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Acrylic on Canvas
48" x 48"
2020

Artist Statement
My paintings reflect my keen interest in pattern. It is a method of communication, adorning buildings, housewares, clothing and bodies since prehistory – an intriguing part of human expression.
Using a projector and ornamental details from a... Read More

Trish Shwart’s recent work focuses on the connection she feels to particular places in the natural world. The climate emergency is a very real consideration in all of her work and she acknowledges the conflict of feeling linked to nature while acknowledging she is part of a society that threatens ... Read More

Vanderzwet approaches her practice with curiosity and a desire to explore the complexity and allure of contemporary visual culture. Unabashed in her approach to imagery, which is often fraught with what she terms “bubble gum” qualities, her work is bright and cheeky, loud and alluring, energetic... Read More

MRKT/MAYD is a comprehensive collection of handmade goods created by youth aged 11 - 24. Based in Victoria BC, we are cultivating a creative community by supporting a diversity of makers working in a wide range of disciplines. Our goal is to establish a youth-led collective for artists to connect, e... Read More

BIO
Sara Korzec is an artist and a designer working with various new and traditional media, experimental architecture and sustainable design. She holds a M.Arch. from Cracow University of Technology and M.F.A. from Academy of Fine Arts in the Intermedia Department, both in Krakow, PL .

She divid... Read More

Our gallery is a stop on this summer's Esquimalt Urban Arts Crawl! Stop by to get a sneak peek of what our artist in residence Doug Thoms has been working on in the first week of his residency.

Image: "Crisis Actor" by Doug Thoms (2021)
Doug Thoms is a contemporary figurative painter and collag... Read More

FREE Outdoor film screening Aug 13, 9pm
@ Ministry of Casual Living 858 Devonshire Rd, Victoria B.C.

Film + Sound presents: VIDEO MIXTAPES III
This collection features seven experimental collaborative shorts created over the course of two months (Feb-April 2021) by emerging film and sound art... Read More

Growing up, my mom would doodle on scrap paper while she chatted on the phone. I would doodle in the margins of my notepad during class. Assignments would come back with stickers for a job well done. Glittery, girlish stickers would adorn my bedroom vanity mirror and the backseat car windows. This p... Read More

The Video Mix Tapes series began during Covid to provide a space for local artists to share work with each other in real life. Featuring recent experiments, finished pieces and collaborations by local film and sound artists, these collections originally screened in the Ministry of Casual Living park... Read More

This series began in late 2021 and primarily drew upon a line of inquiry into materiality and process. Working on unstretched canvas, layers of clay and oil were built up and stripped away to their residuals, in sequence leaving behind imprints of memory and a raw tonality of the materials. Together... Read More

TIME TO GET WARTY! Small Warts; An Art Infestation is opening at The Ministry of Casual Living SATURDAY DECEMBER 14TH, from 2-8PM!
Come check out small but mighty works from 50 exhibiting artists! The infection is spreading, and who needs a cure when it looks this good?
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This opening is part ... Read More