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Steph Krawchuk

Steph Krawchuk was born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan in 1982. She completed a BFA at the University of Saskatchewan and has been painting for nearly two decades. Her paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows within the province, and many of her paintings are in private collections across Canada.

Krawchuk's work over the last decade has been a story of stylistic evolution. Upon completion of her BFA, Krawchuk developed a reputation for cityscapes that were reminiscent of early Modernism with echoes of Fauvism and German Expressionism. Working from direct observation, her painting was a process of reduction and simplification, stripping her subjects down to their basic forms, retaining only the details that were absolutely necessary. Her strikingly concise compositions were at once familiar and novel, instantly recognizable but rendered according to Krawchuk’s unmistakably personal vision.

Continuing to draw inspiration from her immediate environment, Krawchuk's most recent works are distinctly abstract, distilling her impressions into abstract compositions, rather than simplified but still recognizable forms. Her reference points are increasingly more abstracted to begin with--think woven tapestries and quilt patterns--but they are real-world referents nonetheless. Krawchuk remains a process-oriented painter. Working and re-working each canvas in the studio, this is the place where process and aesthetic decision-making take over. Changes and revisions start to accumulate; surfaces becomes thick and textural, a visual record of her search for aesthetic resolution. Defying any strict stylistic lineage, her paintings are consistently fresh and unexpected. Lively, whimsical, colourful, and developed according to their own visual logic, Krawchuk's abstract paintings now give a much clearer focus to the interplay of line, shape, colour and texture that have always been at the core of her artistic explorations.

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION:

2006 BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS, UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN


SOLO EXHIBITIONS:


2023: #49 - #165, KENDERDINE ART GALLERY, SASKATOON,SK.
2017: STEPH KRAWCHUK, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2015: BUILDING BLOCKS, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2010: IN SUN AND SNOW, ARTISTS BY ARTISTS PROJECT, MENDEL ART GALLERY, SASKATOON, SK.
2009: PORTRAITS: RECENT WORK, ST.THOMAS MORE COLLEGE, SASKATOON, SK.
2008: PORTRAITS OF MYSELF AND OTHERS, MANN ART GALLERY, PRINCE ALBERT, SK.
2008: WEATHERED, ROUGE GALLERY, SASKATOON, SK.
2007: FORGIVE ME FOR I WAS BLUE, BFA EXHIBITION, GORDON SNELGROVE GALLERY, SASKATOON, SK.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:


2023: SMALL PAINTINGS BY 27 ARTISTS, 57W57 ARTS, NEW YORK, NY. 
2022 - ART NOW ARTFAIR, SASKATOON, SK
2021 - ART NOW ARTFAIR, SASKATOON, SK
2021 - BUZZZ, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2021: RESET CURATED BY MARIE LANNOO, 330G PROJECTS, SASKATOON, SK.
2020: COLOUR IN QUARANTINE (ONLINE EXHIBITION) CURATED BY MARIE LANNOO AND KYLE ZUREVINSKI
2020: WHEN NET BECOMES FORM PART II (ONLINE EXHIBITION) CURATED BY SAMI BENHADJ DJILALI, FRANCE.
2020: GROUP SHOW, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2020: NEW YEAR GROUP SHOW, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2019: ARTNOW ARTFAIR, REGINA, SK.
2019: FORMALISH: JORDAN DANCHILLA, STEPH KRAWCHUK, CAMERON MCKAY, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2018: ARTNOW ARTFAIR, SASKATOON, SK.
2018: 40 YEARS, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2018: ART FOR SALE, THE ART GALLERY OF SWIFT CURRENT, SWIFT CURRENT, SK.
2018: STP CREATIVE GROUP SHOW CURATED BY LUCIEN SMITH, MILK GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY.
2017: HOLIDAY GROUP SHOW, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2017: ARTNOW ARTFAIR, REGINA, SK.
2017: PRAIRIE ABSTRACTION: MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2016: ARTNOW ARTFAIR, SASKATOON, SK.
2015: SUMMER GROUP SHOW, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2014: CITY SEEN GROUP SHOW, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2013: ’TIS THE SEASON - SMALL WORKS, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2013: SUMMER HARVEST, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2013: THE DRAWING SHOW, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2013: GALLERY GROUP SHOW, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2012: GALLERY GROUP SHOW, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2012: END OF SUMMER, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2012: SUMMER SHOW, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2011: SEASON’S GREETINGS, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2011: STEPH KRAWCHUK AND GALLERY ARTISTS, THE GALLERY / ART PLACEMENT, SASKATOON, SK.
2010: WINTER FESTIVAL JURIED ART SHOW, MANN ART GALLERY, PRINCE ALBERT, SK.

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS:


2023: SKARTS
2011: UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
2010: MANN ART GALLERY, PRINCE ALBERT, SK.
2009: ST. THOMAS MORE COLLEGE, SASKATOON, SK.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN MEXICO, ENGLAND, FRANCE AND ACROSS CANADA.

RESIDENCIES:

2023: BRIDGES ART MOVEMENT, SASKATOON,SK.

INTERVIEWS AND ARTICLES
:

2021: LGBTQ+ REMOTE STUDIO VISITS, THE COASTAL POST, NICK NABER, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.
2020: NEW DIGITAL EXHIBITION SHOWCASES ALUMNI ARTWORK CREATED DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC, COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE NEWS AND EVENTS, SHANNON BOKLASCHUK, SASKATOON, SK.
2019: INTERVIEW WITH STEPH KRAWCHUK, 10011MAG, REBECCA LA MARRE, NEW YORK, NY.
2019: GROUP EXHIBITION SHOWCASES LOCAL ABSTRACT ARTISTS’ WORK, SASKATOON EXPRESS, SHANNON BOKLASCHUK, SASKATOON, SK.
2018: INSTAGRAM POST LEADS TO BIG OPPORTUNITY, SASKATOON EXPRESS, SHANNON BOKLASCHUK, SASKATOON, SK.
2018: SASKATOON ARTIST’S WORK BEING SHOWN IN NEW YORK CITY EXHIBITION, CBC SASKATCHEWAN.
2018: CBC RADIO 1 MORNING SHOW, SASKATOON, SK.
2015: THE ART OF SUBTRACTION, YXE ART, AMANDA LEIGH, SASKATOON, SK.
2015: GIRL POWER, PLANET S, BART GAZZOLA, SASKATOON, SK.
2011: STEPHANIE KRAWCHUK IN CONVERSATION WITH JONATHAN FOREST, WWW.ARTPLACEMENT.COM, SASKATOON, SK.
2011: ARTIST'S SASKATOON FULL OF LIFE, COLOUR, THE SASKATOON SUN, DARLENE POLACHIC, SASKATOON, SK.
2010: COLOURFUL CITYSCAPES ON DISPLAY, VERB NEWSPAPER, MEAGEN THOMAS, SASKATOON, SK.
2006: A RISING YOUNG TALENT, CBC NEWS SASKATCHEWAN.
2006: STEPH KRAWCHUK FIGURES OUT HER ART SELF, THE SHEAF NEWSPAPER, ROWEN PANTEL, SASKATOON, SK.


AWARDS
:

2015: BEST ART SHOW NOMINEE, PLANET S MAGAZINE, SASKATOON, SK.
2010: JOHN V. HICKS AWARD, MANN ART GALLERY, PRINCE ALBERT, SK.


 

 


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