Crawl, Lions Bay, BC, Federation of Canadian Artists –Active members painting show, Vancouver, BC, Federation of Canadian Artists- Landscape juried show, Vancouver, BC, Federation of Canadian Artists- Muse juried show, Vancouver, BC, Seymour Art Gallery, Discovery-Fire painting show, North Vancouver, Incite 3: “The Art of Storytelling” “Turquoise Rock-Mazel Tov” published by North Light books as an example of the best of mixed media

2014 Federation of Canadian Artists –Active members painting show, Vancouver, BC, Federation of Canadian Artists- 10 square show, Vancouver, BC, Seymour Art Gallery, Discovery-Air painting show, Vancouver, BC, Splash Arts Umbrella fundraiser, Vancouver, BC, Sidney and Gertrude Zack gallery “Envisioning Women”, Vancouver, BC , Circle Craft Summer Market, Vancouver, BC, Children Heart Network silent auction fundraiser, Vancouver, BC, Silk Purse Gallery non-juried show “Rebirth and Renewal”, Vancouver, BC, Federation of Canadian Artists- Abstract show, Vancouver, BC, CityScape Community Art Space NVAC Art rental, Vancouver, BC, CityScape Community Art Space Anonymous Show, Vancouver, BC, Harmony Art Festival, Pacific Arbour Group Exhibition, Vancouver, BC, Northshore Art Crawl, North Vancouver, BC

2013 Seymour Art Gallery, fundraising show, North Vancouver, BC, Sea to Sky studio tour, Lions Bay, BC, Ferry Building Gallery Group Show “Abstract Narratives”, Vancouver, BC, Lions Bay Art in the Garden, Lions Bay, BC, Harmony Art Festival “Pacific Arbour Group Exhibition”, Vancouver, BC Harmony Art Festival “Grand Prix Plein Air Challenge”- painting competition, Vancouver, BC

2012 Lions Bay Art Council “Arts and Garden Festival”, Harmony Arts “Grand Prix Plein Air Challenge” 3rd place honorary mention – painting competition, Vancouver, BC

2023 -Silk Purse Gallery: “Elements”, juried show, Vancouver, BC -Artists for Conservation Festival, international juried show, Vancouver, BC -Federation of Canadian Artists “Abstract” show, Vancouver, BC -NS Art Creative- France “Home Away from Home” international exhibit, Provence, France

2024 Federation of Canadian Artists, “Abstract” show, 1st Place, July, 2024, BC - Harmony Festival group show, West Vancouver, BC -Ferry Building Gallery “Sea to Sky Tour”, BC -North Shore Artist Guild juried show, West Vancouver, BC -OMG It’s Small gallery solo show, June-August, BC