Richmond City Hall
The Richmond Art Gallery’s Art Access is pleased to continue to exhibit artwork in the Richmond City Hall Galleria. This high traffic outreach location allows local artists access to a broad community audience.
Barry Ching Man Yam
January 17 - April 3, 2006
Hong Kong born Barry Ching Man Yam invokes his traditional and cultural roots in an exhibition of Chinese watercolour brush painting.
Tamaka Fisher, Asian Heritage Month
April 4 - June 26, 2006
Steveston Village Gallery owner Tamaka Fisher has enduring family ties to Steveston-her grandfather was a fisherman who lived and worked in the village.
John Goguen, In My Travels
June 27 - September 18, 2006
John Goguen grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick. In the early 60’s John moved to Vancouver where he was captured by the natural beauty of the landscape, which inspired him to pursue his dream and continue traveling.
Astrid Fox, The Aura of Blooms
September 19 - November 13, 2006
Flowers are a common subject often used in art. What is uncommon about Astrid Fox’s approach is to take this beautiful and familiar subject and superimpose it onto various unfamiliar backgrounds. Her purpose is to create a tension between the foreground and the background, continuously exploring the effects different combinations produce.
Gateway Theatre
The Richmond Art Gallery’s Art Access exhibits artwork in the lobby of the Gateway Theatre. The artwork is selected for its relevance to the performances on the Gateway Main Stage and in the Studio.
Pierre Coupey, Requiem Notations at the Gateway Theatre, September 12 - November 20,
2006
Pierre Coupey is a local artist and writer who takes inspiration from his poetry and from landscape and incorporates it into his paintings and prints. He has exhibited solo and group shows in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, Dublin, Nagoya, and Tokyo. His work - writing, printmaking, painting - has received numerous awards, gants, and commissions, and is represented in private, corporate and public collections in Canada and abroad.
Pierre Coupey PDF Press Release
Left (top): Barry Ching Man Yam, Willow, 2005, watercolour painting, 6 x 6"
Left (bottom): Requiem Notations V, Pierre Coupey