Andrea’s gestural expressionist, multidisciplinary practice includes sculpture, painting, extended drawing, performance and photography. Her creative approach is one of material experimentation that goes beyond surface manipulation. She develops an intimate relationship with material through acknowledging its energetic force and uniqueness. In doing so, Andrea questions the porous nature between humans and non-humans, between self and the world, and the boundaries and borders we create and accept.
Her daily walking practice is her opening to the “found” product. The reveal could be a tangible item or the intuitive whisper towards creative output; material and her intuition lead and understanding follows.
Andrea was born in Regina Saskatchewan and after a career in nursing and public service received her MFA from Emily Carr University in 2022. Her work is in private collections in North America and Europe.
She swims in the coastal waters
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Runias de Aké, Yucatan, January-March, 2025
Ceramicá Suro, Guadalajara, Mexico, September-December, 2024
Studioobrera, Solo Show, “Green Gold”. Mexico City, February 2024
Pat Martin Bates Gallery, “Primordial Gestures of Emotional Reveal”. Victoria, BC, March 2023
Emily Carr University, MFA Graduation Exhibition. Vancouver, BC, July 2022
Studioobrera, Solo Installations, “Flux” and “Latigos”. Mexico City, 2022, 2021
Emily Carr University, First Year MFA Group Show, Vancouver, BC. July 2021
Emily Carr University Graduate Gallery, Solo Show, “Body Poetics”. Vancouver BC. August 2019
Slide Room Gallery, Group Show, Installation, “Stumble” September 2018
Slide Room Gallery, Group Show, Installation, “Barbie Bound”. Victoria BC, April 2018
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Master in Fine Arts, Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver Canada, 2022
Master of Arts, International Peace and Conflict, Royal Roads University, Victoria Canada, 2005
Undergraduate studies: Nursing, Cultural Anthropology
Diplomas/Certificates: Herbology, Yoga, Plant Medicine, Gestalt Therapy