Brandy Saturley
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Brandy Saturley | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 (age 53–54) |
| Alma mater | Emily Carr University of Art and Design Royal College of Art |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Known for | ICONICCANUCK |
| Website | brandysaturley |
Brandy Saturley (born 1972) is a acclaimed 21st century Canadian visual artist best-known for her figurative paintings depicting aspects of Canadian culture.[1][2]
Saturley was born in Victoria, British Columbia in 1972.[3][4][5] She was raised on a hobby farm in a fishing community in Sooke, Vancouver Island.[6] She is of Ukrainian, Cornish, and Canadian (Vancouver Island) descent.[7] Her mother was a mixed media artist, and her grandmother was a painter.[7]
Saturley completed her studies in visual culture at Emily Carr University of Art and Design, and later studied contemporary art practices at the Royal College of Art in London, England.[3][8] Saturley is also a graduate of the Victoria Motion Picture School, where she earned a degree in cinema.[3][9]
Career
Saturley began her career as a visual artist in the mid-1990s, transitioning to full-time work in this field in the early 2000s.[7] Her first public gallery exhibition, Iconic Canuck, was the subject of a short documentary film directed and produced by Randy Frykas in 2020, titled The Iconic Canuck.[10]
Saturley began her art series Canadianisms in 2011.[11] Over the next five years, she explored various Canadian locales and uncovered their hidden secrets.[11][12] These explorations were later reflected in her work, showcasing her observations and interpretations of Canadian culture and landscapes.[11] The series, titled Canadianisms: A Half Decade Inspired by Canada, was exhibited in 2017 in a touring exhibition with public galleries in Alberta, Canada.[11][13]
In 2012, her artwork, Goalie's Mask, was added to the hockey gallery at the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in Calgary.[9] The artwork features Ken Dryden's hockey mask set against a backdrop of the Canadian flag.[9][4] Later, it was shortlisted for the Canadian Olympic Committee's trophy for Sport and Art in 2014.[11]
In 2014, Saturley started the People of Canada Portrait Project, an online exhibition that includes 20 portraits.[14][15] The project was officially launched in 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.[15]
In 2023, Saturley was part of the Judging Panel for the 2023 Canada International Art Competition, funded by the Government of Canada.[16]
Work
Saturley worked on the I See Mountains series, influenced by her ten-day journey through the Canadian Rockies in 2010.[17] The series used horizontal canvases to depict landscapes such as Babel, Rundle, Crowfoot, Mount Assiniboine, and Mount Robson.[17]
Saturley's Canadianisms series, exhibited in cities such as Edmonton and Calgary, reinterprets acclaimed artworks to incorporate Canadian cultural elements, such as hockey masks, into traditional artistic motifs.[17]
In 2018, her painting, Balance, was featured in the Society of Canadian Artists' 50th Open International Exhibition in Toronto.[17] The work explored landscape themes, blending elements of realism and abstraction.[17]
