Asylum

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Without Frame: 11″ x 14″, With Frame: 13.5″ x 16″, Oil on Wood

Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Of History And Hope from April 5th to May 2nd, 2014

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
Twice – Told Tales from January 25th to February 28th, 2014

Mad Hatters from November 23rd, 2013 to January 24th, 2014

Artist Biography and Statement:
Susanne Apgar’s artistic impulses appear to have been triggered or perhaps galvanised by a simple surrealist coffee-table art book in her childhood home. Amazed and obsessed by the peculiar images like a fur-covered cup and spoon, long legged elephants and outed inner visions, her path was set. Permission granted. Susanne was born in New Jersey and raised in Montreal. After completing a BA in Psychology she studied Illustration and Design at Dawson College followed by Fine Arts at Concordia University. She generally works in oils and is currently spending time on gallery work as well as freelancing in editorial, advertising and book illustration. Her paintings are exhibited in galleries across Canada and the U.S. She currently lives and works in Toronto.

“I aim to express the meanings and emotions of what makes us human and explore how humans foolishly meddle and tamper with themselves and animals on a genetic, physical and psychological level. We persist in being human, despite tinkering dangerously with others and ourselves.”
- SA

Selected Exhibitions:
2013
Grand Opening Exibition November, Alexi Era Gallery

‘Mad Hatters’, Flower Pepper Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. November

‘Coaster Show’ La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles CA. September

‘CAJA’, Los Angeles CA. Curated by Christopher Umana July

“Metamorphosis, Liminal Beings & Legendary Creatures”Gristle Tattoo, Brooklyn, NY. April

‘LALUZAPALOOZA’ La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. March

2012
La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. ‘LALUZAPALOOZA’ March

2011
Wiseguys Lowbrow Art Gallery, Calgary AB, April

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
‘Everything But the Kitschen Sync’ March

2010
Gallery Rye, Montreal, QC.
Exposition Carrefour, July
2009
AWOL, Toronto, ON.
Group show, August

2007
B.J. Wood, Montreal, QC. September

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
‘Everything But the Kitschen Sync’ March

… (More exhibitions at artist’s website)

Artist Website:
http://www.susanneapgar.com/

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