Sleep well my precious one. You gave all you could give and then even more. Without you I would not have become me. Thank you.
Tricia Sellmer is a multi-layered, multi-medium Canadian artist working primarily within the parameters of painting and drawing. For more than twenty - five years, she has concentrated on making the invisible visible. Her interests are four -pronged. The first probes the personal and veiled subtleties of the garden and the shifting patterns of the landscape. The second finds the extraordinary in the ordinary and focuses largely on the domestic lives of women and in particular those lives that have often been forgotten within the dialogue of history or silenced through circumstances beyond their control. The third searches for truths to write / right a wrong. The fourth connects the dots and blurs the boundaries between genres, often in collaboration with other artists who work in a different medium.
As an independent working artist she also writes, lectures and curates projects and exhibitions.
In September 2012 she opened Chazou Gallery, a cutting-edge, hybrid gallery in the interior of British Columbia. Chazou Gallery closed June 2016 following the untimely and tragic death of her husband.
She holds four degrees from three universities and has participated in numerous residencies. Her work hangs in public and private collections throughout North America and Europe.
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