Zandra Stratford
Salt Spring Island, BRITISH COLUMBIA Canada
Zandra Stratford is a West Coast abstract painter whose work is continually evolving. Known for her textural, bold topographic pieces, her recent work is at once more defined and yet less structural. Employing a kind of subconscious semiotic, she w... More
Artist Statement:
Zandra Stratford is a West Coast abstract painter whose work is continually evolving. Known for her textural, bold topographic pieces, her recent work is at once more defined and yet less structural.
Employing a kind of subconscious semiotic, she works in muted tones punctuated by semi-symbols, almost recognizable repeating characters as though conveying a disrupted signal, or dream-remembered language.
Preferring large canvases, she uses gradual iterations of monochrome, encircling strong statements of negative space, like a treeline emerging from fog.
Stratford 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.
The result is a series that is equal parts sumi ink painting and cyberpunk; architectural schematics and worn, tidal organic forms as arresting as they are serene.
Employing a kind of subconscious semiotic, she works in muted tones punctuated by semi-symbols, almost recognizable repeating characters as though conveying a disrupted signal, or dream-remembered language.
Preferring large canvases, she uses gradual iterations of monochrome, encircling strong statements of negative space, like a treeline emerging from fog.
Stratford 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.
The result is a series that is equal parts sumi ink painting and cyberpunk; architectural schematics and worn, tidal organic forms as arresting as they are serene.
Exhibitions:
Café Talia
August 2015 - 2016
Solo Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Salt Spring in the City
March 2015
Group Exhibit
Vancouver, BC
The Even Cheaper Show
June 2014
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
ArtCraft
June - September 2014
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Salt Spring in the City
March 2014
Group Exhibit
Vancouver, BC
Harbour House Hotel
January 2014
Solo Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
The Even Cheaper Show
August 2013
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Barb's Bistro
July 2013
Solo Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
ArtCraft
June - September 2013
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Café Talia
October - December 2012
Solo Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
ArtCraft
June - September 2012
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Easter Art Tour
April 2012
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
ArtCraft
June -September 2011
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Exchanges Gallery
May 2000
Group Exhibit
Victoria, BC
August 2015 - 2016
Solo Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Salt Spring in the City
March 2015
Group Exhibit
Vancouver, BC
The Even Cheaper Show
June 2014
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
ArtCraft
June - September 2014
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Salt Spring in the City
March 2014
Group Exhibit
Vancouver, BC
Harbour House Hotel
January 2014
Solo Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
The Even Cheaper Show
August 2013
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Barb's Bistro
July 2013
Solo Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
ArtCraft
June - September 2013
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Café Talia
October - December 2012
Solo Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
ArtCraft
June - September 2012
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Easter Art Tour
April 2012
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
ArtCraft
June -September 2011
Group Exhibit
Salt Spring Island, BC
Exchanges Gallery
May 2000
Group Exhibit
Victoria, BC
Artist Tags:
abstract, contemporary, semiotic, muted tones, bold shapes, graphic
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