Photos from Deon Venter's San Juan Islands Museum of Art
opening March 5th, 2020
Upcoming Exhibition - Drawings - Venter Gallery - Friday, February 28th
The Venter Gallery will host an exhibit of new large-scale drawings. Titled 'Pentimento' these works evoke his successful Avatar series, these large-scale drawings utilize Deon's well established drawing technique of erasing through the imagery on the paper, highlighting that the erased line is as important as the drawn line.
In art, Pentimento refers the "re-appearance in a painting of an original drawn element which was eventually painted over by the artist". While utilizing the iconography of Northwest Coast symbols in the majestic trees and birds of prey, here in Deon's work, this hiding and revealing combine brilliantly to create a clear and rich picture.
Click here to see the full album of Pentimento series work.
In art, Pentimento refers the "re-appearance in a painting of an original drawn element which was eventually painted over by the artist". While utilizing the iconography of Northwest Coast symbols in the majestic trees and birds of prey, here in Deon's work, this hiding and revealing combine brilliantly to create a clear and rich picture.
Click here to see the full album of Pentimento series work.
'Pentimento #3', 2020, Pentimento series, charcoal/pastel/paper, 38x50"
Upcoming Exhibition - Missing/Highway of Tears - San Juan Islands Museum of Art - Friday Harbour, Washington, USA - March 5th - May 26th 2020
Deon will be exhibiting work from the Missing and Highway of Tears series at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art. Click this link to visit their website for more exhibition information.
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Holiday Exhibition - Mayberry Gallery Toronto and Winnipeg
If you are in Toronto or Winnipeg, be sure to check out Deon Venter's work at Mayberry Fine Art as part of their Holiday Group Show.
Small Gems - Venter Gallery - Open through New Years
The Venter Gallery will host an exhibition and sale of 'Small Gems' with a reception on Friday, November 22nd with the artists. Deon and Kathy will be showing new work in a scale and price perfect for Christmas giving! The Venter Gallery has a payment plan, call or email us today to inquire, or check out our website here for more info.
Click here to view the sculptures on Kathy's website.
Click here to view the sculptures on Kathy's website.
Deon & Kathy Venter - Venter Gallery
The Venter Gallery will feature selections from Deon's Missing and Highway of Tears series. 'Missing #3' will be on exhibit along with a suite from 'Peonies & Goldenrods' and 'Courtroom #3' from the Flight 182 series. Kathy will be showing a diverse group of work in clay and bronze.
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Deon & Kathy Venter - Government House, Victoria.
One Day Only - Sept. 22nd 11am - 4pm
On Sunday, September 22nd for one day only from 11am-4pm, Kathy and Deon have been invited to show in the ballroom and foyer at Government House in Victoria as part of the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria's House Tour, organized by the AGGV Gallery Associates. This is the first time Deon's large scale works will be exhibited in Victoria and will also feature all six of Kathy's life-size Coup d'Oeil series. Five fine homes will be open with exhibiting artists and tickets are $35, available online at aggv.ca/house-tour or contact the AGGV at 250.384.4171 for more information. All proceeds go to support AGGV programs, acquisitions and conservation.
Deon Venter - Mayberry Gallery, Toronto, Sept. 7-28th
Deon Venter will be exhibiting at Mayberry Fine Art at their Toronto premises, across from the Art Gallery of Ontario at 324 Dundas Street West. He will be showing selections from the Avatar, Tondo, and Hakeme Head series. Click here to visit their website.
Exhibition - New work from Deon Venter's Avatar series
Exhibition - Venter Gallery, Salt Spring Island
Deon Venter, In Situ, June 13th - 26th
Part of Salt Spring Photofest 2019
Venter Gallery, Salt Spring Island
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Part of Salt Spring Photofest 2019
Venter Gallery, Salt Spring Island
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In Situ
In situ - adverb, adjective - is a Latin phrase that translates literally to ‘on site’ or ‘in position.’ It can mean ‘locally’, ‘on site’, ‘on the premises’, or ‘in place’ to describe where an event takes place and is used in many different contexts.
Deon Venter’s photography exhibition as part of the first Salt Spring Photofest, depict compositions from some of Deon’s favourite places. Along with his wife Kathy, he takes camping trips to Avatar Grove in the Port Renfrew area, and to the Pacheedaht Territory on the southwestern coast of Vancouver Island.
There, inspired by the natural landscape, in particular the trees, he takes photos to give reference to his studio work, where he works up paintings of these same subjects and places, to great effect in his signature oil impasto.
Avatar Grove is home to ‘Canada’s gnarliest tree’, a subject Deon has painted and which is represented in the photos ‘Untitled’, ‘Big Burl’ and ‘Elephant’. Another photo titled ‘Avatar Grove’ shows the ground and understory in an ethereal light, testament to the spirituality of the place.
Like many places in the Pacific Northwest, the beach and shore of the Pacheedaht territory is littered with the remains of uprooted and dispersed trees, with their gnarly and contorted root structures exposed to the bleaching effects of salt and sunlight. This is clearly illustrated in work such as ‘Dragon’, ‘Temple’ and ‘Uprooted’, where the forms evoke the bones of sea creatures, both real and imagined.
Closer to home, three misty and gauzy photos looking back at the shore allow us to see in a new light. Here too, Deon’s self portrait ‘Yeti’ - an accidental and unintended shot - where only an impression of the artist is seen.
These photos are archival silvertone prints on aluminum and from an edition of 3.
In situ - adverb, adjective - is a Latin phrase that translates literally to ‘on site’ or ‘in position.’ It can mean ‘locally’, ‘on site’, ‘on the premises’, or ‘in place’ to describe where an event takes place and is used in many different contexts.
Deon Venter’s photography exhibition as part of the first Salt Spring Photofest, depict compositions from some of Deon’s favourite places. Along with his wife Kathy, he takes camping trips to Avatar Grove in the Port Renfrew area, and to the Pacheedaht Territory on the southwestern coast of Vancouver Island.
There, inspired by the natural landscape, in particular the trees, he takes photos to give reference to his studio work, where he works up paintings of these same subjects and places, to great effect in his signature oil impasto.
Avatar Grove is home to ‘Canada’s gnarliest tree’, a subject Deon has painted and which is represented in the photos ‘Untitled’, ‘Big Burl’ and ‘Elephant’. Another photo titled ‘Avatar Grove’ shows the ground and understory in an ethereal light, testament to the spirituality of the place.
Like many places in the Pacific Northwest, the beach and shore of the Pacheedaht territory is littered with the remains of uprooted and dispersed trees, with their gnarly and contorted root structures exposed to the bleaching effects of salt and sunlight. This is clearly illustrated in work such as ‘Dragon’, ‘Temple’ and ‘Uprooted’, where the forms evoke the bones of sea creatures, both real and imagined.
Closer to home, three misty and gauzy photos looking back at the shore allow us to see in a new light. Here too, Deon’s self portrait ‘Yeti’ - an accidental and unintended shot - where only an impression of the artist is seen.
These photos are archival silvertone prints on aluminum and from an edition of 3.
Exhibition - Winchester Gallery, Victoria, BC.
If you are in Victoria, BC, be sure to stop in and see Deon's Avatar and Hakeme paintings, and a remarkable group of new sculptures by Kathy Venter. Exhibit continues until December 1st at the Oak Bay Avenue location. Visit their website, click here.
Venter Gallery, Salt Spring Island - Now closed
New Exhibition – Venter Gallery
November 3rd, 2018 – December 3rd, 2018
Join us for the Opening on Saturday November, 17th, from 4 – 6 PM.
The Venter Gallery is excited to announce an exhibition of selected work from Deon Venter's series Last Supper / The Order of Things and Kathy Venter's series Metanarrative / Life. Don't miss viewing some of the internationally acclaimed work of the Venter's exhibited in New York, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, San Francisco, Zug, Toronto, Montreal Vancouver, Johannesburg and Cape Town. Please join us for a glass of wine with the Venters at the gallery in Grace Point Square, Saturday, 17th November from 4 - 6 pm.
November 3rd, 2018 – December 3rd, 2018
Join us for the Opening on Saturday November, 17th, from 4 – 6 PM.
The Venter Gallery is excited to announce an exhibition of selected work from Deon Venter's series Last Supper / The Order of Things and Kathy Venter's series Metanarrative / Life. Don't miss viewing some of the internationally acclaimed work of the Venter's exhibited in New York, Chicago, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Seattle, San Francisco, Zug, Toronto, Montreal Vancouver, Johannesburg and Cape Town. Please join us for a glass of wine with the Venters at the gallery in Grace Point Square, Saturday, 17th November from 4 - 6 pm.
